Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane is apparently keeping his team. McLane, who bought the team in November 1992 for about $117 million, had set a Jan. 31 deadline for an investment group to make an offer. On Monday, McLane said "nothing materialized" and he was looking ...

Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane is considering an offer to sell the team, a television station reported. McLane, who's owned the team since 1993, has signed a working letter of intent to sell the team to a group consisting of local and out-of-town investors, KTRK-TV reported. McLane told the ...

Brad Mills is finally getting his chance to run a big-league team. The 52-year-old Mills was hired by Houston on Tuesday after six seasons as Terry Francona's bench coach in Boston. He'll manage in the majors for the first time, though he's managed a total of 11 seasons in ...

The Houston Astros on Saturday have exercised the option on manager Cecil Cooper's contract for 2010. The Astros are off to a 3-7 start but general manager Ed Wade said picking up the option year was "a formality as far as I was concerned." "Coop and I talked ...