Aggies receiver arrested on marijuana possession
Texas A&M freshman wide receiver Demond Demas has been arrested by College Station police on a charge of possessing less than 2 ounces of marijuana.
Demas, a five-star signee a year ago out of Tomball, was arrested Tuesday and released later in the day after posting $2,000 bond.
Despite his lofty status out of high school, Demas played sparingly as a freshman last season, when the Aggies finished No. 4 nationally.
A&M coach Jimbo Fisher deemed Demas “unavailable” during two lateseason games and declined to elaborate on what that meant.
Demas returned in time for the regular-season finale at Tennessee and the Aggies’ Orange Bowl victory over North Carolina.
The Aggies are scheduled to start spring drills March 29 and their spring game is set for April 24 at Kyle Field.
In other college football news:
• Prairie View A&M has paused all activities due to COVID-19, resulting in its next two Southwestern Athletic Conference games being postponed.
The Panthers were scheduled to play Alabama A&M at home Saturday and at Jackson State on March 28.
No makeup dates have been finalized. Prairie View has an open date April 3.
SAILING New Zealand retains Cup
Team New Zealand has retained the America’s Cup, beating Italian challenger Luna Rossa 7-3 in the 36th match for sailing’s oldest trophy.
The defender came into the sixth day of racing Wednesday at match point, with a 6-3 lead in the bestof-13 race series. Team New Zealand won the 10th race by 46 seconds in a shifty north-easterly breeze to complete its defense.
COLLEGE BASEBALL A&M downs UH on pair of homers
Kalae Harrison’s grand slam in the second inning and Austin Bost’s two-run homer in the fourth sent Texas A&M to a 9-4 victory over Houston at Schroeder Park on Tuesday night. In other action:
• Texas cruised to a 15-2, seven-inning, run-rule win over Texas-Rio Grande Valley in Austin. It was the sixth straight victory for the Longhorns (12-5), who saw Silas Ardoin and Eric
Kennedy collect three hits each and drive in five and three runs, respectively.
GOLF Tiger goes back to Florida to heal
Tiger Woods has returned to his home in Jupiter Island, Fla., to resume his recovery from career-threatening leg injuries he suffered when his SUV ran off a road and down a hill in the Los Angeles suburbs last month.
Woods was injured Feb. 23, two days after the Genesis Invitational at Riviera.
PRO BASEBALL LeBron owns part of Red Sox
LeBron James has become a partner in Fenway Sports Group, making the Los Angeles Lakers star a part owner of the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Globe reported Tuesday.
Fenway Sports Group is the parent company of the Red Sox as well as the Liverpool Football Club of the English Premier League and the Roush Fenway Racing NASCAR team.
SOCCER Dash announce open practice
The Dash will host an open practice session for fans at 3 p.m. on March 27, at BBVA Stadium. Free tickets can be downloaded starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday at houstondash.com/ tickets.