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NEW YORK, N.Y. (7/14/15) - Starting off the 2015 pre-season with seven All-Americans, East Texas Baptist University football is gearing up for a breakout season. Seven players were named USA Football Network NCAA Division III pre-season All-Americans on the first team, second team, third team, and honorable mention.

MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER (7/12/15) - Bo (Martino) knows baseball. In fact, he knows it so well that he decided to make a career of it as he's now the pitching coach at Stephen F. Austin State University.

That probably doesn't come as a surprise to most people who knew him growing up however. The Marshall native grew up around the game. His dad, Joe Martino, is a former baseball coach himself.

MARSHALL, Texas (07/10/2015) - Taking the East Texas Baptist University baseball brand to New York, Conner Combs had a great week for the Niagara Power of the New York Collegiate Baseball League. From the week of June 29th, Combs was named the NYCBL Player of the Week.

In that week Combs batted .625 with an .813 slugging percentage bringing in four RBI. He had a .684 on base percentage with three doubles going 10-of-16 in four games played. His contributions helped the Power with 11 of their 33 runs scored that week.

MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER (7/5/2015) - Life throws all kinds of curveballs. Just ask East Texas Baptist University head baseball coach Jared Hood, who's back in his hometown of Marshall.

"I tell people all the time I never pictured myself back but life happens," Hood said. "Your plans aren't always God's plans. To be back in my hometown, raising my 2-year old daughter and soon to b another one, we're around our families and we couldn't wish to be in a better spot."

Washington, D.C.  (7/08/15) - Today two private universities and a seminary are asking the Supreme Court to protect them from millions of dollars in IRS fines that will be triggered if they refuse to comply with the infamous HHS mandate. Filing the petition today are the same two firms that won the Hobby Lobby case against the government's HHS mandate one year ago.