Jeff Ballard grew up in Santa Cruz, California. He recalls when he was a child laying in bed listening to the music his father would play every weekend: Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Louie Armstrong, ...

Jeff Ballard passed for 258 yards and a touchdown and ran for three more TDs Tuesday as Texas Christian beat Northern Illinois, 37-7, in the Poinsettia Bowl. Chris Manfredini kicked field goals in ...