Nearly two months have passed since Scott and White halted construction of its $100 million-plus Center for Advanced Medicine in Temple. Today, two idle massive construction cranes serve as constant reminders of the work stoppage. And they

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BELTON — Whoever takes home the team titles from Belton’s Big Red Relays will have to fight off a stellar field. And it might take all night for them to do it. Two dozen teams will compete in two divisions today at Tiger Field in the first Big Red Relays meet in two years. The meet wasn’t held last year but makes its return today with a star-studded field.

BELTON — It’s the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball team’s cue. It’s time for the Crusaders to make their move. UMHB (11-10 overall) is sitting at 5-4 and in fifth place in the American Southwest Conference West Division standings.

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Like kids checking out a friend’s new toy, a group of Detroit Tigers gathered around Ivan Rodriguez as he sat in the clubhouse at spring training. They were angling to touch or even just see what the man known as “Pudge” earned last season: a diamond-filled World Series ring.

DALLAS (AP) — Coach Don Nelson’s emphasis on smaller lineups is working out nicely for the Dallas Mavericks. Michael Finley scored 29 points and Steve Nash had a career-high 19 assists as the Mavs won their third straight game since going back to a small-ball look, beating the Western Conference-leading and suddenly struggling Sacramento Kings 127-117 on Thursday night.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — John Lucas Jr. threw both arms around his son and pulled him close, turning back the clock in their tight embrace. “You think of the little boy you saw down on the floor praying, or putting up posters of Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant in his room or waking up at 6 a.m. to take 1,500 shots,” Lucas said Thursday.

SAN ANTONIO — (AP) Chris Duhon stalks his opponent, swiping at the ball when he sees a screen out of the corner of his eye. His ribs are sore, bruised from a fall in a game two weeks ago. He could go around and avoid impact, but he’s not going to let up. He fights through the screen — wincing with the blow — and stays with the ballhandler.