Texas and Baylor’s bad blood reached its boiling point Thursday night. In the Longhorns’ 86-67 loss — their fourth straight to the Bears — players on both teams broadcast their internal feelings for one another.
After slingshotting their way through Wednesday night’s doubleheader against UT-El Paso, the No. 14 Longhorns barely escaped the grasp of the UT-Arlington Mavericks on Thursday night, winning 3-2 in 10 innings.
After two grueling months with meets every weekend, the Texas men’s track and field team will put it all on the line today at the NCAA National Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.
Damion James is quickly becoming a household name in Kansas City, Mo. Playing at the Sprint Center for the third time this year, he had his best game yet, scoring 28 points and grabbing 16 rebounds in an 82-75 win over Iowa State on Wednesday night in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament.
After a disappointing doubles performance against Virginia — the No. 4 Longhorns dropped only their second doubles point of the season — UT assistant coach Ricardo Rubio was hoping to see a much better performance in the doubles.
Despite winning only two conference games and finishing last in conference standings, Missouri’s season starts today — they are only four wins away from clinching a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
For many collegiate tennis players, an NCAA career is a mere stepping stone after their successes in high school and junior-level tennis. They’re usually the best of the best from their hometowns or teams, and they expect to be extraordinary at the college level, as well.
Longhorns view the postseason tourneys as brand new seasons
“Inconsistency” has become synonymous with “Texas basketball” this season. It’s not exactly an attribute any team wants to be characterized by when heading into conference and league championship tournaments, but that’s the way it is this season for the Longhorns.
Horns rally, come from behind in bottom of the eighth to beat Texas State
Tuesday night’s 4-3 win against Texas State didn’t come from small ball. The Horns tried to bunt twice with runners in scoring position but couldn’t find a hole thanks to excellent timing from the Bobcats’ defense.
Two-sport high school athletes comprise most of Longhorns’ roster
It’s usually the athletically challenged, self-proclaimed sports pundits who utter phrases like “golf shouldn’t count as a sport” and “golfers aren’t really athletes.”
Texas will try to continue its winning ways during tonight’s game against Texas State with the offensive production that it missed in its shutout loss to Houston on Saturday — but found in a big way against Missouri on Sunday.
RICHMOND, Va. - Top-seeded Old Dominion beat William & Mary 60-53 in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship Monday night to earn the league’s automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.
Etier’s home run keys Texas offense in win over Tigers Sunday
HOUSTON — Texas’ weekend excursion to the major league had all the same peaks and valleys as an MLB team in its 2-1 weekend outing at Minute Maid Park for the Houston College Classic.
At last weekend’s last chance meet in Fayetteville, Ark., senior shot putter Jordyn Brown had a season-best throw of 54-1 (16.48m) to qualify provisionally for the NCAA Indoor National Championships.
Competing in multiple events across the country, the Texas men’s track and field team notched two provisional qualifiers during last chance meets on Friday.
WACO — For the second time this year, Texas faced Baylor in an important conference matchup with the chance to gain some much-needed momentum, and for the second time, the Bears controlled the game with an overly aggressive pace and walked away with the win.
After a disappointing second-place finish in the Big 12 Championships last weekend, the Texas women’s swimming team was in search of some practice this weekend at the USA Swimming’s Austin Grand Prix in the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center.
The Texas women’s rowing team came out on top yet again, claiming four victories at the Heart of Texas regatta Saturday morning. The Longhorns took the waters by storm in all the events, grabbing the top times in the women’s open 8+, women’s open 4+, women’s novice 8+, and the women’s novice 4+.
Even though the Mustangs posed a valid threat to the Longhorns’ winning streak, Texas showed few signs of nerves as they jumped out to an early match lead and never looked back, winning a tight match 4-3.
Kim Bruins recorded her first loss last weekend at the Cathedral City Classic in her native state of California and needed something to spark her old confidence.
In the USA Swimming’s Austin Grand Prix evening’s finals, Olympian and Austinite, Aaron Peirsol, placed fourth in the 100 butterfly, swimming it in 54.57. Senior Andrew Wang also failed to impress, taking sixth in 55.41.
With only two days left until the 2009-10 school year started, J’Covan Brown had still not been declared eligible to play basketball at Texas. The NCAA clearinghouse was taking its time perusing the hopeful freshman’s academic transcript before giving the OK.
Texas snaps three-game losing streak, Reed bruises ankle late in second half
As the final minutes were being played on Wednesday, the smiles finally appeared on the Longhorns’ faces for the first time in two weeks, as they beat Missouri 60-41 to snap a three-game losing streak.
Head coach Connie Clark described her team as “under the radar” before the first pitch of the 2010 seawson. She now calls them something different: lean and mean.
This weekend, senior shot putter Jordyn Brown will head to the Last Chance Meets in Fayetteville, Ark. She is currently ranked 18th on the NCAA descending provisional list with her throw of 16.21 meters.
The most surprising part about Tuesday’s practice wasn’t the new faces of Case McCoy, Connor Wood or A.J. White, or the absence of familiar ones such as Jordan Shipley or Sergio Kindle.
Texas center fielder Connor Rowe knew his arm was feeling good while long-tossing before Tuesday’s game against UT-Pan America, and he showed it in the top of the sixth inning.
LUBBOCK — Tweety Carter always seems to come up with what No. 21 Baylor needs.
He did it again Tuesday night when the Bears beat Texas Tech 86-68, their sixth win in seven games.
Texas-Pan American’s batters won’t be the only ones seeing Hoby Milner for the first time. The freshman will be making his first collegiate start against the Broncs at UFCU Disch-Falk Field tonight.
Texas freshmen Brown and Hamilton combine for 27 points in big win
In his last home game as a Longhorn, forward Damion James orchestrated a second-half comeback that enabled Texas to beat Oklahoma 87-76 on Monday night despite trailing for the majority of the game.
The fans at the Frank Erwin Center who came to watch Texas play Oklahoma on Senior Night made more noise for Colt McCoy when he was presented with the AT&T All-American Player of the Year trophy in the middle of the first half than they did when the Longhorns’ three seniors were honored before tip off.
With a coach that didn’t like him and basically no playing time with the Tottenham first team, soccer fans around the world, as well as his teammates, were starting to feel sorry for Roman Pavlyuchenko.
The Texas football team will host its first open practice of the spring today at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Admission is free for the event, which starts at 3:30 p.m.
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal had surgery on his injured right thumb Monday and seems likely to miss the rest of the regular season.
COLLEGE STATION — With about two minutes until tip off, Texas forward Damion James walked over to Texas A&M’s student section and ripped up a “Beat TU” sign.
The No. 13 Texas Longhorns softball team went out in winning fashion this past weekend at the Cathedral City Classic in California by finishing off Oregon State 7-4 on Sunday morning despite a two-loss start to the tournament.
It’s unusual to call the four-time defending champions underdogs, but that’s just what the Longhorns were this weekend at the Big 12 Indoor Championships.
No. 4 Texas warms up for upcoming schedule with wins over St. Edwards, Laredo Community College
The No. 4 Texas tennis team used the same recently invented formula as last week — playing two teams at the same time — and smashed both St. Edwards University and Laredo Community College, 7-0.
COLLEGE STATION — The battle for the Big 12 Championships continued for the swimming and diving teams as they made their way into the final days of competition.
Team cuts loose on snow day, wins against Dallas Baptist to prepare for tough Stanford
Before playing Dallas Baptist on Wednesday, the Texas baseball team took Tuesday to forget about the weekend’s series against New Mexico by having team competitions in the batting cage and even playing in the snow.
Texas builds momentum during stretch run; must overcome rival Aggies
If you stopped following No. 21 Texas after they beat Texas A&M on Jan. 16 and then tuned back in for Wednesday’s victory over Oklahoma State, you probably thought nothing had changed.
Coach plans to use more under-center sets; Texas prepares for Gilbert era
It probably comes as no surprise to anyone who has watched Texas run the ball the last two years that Mack Brown’s main concern this spring is to fix the ground game.
It might be warmer and sunnier in Southern California, but the Texas softball team may have brought some of the icy and snowy weather with them from Austin.
As the injured Dogus Balbay watched from the bench, Justin Mason and Avery Bradley proved more than able to guard the Big 12’s leading scorer, James Anderson, as they led Texas in a win over Oklahoma State 69-59 at home Wednesday night.
If you take a look at the most recent version of the NCAA softball rankings, you might notice something very interesting: The Longhorns are the only undefeated team in the rankings.
After Sprint for the Cure in Houston earlier this month, Texas kicked into high gear to prepare for the Big 12 Championships, which started yesterday in College Station.
D’Innocenzo, Surhoff look to propel No. 1 Texas to 31st consecutive top-10 finish
The transition to the collegiate workload is usually a tough change for most freshmen. This shift in lifestyle is no different for Texas’ swimming recruits.
After dropping two of its first three games to lose its first series of the season, No. 3 Texas will have a chance to get that bad taste of out its mouth this afternoon.
After shuffling up different rotations for all seven tournaments this season, head golf coach John Fields has finally figured out the right combination of players for his team.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Julius Peppers grew up in North Carolina, starred in college in the state and made five Pro Bowls in eight years with the Carolina Panthers.
PHILADELPHIA — Brian Westbrook was released Tuesday by the Philadelphia Eagles, ending an often-dynamic eight-year run that was marred by various injuries.
The weekend, and consequently the season, started out full of promise for the nation’s top-ranked team, but the hot bats that led to so much hope quickly cooled less than two games into the series against New Mexico.
HOUSTON — The Texas softball team loves playing at home. Red and Charline McCombs Field has a great atmosphere and great fans, and the fact that the team has won all six games they’ve played there this season is a plus, too.
For the freshman foursome on the Texas golf team, it has been five months of moving, adjusting, traveling, playing, working out and growing up at the collegiate level.
With spring around the corner, Horns prepare for shorter regattas
The Longhorns dominated the Fighting Nutria regatta on Saturday, claiming the top three finishes and starting off their spring season with very impressive performances from the varsity squad.
If you’re looking for Texas’ preseason rankings, you don’t have to look far. The Longhorns ran away with the No. 1 ranking in all four major college baseball polls for the preseason.
Junior backstop knows how to handle pitching staff, build chemistry
Pitchers get all the glory. They get to strike out the big hitters, sign all the autographs and are the only players who actually get a “W” put next to their names after a victory.
All of the promise No. 15 Texas showed against Nebraska last weekend wilted in the face of Missouri’s full-court press as the Tigers won 82-77 at home Wednesday evening.
When the No. 10 Longhorns arrive in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico this weekend, they will carry along with their luggage some newfound expectations for a tournament trophy after a strong finish in the Mauna Lani Invitational earlier this month.
When you watch senior Dimitar Kutrovsky on the tennis court, don’t expect to see a flashy or orthodox game. He’s quiet, standing an unintimidating 5 feet, 9 inches tall and plays with two hands on both sides.
After slow start, Horns bounce back for sixth consecutive victory
A game of runs ended on the right step for the Longhorns, who finished on a 27-7 run to tie their season-high win streak of six victories with a 62-41 win Wednesday night.
Colt McCoy is throwing 40 to 50 balls a day in an intense rehabilitation program for the injury that knocked him out of the national championship game and hopes to fully participate in the NFL draft combine.
With the Big 12 Championships right around the corner, the goal at Saturday’s Texas A&M Big 12-SEC-Conference USA Challenge was to keep momentum high. With four provisional marks and two record-book performances, the Longhorns did just that.
The Texas women’s basketball team has more than just basketball to play — they are playing a numbers game as well.The Texas women’s basketball team has more than just basketball to play — they are playing a numbers game as well.
Wearing swim caps, sporting pink Longhorn logos and racing under pink-and-white banners and flags, the women’s swimming and diving team will be competing today in Houston’s Sprint for the Cure Meet, which raises money for and promotes education about breast cancer.
Hailing from Las Vegas, Gayle relies on the team to teach her about Austin
Even with all-you-can-eat buffets on every Las Vegas corner, Ashley Gayle had never heard of a breakfast taco. The thought of putting eggs in a tortilla left her perplexed.
Horns sign seven top track prospects to form imactful 2010-11 class
With 16 seasons and six national championships under her belt, it isn’t often that head coach Beverly Kearney refers to something she’s seen on the track as the best — but this is one of the words she used to describe her incoming 2010-11 recruiting class.
Finding an ice hockey player in Texas can be like finding a needle in a haystack.
But UT’s hockey team is proving that the sport can survive, even in the harshest Texas summer.
You could see it on the face of Texas forward Damion James on Monday night, in the way he rarely looked up from the table during the post-game press conference.
Pau Gasol had 21 points and 19 rebounds to lead five players in double figures, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 101-89 Monday night without injured Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum.
The Longhorns wanted to wash away the memories from a road loss to Arizona last week and close out the regular season on a good note, and they did just that — twice.
The freezing New York weather couldn’t cool down the Texas men’s track and field team as the Longhorns on continued their red-hot 2010 seasons at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational this weekend.
The women’s swimming and diving team got about as close to a perfect meet as possible in a 141-96 win over SMU on Saturday, claiming first place in all but two events.
Texas coach Rick Barnes looked agitated during the final minutes of Saturday’s 80-71 loss at Oklahoma, as he paced the floor of the Lloyd Noble Center and spoke sternly to his players.
Both men and women are ready to move on after losses in Arizona
The latest installment of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown takes place this evening as No. 19 Texas A&M hosts No. 1 Texas, but that won’t be the only opponent the Longhorns face this weekend, as they play SMU on Saturday.
National platform gives Horns great opportunity to compete and learn
Full of lights, excitement and sports tradition, New York City will host the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, giving the Texas men’s track team a chance to make their own mark this weekend.
There was no hesitation, no semblance of pause or look of worry on Gary Johnson’s face as he received a pass about five feet from the basket with Texas down late in the first half at Oklahoma State.
McCoy will make his second appearance at the Heisman ceremony on Saturday
While spending most of Saturday night lying on the turf of Cowboys Stadium or running for his life, Colt McCoy didn’t have too many “Heisman moments” of his own, although he is sure to make an appearance in another contender’s highlight package.
To the naked eye, the No. 2 Longhorns seem perfect. With a 7-0 start, why wouldn’t anyone think that? Behind closed doors, however, lie a coach and team who understand they have a long way to go before reaching their ultimate goal in Indianapolis in March 2010.
Although it took until the final second for his team to scrape by Nebraska to claim the Big 12 title, Texas coach Mack Brown wasted no time in declaring exactly what the Longhorns had accomplished.
INDIANAPOLIS — Whitey Herzog spent a good, long time stewing about a blown call in the 1985 World Series. So in a strange way, perhaps this fits: He’s going into the Hall of Fame, standing next to an umpire.
In No. 2 Texas’ 107-74 win over Long Beach State Monday night, the Longhorn freshmen accounted for 49 of Texas’ total points, and 83 out of 200 minutes.
Advocare V100 Independence Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Georgia The Aggies return to bowl action after they took a hiatus in 2008 where they finished 4-8 for the season. Their opponent on Dec. 28 is traditional SEC power, Georgia. After losing Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno to the NFL Draft, the Bulldogs took a step back in 2009 as senior Joe Cox threw for 22 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
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Consistent. That's the one word that comes to mind when Avery Bradley thinks about fellow freshman Shawn Williams, and it's how Williams is playing in his young career here at Texas.
Texas sweeps TCU to move on; seniors shine in their last home game
It was a familiar scene for Texas athletics. All Texas had to do was beat TCU at home and it would lock up a trip to Omaha for the next round of the NCAA tournament.
Once again the Longhorns were unable to upset a superior team — this time falling to the sixth-ranked Volunteers in Knoxville on Sunday night 78-58. Tennessee pulled ahead midway through the first half and took advantage of the Longhorns’ poor shooting to remain undefeated.
Hey Longhorn fans, are you ready for the Jerry Jones experience on Saturday? I assume the majority of your mouths are watering as you have only been speculating at how potentially awesome the new Cowboys Stadium is. Take it from someone who has been inside the plush Death Star twice — The venue is a trillion times more dazzling than you could conjure up in your wildest dreams. I swear.
DALLAS — Two workers doing maintenance on the icy roof of the towering Cowboys Stadium slipped and tumbled at least 50 feet Thursday morning before landing on a rain gutter. Authorities said both workers suffered “significant injuries.”
As James Kirkendoll spun away from a Texas A&M defender, cut past another and raced into the end zone, he did a little more than just surprise the Aggies. He surprised some players on his own team.
As Texas continues its march on toward a national championship (how’s that for a jinx?) Saturday night against Nebraska, I’m forced (literally) to look back on the season and reminisce a little bit about the good times that are now pretty much over.
It’s simple. Win the SEC championship game, and you’re in the national championship.
No. 1 Florida will duke it out with No. 2 Alabama in one of the most intriguing conference title games in SEC history.
It’s pronounced En-dom-ah-ken Soo — and in Cameroonian means “house of spears.”
Of course, that may not be what it looks like to the average college football fan, but neither is anything else from defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, who is racking up ridiculous numbers and attacking offensive lineman and quarterbacks. He has even generated some discussion for the Heisman.
There will be no computers telling the Longhorns they can’t play for a national championship this year. They won’t have to worry about Oklahoma running up the score and Sam Bradford padding his stats to win the Heisman. They won’t have to worry about Baylor having to beat Texas Tech.
With the Big 12 championship on the horizon, here’s a look back at recent instances of underdogs defeating heavy favorites in conference-title games. This week, Nebraska looks to spoil Texas’ dream season, just as the Longhorns did to the Cornhuskers back in 1996.
I have a confession to make. I was once a Colt McCoy hater. And just like nobody says they voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004, everybody today claims they believed in Colt from the beginning — even the drunk frat guys who screamed for John Chiles to replace him in 2007.
The Texas men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will host the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame Invitational today. The three-day meet will feature Texas, Arizona, Auburn, Wisconsin, North Texas and Wyoming; additionally, UCLA, California, Hawaii, SMU, New Mexico and TCU will compete in diving only.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Tiger Woods said he let his family down with “transgressions” he regrets “with all of my heart,” and that he will deal with his personal life behind closed doors. His statement Wednesday follows a cover story in Us Weekly magazine that reports a Los Angeles cocktail waitress claims she had a 31-month affair with the world’s No. 1 golfer.
I have a confession to make. I was once a Colt McCoy hater. And just like nobody says they voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004, everybody today claims they believed in Colt from the beginning — even the drunk frat guys who screamed for John Chiles to replace him in 2007.
Coach stomps Notre Dame talk after Frogs award new extension
FORT WORTH — Gary Patterson has always felt he has a better chance of competing for a national championship at TCU than at some other places with automatic BCS access. With his No. 4 Horned Frogs set to play in a Bowl Championship Series game — and perhaps a national title, depending on this weekend’s games — it might be hard to argue with him.
As the Longhorns worked toward bringing home their third Big 12 title, the players received their fair share of recognition Tuesday when the conference announced its yearly awards.
Beware eager fans: Staring at the mammoth, seven-story tall television dangling in front of your nose for a prolonged period of time may cause motion sickness or insanity.
While the weather was cold outside, the shooting by Erika Arriaran and the Longhorns was red-hot inside the Frank Erwin Center during Texas’ 94-80 win over Oral Roberts Tuesday night.
I attended a touching memorial service Saturday for Dr. Gaylord Jentz, one of the true giants of collegiate teaching (business law, UT’s McCombs Business School).
CINCINNATI — Cedric Benson is expected to return as the focal point of the Cincinnati Bengals’ new run-based offense, one that’s become quite adept at grinding down defenses.
Big 12 Championship game brings back fond memories for Brown, Longhorns
No matter what happens Saturday, Colt McCoy will always have fond memories of Nebraska. Long before the Cornhuskers stood in McCoy and Texas’ way to a Big 12 and possible national championship, there was the simple matter of a conference game in 2006.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis was fired on Monday, Chiefs coach Todd Haley insisted that the team has not contacted Weis about joining the staff in Kansas City.
With only 10 players on the roster, the Longhorns have been lucky that everyone gets along. In fact, each player recognizes that the chemistry of these 10 women is something they have never had with any other team.
NEW YORK — Derek Jeter posed in his crisp pinstripe uniform, resting a shiny black bat on his shoulder, while a photographer lying on the ground near the entrance to a Bronx subway station snapped pictures of the New York Yankees shortstop from a low angle.
Budding partnership to allow students simple, more secure database log-ins
A new UT System partnership will help protect student and staff identities by allowing them to log in to a variety of research databases with one University-issued username and password.
Although H1N1 flu shots will soon be available through the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, University Health Services is not yet confirmed to receive any doses.
Aggies threaten Longhorns' perfect season, lose in final seconds
COLLEGE STATION — Colt McCoy could barely hold himself upright on the staircase at the bottom of Kyle Field on Thursday night, wearily leaning against the rail as he answered questions.
Colt McCoy had his Heisman moment Thursday night when he kept the ball on the zone read at the start of the second quarter and raced 65 yards down the field untouched.
Kathleen Nash, No. 13 Texas' leading scorer, had only six points but sank the deciding three-pointer with one second remaining to give the Longhorns a 70-67 win over Rutgers on Saturday night.
When starting guard Varez Ward went down with a ruptured quadriceps tendon during pregame warm-ups last week, third-ranked Texas' composition and starting line-up was irreversibly altered for the season.
While students may not have been clamoring to find flights and tickets to this national championship, the men’s cross country team competed in the NCAA Cross Country National Championships yesterday morning in Terre Haute, Ind.
HOUSTON — Rob Bironas kicked a 53-yard field goal with less than a minute remaining and the Tennessee Titans beat the Houston Texans 20-17 Monday night for their fourth straight victory after an 0-6 start.
A season of success for Texas' QB capped off by NCAA wins record
Colt McCoy enjoyed his final moment in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium by taking the traditional jog around the field with his fellow seniors, high-fiving the lucky few of the record 101,357 in attendance whose arms could reach the Texas quarterback's hand.
Kansas coach doesn't deserve the flak for his relationship with players
After a loss that dropped his team to 5-6, Kansas coach Mark Mangino walked into his press conference smiling, and wearing a red, white and blue jacket that almost made him look normal-sized.
After getting blown out against top-ranked Connecticut last week, the Longhorns let out their frustration on North Texas in a 96-52 win on Friday in the Frank Erwin Center.
“The Longhorns are far too inexperienced.” “They’ve had too many injuries.” “It will be a long time before Texas gets back to competing at the national level.”
Most athletes would be ecstatic to qualify for the NCAA Nationals, but for senior Betzy Jimenez, qualifying for the 2009 Cross-Country Championships is just part of her job. As a full-scholarship athlete on the cross-country team, Jimenez views herself as an employee. Now, with the most important cross-country meet of her career approaching, it’s time for Jimenez to go to work.
There was a gym across the street from Kathleen Nash’s residence in Paris this summer, but the advisers of her five-week marketing program abroad would not let her go.
There’s still plenty of football left to be played, but it’s pretty obvious how the rest of the season is going to play out. Here’s a look into the crystal ball that tells us what will happen from now until Jan. 7.
Kansas State (6-5) at Nebraska (7-3) (6:45 p.m., ESPN)
With Big 12 North supremacy on the line, this week’s game between Kansas State and Nebraska means everything for two programs that are finally making strides forward.
When he’s feeling in an especially joking mood, Texas coach Mack Brown likes to remind his Heisman-candidate quarterback just where he came from — and who found him there.
It’s not much of a surprise for a linebacker to hope for a three-and-out. But it’s not often he’s hoping it comes from his own offense. Keenan Robinson was so amped up for his first game as a starter earlier this year that he was celebrating every punt, even the Texas ones.
Texas cornerback Aaron Williams left Longhorn fans with a bittersweet taste in their mouth, when he put a devastating blow on Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford this season, ending Bradford’s season with a shoulder injury.
Colt McCoy will always remember that first game, that first play. As a freshman stepping into the hulking shadow of Vince Young and a national championship team, McCoy made quite the impact on the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium crowd the first time he dropped back to pass.
DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki scored 11 of his season-high 41 points in overtime and the short-handed Dallas Mavericks held on to beat the injury-depleted San Antonio Spurs 99-94 on Wednesday night.
With the spotlight constantly on the senior veterans and touted freshmen, the seven other players who make up No. 3 Texas’ roster get lost in the shuffle. In the Longhorns’ 73-41 win over Western Carolina Wednesday, junior Gary Johnson proved worthy of some attention.
Anderson tabbed an Academic All-American by ESPN Magazine
Texas senior captain Emily Anderson was named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America on Wednesday.
On paper and on film, the Kansas State Wildcats look like one of the worst teams in the Big 12 Conference. But the Longhorns will have to forget that when they take the court tonight.
NEW YORK — When the phone rang, Zack Greinke let it go — he didn’t recognize the number. Only after listening to the voice mail did he call back and find out he’d won the American League Cy Young Award.
It wasn’t much of a surprise who the first man to respond to the news would be. When Mack Brown’s cell phone buzzed with a text message following the arrest of kick return extraordinaire D.J. Monroe, it was Lamarr Houston offering his support.
Longhorns hope to return to San Antonio in March for Final Four showing
The Longhorns hope that Tuesday’s game in San Antonio will not be their last trip to the Alamo City, which just so happens to also be hosting the Final Four in April.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL has fined Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for making an obscene gesture at Buffalo fans while celebrating Tennessee’s victory over the Bills.
Entering Sunday's game, much of the speculation surrounding No. 3 Texas had to do with the addition of four highly touted freshmen, but for the first 15 minutes against UC-Irvine, the newest Longhorns were silent.
After failing to qualify for nationals last year, the Longhorns were eager to redeem themselves. They did just that by placing second at the NCAA South Central Regional on Saturday in Waco, Texas, securing one of the two automatic berths to move on to next Monday’s NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind.
Football SATURDAY: No. 3 Texas (9-0) at Baylor (4-5) WHERE: Waco WHEN: 11 a.m.
ON AIR: FSN; Men’s Basketball SUNDAY: UC-Irvine (0-0) at No. 3 Texas (0-0)
WHERE: Frank Erwin Center WHEN: 1 p.m. ON AIR: ESPNU; Women’s Basketball
TODAY: UTSA (0-0) at No. 12 Texas (0-0) WHERE: Frank Erwin Center WHEN: 7 p.m.; Men’s Cross Country SATURDAY: South Central Regional Championships WHERE: Waco WHEN: All day; Women’s Cross Country SATURDAY: NCAA Regionals WHERE: Waco WHEN: All day
It will be a battle between two gun-wielding, hat-wearing mascots Saturday in Stillwater as Texas Tech takes on No. 19 Oklahoma State in a clash of two Big 12 offensive powerhouses.
The Longhorns have had a good run this season, and if all goes according to plan this weekend, the team won’t be retiring their running spikes anytime soon. The team hopes to extend its season as it travels to Waco on Saturday to compete in the postseason 6K NCAA South Central Regional.
Optimus Prime, leader of the heroic Autobots in the movie and famous cartoon series “Transformers,” had a strong desire to protect all humans on Earth.
Dogus Balbay, Texas’ soft-spoken point guard from Turkey, doesn’t get recognized on campus as a basketball player that often and it’s easy to see why — at 6-foot-1-inch and just 175 pounds, he’s a far cry from Dexter Pittman.
For every Texas wide receiver not named Jordan Shipley, 2009 has been an up-and-down season with more uncertainty than anything. Just because you’re a starter one week means nothing in respect to the next.
Texas drops first set, quickly rebounds to win second-straight match
Texas fans stood bewildered as Texas Tech players celebrated wildly. Amid the bizarre scene, head coach Jerritt Elliott sat casually in his chair, probably the most relaxed person in Gregory Gym.
When Texas lost at Iowa State last Wednesday, its streaking ways came to an end. The Horn’s 18-match winning streak and a 27-match regular season win streak came crashing down in an epic 5-set battle between two top-10 teams. Fortunately for the Longhorns, they still had plenty of other streaks to keep alive – a 17-match home win streak, 21 sets without a loss at home and most pertinent for Wednesday night’s matchup against Texas Tech, a 17-match win streak against the Red Raiders.
McCoy unconcerned with accolades, focused on winning games
Colt McCoy doesn’t care about records. All the senior quarterback cares about is winning. So it’s a good thing the next record McCoy is poised to break is about just that.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Given good blocking and a fresh start, Larry Johnson might still be the power-running Pro Bowler who had back-to-back 1,700-yard seasons for Kansas City.
The Mannings have their Super Bowl rings, last-minute heroics and well-documented games of off-season Jenga. The Williams have their Grand Slam titles, electrifying wins and an insatiable taste for McDonalds. But what about the Pressels?
In one of the most legitimate and mature methods of delivering news, the pride and joy of Dan Hawkins’ 2008 recruiting class, Darrell Scott, texted his position coach last Tuesday telling him he had decided to transfer.
With all the firepower on offense between Manchester United and Chelsea, you wouldn’t think there would be only one goal scored in their match, especially by a defender.
The Texas rowing team made a mark in the second-largest regatta in the nation Saturday with two top-five finishes at the Head of the Hooch on the Tennessee River, ending the fall season on a positive note.
After dropping its first match of the season, No. 2 Texas got back to its dominant ways Saturday as it swept Missouri 3-0 in its first match since losing to Iowa State 3-2 Wednesday.
The Longhorns finished off their fall tournament season this weekend with the conclusion of both the Duals in the Desert and the ITA National Indoor Singles Championship tournaments.
Malcolm Williams always knew his time would come. The 6-foot-3-inch wide receiver had made his case a year ago, grabbing four catches for 182 yards and two touchdowns in place of the injured Quan Cosby against Texas Tech. He could make every play, every catch. Except for the easy ones.
Quarterbacks Texas: Colt McCoy did everything he could to make sure his team did not fall again on the road during Halloween weekend. McCoy threw his 100th career touchdown pass and was 16-for-21 for 171 yards. He also spent most of the fourth quarter on the sidelines for the second-straight week and did not throw an interception in the game for the first time this season.
Special Teams: (A+) Touchdowns, touchdowns, touchdowns. On special teams, six of them. And while the kickoff coverage still lacks, they have yet to give up anything more than field posiation.
Earl Thomas didn’t care so much that he wasn’t playing safety as he headed for the end zone with the ball in his hands Saturday night. The only thing Thomas was thinking about as the play unfolded was that he’d seen it before and missed it. He wouldn’t make that mistake again.
This year, there is more pressure than ever on the team to accumulate points and beat the Aggies, who come to Austin to take on the Longhorns as a part of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown.
It looks like the Longhorns have been granted a second chance by the soccer gods. It was just a week ago tonight that the Texas soccer team lost to Texas A&M 4-0 in College Station in their regular season finale.
The Longhorns’ impressive three-month individual fall tournament season finally comes to a close this weekend as the team will split up and begin play this weekend on opposite coasts.
FOOTBALL SATURDAY: No. 2 Texas (8-0) vs. UCF (5-3) WHERE: Darrell K Royal-Texan Memorial Stadium WHEN: 11 a.m. ON AIR: FSN; Volleyball SATURDAY: No. 2 Texas (18-1,13-1) at Missouri (15-10, 6-7) WHERE: Columbia, Mo. WHEN: 5 p.m.; Soccer TODAY: Texas (9-8-3) vs. Texas A&M (13-5-2) WHERE: San Antonio WHEN: 8 p.m. ON AIR: Big12sports.com; Women’s Swimming and diving TODAY: Texas (3-0) vs. Texas A&M (1-0) WHERE: Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center WHEN: 6 p.m.; Women’s Tennis TODAY-SUNDAY: Duals in the Desert WHERE: Palm Spring, Calif.
WHEN: All day; MEN’S TENNIS TODAY-SUNDAY: ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships WHERE: New Haven, Conn. WHEN: All day; Rowing SATURDAY-SUNDAY: Head of the Hooch WHERE: Chattanooga, Tenn. WHEN: All day
For the first time in 27 matches, Texas has lost a regular season contest.
In its final match of a tough three-game stretch, the Longhorns weren’t able to pull it out as they fell 2-3 to Iowa State in Ames, Iowa.
Former standout Texas quarterback inducted into Longhorn Hall of Honor
Former Texas quarterback James Brown remembers walking in L. Theo Bellmont Hall as a freshman and seeing pictures of members of the Longhorn Hall of Honor on the wall. Bobby Layne, Tommy Nobis, Earl Campbell.
Recovering from reconstructive knee surgery is not a lot of fun. First, I had to fight off the loopyness of being knocked out for several hours while a highly skilled surgeon sliced me open to clean out my shredded ACL and a large portion of my shattered meniscus cartilage and replace my torn ACL with a bundle of muscle fibers from my hamstring.
Texas’ slender and quick defensive backs may have been the ones to come down with the four interceptions in the Longhorns’ 41-14 rout of Oklahoma State, but all four gave credit to the big boys up front for creating havoc in the OSU backfield.
The Longhorns capped off their fall season with a fourth-place finish at the Challenge at Onion Creek in Austin Tuesday afternoon. The two-day tournament featured a field of 21 teams, the largest the Longhorns had faced all season.
Kindle's idea epitomizes Texas' play, becomes team's new motivational slogan
It’s a good thing Texas’ newest slogan dangles freely from his neck because Brown is running out of room on his arms. The veteran coach has bought in to the motivational sayings that dot the UT training facilities as much as his players, sporting wrist bands that say, “We’re Texas” and “All In,” this season’s mottos.
Mike Leach’s offense at Texas Tech might be known for its aerial attack, but that could change. This season the Red Raiders are gaining a reputation for their quarterback instability. Junior Taylor Potts started the year as the top man in Leach’s system, but injuries and inconsistency limit his playing time.
The Longhorns stand tied for fourth at the end of the first day of the Challenge at Onion Creek in Austin. The three-round, 54-hole tournament was suspended amidst the last few holes of the second round due to darkness.
PHILADELPHIA — A.J. Burnett started walking briskly off the mound before manager Joe Girardi even got there. The erratic right-hander already was finished — and he knew it.
Longhorns score on offense, defense to win in Stillwater against overmatched 'Pokes'
STILLWATER, Okla. — The Texas Longhorns entered Boone Pickens Stadium on Saturday night with a question looming over their heads. Four hours later, they left for Austin with a resounding answer.
STILLWATER, Okla. — It was almost the same scenario as last year for Texas: the last hurdle of the season against a highly ranked team on the road, at night, in a hostile environment. It was a chance to make a statement to America.
On the eve of All Hallow's Eve, No. 2 Texas (18-0, 13-0 Big 12) spooked No. 8 Nebraska (16-6, 9-4) by sweeping them in three straight sets and sending them back to Lincoln, Neb., without any treats.
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