Mac Engel

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson moved to the top dugout step, looked into the stands of Rangers Ballpark and challenged his teammates. "Count the number of African-American people here at the stadium who aren't working at the stadium and see if you can get to 10," Granderson said. A teammate will point at a black man only to hear Granderson reject it because, "He's Latin."

Or, "You already counted him." "At first, it starts off as a joke," Granderson said. "And then as the game moves on, you'll get to 10, or maybe 15. Depends on where you are, too. Places like Chicago or New York, other places, it's easy. Here, it's hard. So after a while it becomes, 'Told you so."'

FORT WORTH, Texas -- To the remaining fans who are tired of TCU basketball and the shape it's in and are totally convinced that hiring Billy Gillispie, or Fictitious Coach X, is the ticket to a 20-win record, give that part up.

Coach Jim Christian is not going to be fired today, tomorrow, this season, next season or probably the season after that. His boss sounds committed.

"Basketball had three scholarship players when (Christian was hired)," TCU director of athletics Chris Del Conte said after the Horned Frogs lost 79-56 against BYU on Saturday. "It's not like the team was stacked with players. You have to look at the hand he was dealt. This is not cut and dried. I know we all want instant results, but this is a building process. I know people are frustrated.

SALT LAKE CITY -- It is time for TCU to play for the national title.