Texas case law invalidates a former TCU athlete's lawsuit seeking permission to compete for the Texas Longhorns track team, according to TCU's legal response filed in state district court.According to the response, TCU is basing its defense on the Texas Supreme Court's August decision in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Yeo. TCU claims the plaintiff has failed to present a justiciable issue, according to TCU's response.

The devastation left behind in New Orleans and the surrounding area gave sufficient cause for immediate action to be taken on the part of residents along the Texas coast when told to evacuate due to Hurricane Rita.Don Mills, vice chancellor for student affairs, said TCU was prepared to provide short-term emergency shelter in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum and the University Recreation Center.

"TCU is not designated as an emergency center, but we were ready to help any way we could had there been a catastrophe in Houston," Mills said.

TCU's annual campuswide community service project has been postponed until the spring semester because of Hurricane Rita, organizers said Monday. Forecasters predicted Rita would bring severe and dangerous weather to Fort Worth on Saturday, when the event was originally scheduled.

"We were concerned for the safety of the whole student body and campus," said Kelly O'Fallon, director of Leaders Encouraging All People to Serve, also known as LEAPS.

E-mails were sent to the more than 1,000 students registered for LEAPS to notify them of the cancellation, she said.

We were very lucky, but were also very prepared.For those of you not following Hurricane Rita, going to hurricane parties or commenting on the lack of storms, the hurricane completely missed Fort Worth.While...

With quarterback Tye Gunn lost to a shoulder injury and Brigham Young up 34-16 late in the third quarter, reserve quarterback Jeff Ballard took the reins of a TCU team that had not scored an offensive touchdown all day.How quickly a game can change.

In only his second collegiate outing, Ballard passed for 150 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Horned Frogs to a 51-50 overtime victory Saturday.

"First I was nervous for Tye, but then I knew I had to go in there and get it done," Ballard said.

The women's golf team looks to next week's tournament to bounce back from placing eighth out of 12 last week.The Frogs are heading to Albuquerque, N.M., for the Dick McGuire Invitational.

At the end of the first qualifying round Wednesday, which determined which golfers TCU will send to the tournament, head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin said there is still work to do.

"We need to play well, put (last week) behind us and move forward," she said.

Records set by the men's track and field team will be removed from the record books because of violations committed between 1997 and 2004, the NCAA announced Thursday. Sixteen of 22 student-athletes involved in the violations finished in the Top 10 in 43 events at the the NCAA Division I indoor and outdoor track championships, according to a NCAA release.

The NCAA D-I Committee on Infractions also placed the TCU athletics program on probation for two years.

Instead of enjoying the sun and sand in Monterrey, Mexico, the Horned Frog Marching Band, TCU Showgirls and TCU Cheerleaders will be here, enduring the effects of Hurricane Rita.Today, they were supposed...