Winning 7 NCAA titles in 22 years is why women's track coach is best at UT
If you want to get something named after you, you have to be one of three things: one of the greatest at what you do, an important historical figure, or Red McCombs or Joe Jamail — filthy rich and donate more money in one check than most of us will ever see in our combined lifetimes.
With rowdy Houston fans taking over Austin, Dynamo drop Aztex
The Houston Dynamo brought the fireworks to Nelson Field on Wednesday night.
It took more than an hour, but the orange cloud circling Nelson Field most of Wednesday night finally overwhelmed the Aztex.
If you’ve been on campus this week, chances are you noticed the children and teens being corralled up and down San Jacinto Boulevard as part of the University’s official swimming and diving camp.
WIMBLEDON, England — Venus and Serena Williams are one round away from meeting in another Wimbledon final.
It’s just what a team stretched to its physical limit and weary with travel doesn’t need: Another game, another superior opponent. But when Austin’s struggling USL-1 newcomer takes on Houston’s perennial Major League Soccer power tonight at Nelson Field, it isn’t going to be your usual David -and-Goliath matchup. For starters, it’s a cup match, a winner-take-all scrap that more often rewards grit and physicality than talent.
BEAUMONT, Texas — Dirk Nowitzki’s former fiancee was transferred from a Texas jail to a lockup in Missouri on Tuesday, authorities said.
Imagine Yoda coaching college baseball, but without the green skin and at least 4 feet taller.
HOUSTON — Rockets center Yao Ming’s broken left foot could be a “career-threatening” injury.
Waking up to get my daily dose of Wimbledon before I had to go to class, I turned on NBC’s coverage of the tennis tournament and saw that Venus Williams was up 4-0 in the first set of a match against Ana Ivanovic.
More people than ever before tuned in to see the Louisiana State Tigers become champions of college baseball this year.
Texas sprinters shine at US championships, Hooker falls just short; Hardee wins decathlon, future Horn sets high school record
The result, in the end, matters only to the victor ...
At the midway point of the greatest tennis tournament of the year, there are endless possibilities for Wimbledon’s conclusion.
I like to think of the NBA as a permanent campaign. As soon as one team is crowned the world champion, everyone else is sent scurrying to reload and revamp their own teams.
A hot dog at UFCU Disch-Falk Field might cost $3.50, but goodwill was free and bountiful on Thursday as fans clad in burnt orange welcomed home the Texas baseball team from its trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
NEW YORK — On a day of head-turning trades around the NBA, the Los Angeles Clippers made the obvious choice to start the draft.
Longhorns could not come up with way to stop Most Outstanding Player
The Louisiana State baseball team definitely knows how to get the party started.
OMAHA, Neb. – Before all the magic, there was a simple sign this season was going to be something special for the Texas Longhorns.
A look back at the 12 games the Longhorns' played this season.
Relief pitching can’t shut down Tigers in two losses of championship series
OMAHA, Neb. — It ended with a whimper.
Forget the Kobe versus MJ comparisons. The lucky few who enjoyed this year’s College World Series have a much more apt discussion to consider.
Texas’ championship hopes disappear as Tigers score 7 unanswered
OMAHA, Neb. — It ended with a whimper.
What would you do if faced with the best offense in America?
AUSTIN – Harrison Smith, Texas’ junior guard, will transfer out of the University this fall, head basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Wednesday.
OMAHA, Neb. — On Monday, freshman pitcher Taylor Jungmann struggled. He threw six pitches, all were balls. Texas lost.
OMAHA, Neb. — Taylor Jungmann stares back at the cameras and press corps surrounding him with a look that approaches disdain, when he cares to look at all.
Multiple momentum-killing plays end Tigers’ win streak; Free Willy — I mean Carlos, Texas’ new inflatable friend; Somewhere over the rainbow … there might be a Harrah’s; At home in Rosenblatt Stadium homering ‘Horns are lonely;
Despite 5 solo HRs, the Texas offense couldn’t produce at game’s end
OMAHA, Neb. — Texas rode a crazy wave into the College World Series championship.
OMAHA, Neb. — The Texas magic must have taken a night off.
Give it up for the College World Series, it’s living up to the hype in 2009
There’s something beautiful going on in Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb. — The ball launched in a straight line, exploding off of his bat.
OMAHA, Neb. — Connor Rowe stepped to the plate as 23,000 fans stood cheering, and heard complete silence.
OMAHA, Neb. — The Tigers look great. Dominant. Scary.
OMAHA, Neb. — A day after their latest nearly incomprehensible and downright impossible win in a continuing string of such games in the NCAA tournament, two Texas seniors were reliving the magical moment.
Texas players defy odds with talent not measured by batting stats, ERAs
This Texas team isn’t great. It might not even be that good. With only a couple of mid-round picks in last week’s MLB draft, it’s light on experienced major league-class talent. The offense, capable of comebacks like Tuesday’s 10-run miracle, was equally capable of scoring just twice against TCU’s third-best starter with a trip to Omaha on the line.
OMAHA, Neb. — Kole Calhoun hit the game-tying grand slam in the fifth inning and the go-ahead double in the seventh, and Arizona State erased a four-run deficit in a 12-5 victory over North Carolina at the College World Series on Thursday night.
OMAHA, Neb. — There is something magical about the run Texas is on.
Traditionally low-scoring team has exploded for 17 runs while committing 4 errors
OMAHA, Neb — The box scores at the end of the Longhorns’ two College World Series games make for some surprising reading.
I will be the first to admit that by the end of the 3rd inning Tuesday, I flipped over to the Lone Star Series in disgust and frustration.
Longhorns score 10 unanswered runs to come back from early 6-0 deficit
OMAHA, Neb. — For the first three innings of Tuesday’s game against Arizona State, the Longhorns looked like the Bad News Bears.
OMAHA, Neb — Cameron Rupp’s face broke into a beaming smile as he trotted past home plate and into the waiting arms of teammates sprinting out of the dugout to meet him. After a nightmarish start to his College World Series career and a game that teetered on disaster for his team, the sophomore catcher found his swing — and a little bit of redemption.
OMAHA, Neb. — When it comes to naming the greatest hitters in College World Series history, the conversation must now include Dustin Ackley.
Omaha, Neb. — The Longhorns have gone in search of baseball’s ultimate prize this season, hoping pitching and defense will get them there. Arizona State has shown great minds think alike.
Still tired from opener, Garrido and team skip practice and hit links
OMAHA, NEB. — On Sunday, Texas won its first College World Series game since 2005 by not swinging the bat.
Every NFL player wants playing time.
OMAHA, Neb. — Virginia trumped another ace.
PRETORIA, South Africa — New Jersey-born Giuseppe Rossi scored twice in the second half and Daniele De Rossi had a goal, leading Italy over the United States 3-1 Monday night in its opener at the FIFA Confederations Cup.
OMAHA, Neb. -- With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, freshman Brandon Loy came up to the plate at Rosenblatt Stadium in a tie game. Such is the beginning of every College World Series dream.
Designated hitter makes most of spot in batting order by scoring two runs
OMAHA, Neb. — Russell Moldenhauer is not your usual clean-up hitter. For one, coming into Sunday’s College World Series, he was hitting .234. Add in one home run during the past two seasons and a slugging percentage that could be mistaken for a mediocre batting average, and it’s almost a mystery why he’s at the heart of the No. 1 national seed’s order.
Everett places second in 800 to give men their only top-three finish
This weekend at the NCAA national championship meet, the women’s track team showcased what makes it so great: consistency.
The prospects for next basketball season look even brighter after the Longhorns’ leading returning scorer, forward Damion James, announced Saturday he is taking his name out of consideration for the NBA draft and returning for his senior year.
Team's fearless ace is intense on the mound but acts like 'goofball' in dugout
All season, when sophomore pitcher Chance Ruffin took the mound as Texas’ Friday night starter, the song “Rough & Ready” blasted through the speakers at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
Anderson, relay team advance to last day of competition at NCAA meet
The men’s and women’s teams have shrunk considerably since they arrived in Fayetteville, Ark., for the NCAA Nation Championship meet.
The familiar heavyweight of college baseball, Texas, will return to the big dance in Omaha, but there’s going to be a new face at the party.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The NCAA placed Alabama’s football program and 15 other of the school’s athletic teams on three years’ probation for major violations due to misuse of free textbooks.
Four years later, current players remember 2005 team's title triumph fondly
It was June 18, 2005, and the Texas Longhorns were setting up camp in Omaha, Neb. — familiar territory for Texas, which was making its fourth-straight trip to the College World Series.
One of the most historic French Opens concluded Sunday and no one really noticed. At least, no one in America.
The fourth-fastest woman in the world this year will be able to run another day, along with most of her teammates.
LOS ANGELES — Tim Floyd took Southern California’s basketball program from also-ran status to three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Now he’s gone, having suddenly resigned amid allegations that he paid to have O.J. Mayo delivered to the Trojans.
Appeal grants senior a chance at NCAA meet after accident knocks him out
To qualify for the NCAA national meet you have to finish in the top five in your event.
Austin Wood's shutout inning streak ends against TCU, senior remains focused on team goals
The past two weeks have been very different for Austin Wood. With his first trip to Omaha, Neb. and the College World Series booked, he’ll gladly take the glitch in his personal performance on the mound for the same winning results from his team.
Despite only sending five women and one relay team to Fayetteville, Ark., for the NCAA national meet, the women’s track team has the same goal in mind as everyone else.
In his first NCAA tournament appearance, Taylor Jungmann looked like a lost freshman.
In the Austin Regional last Sunday, he struggled to find control against a hard-hitting Army squad, giving up six runs on six hits and failing to make it out of the fourth inning.
Kevin Keyes lingered at home plate for a moment, admiring the flight of the ball he had just sent soaring over the left-field wall before rounding the bases. The swing was a thing of beauty, filled with anger and purpose, pulling the ball out of its path toward home plate and violently redirecting it to the opposing bullpen.
Perhaps finally fed up with the skepticism, the Longhorn offense showed up in a big way at this weekend’s Super Regional.
When sophomore pitcher Brittany Barnhill came to Texas after a stellar high school career, many expected her to be the next in a long line of great Longhorn pitchers.
The blue print for TCU in Game 2 was the same as in the first: capitalize on the few mistakes Texas pitchers make with home runs.
The Longhorns might need to find a way to bunt people to first base.
Don’t break out the bundt cake just yet, Augie. Despite a late rally, the Longhorns were unable to mount a successful comeback against Texas Christian in the second game of their Super Regional matchup Sunday, meaning the in-state foes will square off once again. The winner earns a trip to the College World Series in Omaha.
At 6 feet 5 inches tall, Brandon Belt has the makings of a top pitching prospect. Tall and lanky, he had great leverage off the mound and the perfect frame to add muscle. He had the angles to blow his low-90s fastball past hitters. He was left-handed, which never hurts a pitcher’s chances.
You can almost hear the collective surprise around the Longhorn dugout at UFCU Disch-Falk Field these days. You mean we’re actually going to a Super Regional?
Reasons why Texas will make it to Omaha
It may have not been as dramatic as Texas’ 25-inning showdown against Boston College, or game-winning grand slam against Army, but TCU had some theatrics of its own against Oregon State at the Fort Worth regional.
Wood and Clark lead Longhorns to historic wins in NCAA regional
Austin Wood looked at the freshly printed sheet on the table in front of him. He couldn’t believe the number he saw.
Two losses to No.3 Crimson Tide eliminate Texas as offense falters
The Longhorns entered the Tuscaloosa regional as the No. 2 seed and left the Alabama campus as the second-best team in the tournament.
Men’s and women’s teams off the pace in early season meet
While school finished up on the 40 Acres, the men’s and women’s track teams were just getting started.
After three years of failure in the regional round, the Longhorns broke through with a 300-foot bang Sunday night.
After winning the inaugural Big 12 championship, Texas knew it would face competitive crews in the South/Central regionals in Oak Ridge, Tenn. And although the meet did not produce not the results the Longhorns envisioned, Texas did advance four boats to the finals and garner some individual honors.
Big 12 tournament still to come, but World Series hopes high for Horns
The Longhorns want nothing more than to win the College World Series.
The end is in sight.
Clustered around a TV inside an office at Red and Charline McCombs Field, Texas watched on Sunday night as ESPNU announced the names of the 64 teams that will compete in the NCAA tournament.
Ranked No. 2 at the beginning of the season, Texas had high hopes heading into team competition. Despite going into Thursday’s round of 16 in the NCAA tournament against Tennessee ranked No. 12, the men’s tennis team’s optimism remains just as high.
Bathed in an illustrious glow of burnt orange and silhouetted against the half-lit spring sky, the Tower summed up the Texas Rowing team’s season so far as the team posed for pictures and celebrated the first-ever rowing Big 12 championship.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The estranged wife of a longtime aide to Rick Pitino was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of trying to extort money from the Louisville men’s basketball coach and lying to the FBI.
Heading into the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the Texas men’s track and field team is right where it was heading into the indoor championships: underrated.
As senior, Anderson serves as mentor to team comprised of mostly freshmen
With freshmen making up more than half of the women’s track team, the challenge of overcoming youth and inexperience has been a bit more daunting for the team than in seasons past.
Seasoned golf trio has experience competing in championship round
All-Big 12 golfer Nicole Vandermade said it best: “Rankings never reflect a team’s true talent.”
Horns receive No. 4 seed, hope to improve upon last showing at UT Golf Club
They’re in the home stretch. With only two tournaments remaining in the season, the Longhorns look to finish out strong.
In its final Big 12 regular season game, Texas scored five runs in the first inning to secure the win in what became a typical 2009 Longhorn game — which is anything but typical.
The Longhorns managed to secure one constant: their fifth Big 12 regular season title, the third that they have won in the last four years.
Texas head coach Augie Garrido predicted that the win of this weekend’s Texas-Texas A&M Lone Star Showdown at UFCU Disch-Falk Field would all come down to the final pitch on the final day.
After earning a first-round bye and beating Nebraska (34-17) in the second round of the Big 12 championship tournament Saturday, the Longhorns (38-18) couldn’t make it past the semifinal match against top-seeded Oklahoma (40-14).
“We’re ready to take on anyone.”
Strong finish at West Regional earns Texas trip to championships
The Texas women’s golf team went to the Valley of the Sun for the weekend and brought back its golf clubs, tan lines and a spot in the NCAA championships.
After taking a crazy 10-inning win over the Aggies on Friday night, Texas looks for a win as the series moves to Austin.
Longhorns, Aggies set to battle for first place in annual rivalry series
The road to first place in the Big 12 goes through bitter rival Texas A&M. If eighth-ranked Texas wins this weekend’s series against the No. 14 Aggies, the Longhorns will be in first place heading into the Big 12 tournament.
After ‘embarrassing’ 6-1 loss to A&M, Barnhill gets chance for redemption
Exactly one week after a devastating 6-1 loss to Texas A&M, the Longhorns head to Oklahoma City for the Big 12 championship tournament on Saturday as the fourth seed, hoping to reload.
Longhorns host first two rounds; red-hot Kutrovsky, Corrie ready for match with NEC champions
It will be a tremendous undertaking for the Longhorns to repeat the level of success they had at last year’s NCAA championships, but there’s more than enough talent on the team to give it a shot.
Texas, Pepperdine clash after strong performances at conference tourneys
California, here they come.
Ramirez suspended 50 games for failing drug test, using HCG
During the opening ceremony of the Big 12 Conference championship tournament four years ago, senior center fielder Kacie Gaskin remembers the Longhorn softball team doing something a little unexpected — dancing.
Texas may have found another pitcher.
Group's president revived organization; returning members hope for title
When Justin Belle became president of UT wrestling in his sophomore year, there wasn’t much of a club left.
It’s that time of the year again.
Rich Harden pitched into the eighth inning and Reed Johnson hit a bases-loaded triple Wednesday to lead the Chicago Cubs to victory over the Houston Astros 6-3.
Armstrong to auction off
custom artist-designed bikes;
Charges to be reduced against two Marshall football players
Texas Southern at No. 8 Texas
As the regular season winds down, the drained Longhorns must look to an upbeat teammate to perk up their energy levels and finish off the season strong.
During the last week of classes, students work hard to finish out the semester with a positive result. The women’s club lacrosse team, meanwhile, will try to finish out its season with a strong performance at nationals in Arizona.
Texas baseball opens up about sport's steroid-scarred reputation
America’s favorite pastime has unfortunately become synonymous with steroids. Some even say the game of baseball has been tarnished forever.
Opportunities for women to “walk on” to sports teams used to be rare.
Williams to use last year of eligibility to change legacy
Earnesia Williams hasn’t had enough.
The outcome of the first round of the NBA playoffs may have been expected, but the way some of the teams advanced was not.
Rep. Joe Barton is smarter than all of us.
Men’s golf team nets No. 4 seed, will host NCAA regional tourney
Aggies open game up with fifth-inning onslaught to beat rival on national TV
Saturday night’s 6-1 loss to rival Texas A&M in a nationally televised game definitely wasn’t the way Texas’ four seniors wanted to end their regular-season college careers.
Texas bats explode in first two games while pitching saves the day in finale
WACO — For Texas, this weekend played out like an episode of “Sesame Street”: series sweep of Baylor, brought to you by the numbers three and one.
Small Kansas school wins three events at star-studded Texas Invitational on Saturday
The cameras were focused on the Olympians, but the underdogs stole the show at Saturday’s Texas Invitational.
Lucas has season-best performance in high jump with Hooker absent
With a last-minute scratch from the morning favorite, the long shot was able to win it all on Saturday.
Texas knows what it is like to win the Big 12 Invitational. It has seen that ending play out seven times now, but had never experienced the magnitude of a true conference championship, the orange-lit tower in its honor or the year’s worth of bragging rights — until now.
After securing a solid five-run lead in game two of a doubleheader against UTSA on Thursday, Texas cleared its bench and every player made it onto the field.
Texas hopes momentum carries from midweek win into annual split series
Like Texas, Baylor is trying to pull itself together.
Consider the Texas Invitational a dress rehearsal.
The rain may have been earlier this week, but a storm of talent will hit Austin on Saturday for the Texas Invitational.
As far as coach Carrie Graves and the Longhorn Rowing team are concerned, OU does not suck — in fact, the Horns could not be any happier to have them around.
Sweeney’s catch robs Rangers of comeback; Nebraska’s Anderson declares for NBA draft
After OSU blowout, team will face final non-conference foe in a doubleheader
Coming off a blowout victory against Oklahoma State on Saturday, the Longhorns will try to add two more wins to their overall record before focusing on Big 12 rival Texas A&M in the final game of the regular season.
Three-year starter relishes dual roles of average student and experienced motivator
Meet the two separate sides of Mary Cait McPherson.
No pressure, no problem. After shooting three forgettable rounds and becoming an afterthought at the Big 12 championships, the Horns saved their best for last.
Martial art shows students they can compete at national level with practice, patience
When two people fight in most sports, the result is a penalty or suspension. When two people fight in taekwondo, they get points and earn victories.
It’s No. 31 Texas’ last shot at salvaging a season considered mediocre by its recent lofty standards.
Baylor-UTSA doubleheader wiped out by rainy weather
McKinney recruit Vilarino signs with Gonzaga over Kentucky
Former Husker Glenn admits
ticket-selling story was false
Remember when sports were played just for fun and winning and losing didn’t matter?
The Longhorn dugout was all smiles after Tuesday night’s 12-2 Bobcat creaming at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
Whether you like it or not, the future is here.
When one door closes, another opens.
After four consecutive unsuccessful outings, tonight a must-win for Longhorns
Texas was riding a 10-game winning streak. Was.
Despite recent struggles, No. 20 Texas hopes to stay focused, come out on top
There is nothing wrong with being the underdog. That is what the Longhorn golf team is telling itself as it participates in the Big 12 championships this week.
Hype, speculation mislead fans; more often than not, predictions are inaccurate
We didn’t need Bill Cosby dressed up in a football jersey to prove that the NFL Draft has become one of the most uneventful sporting events.
Quan Cosby may not have been one of the four Longhorns chosen in the NFL Draft this weekend, but he won’t be unemployed.
Mavericks have Spurs facing rare first-round elimination; After trailing, Young homers; Rangers rally past Orioles 6-4; In Cincinnati, Pence leads Astros to 10th-straight win
Horns cruise to finals, but Bears keep team from capturing 8th Big 12 title
If Baylor wasn’t in the Big 12, Texas would have about 20 conference championship titles in women’s tennis.
Texas cruises to relay wins, captures gold in both 4x100, 4x400
There’s only one way to describe the conditions in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday.
“Cold and wet,” said head coach Beverly Kearney.
On Saturday, head coach Bubba Thornton put together what was possibly the best 4x800-meter relay lineup in the history of Texas track. With two national champions in Tevan Everett and Jacob Hernandez and a strong supporting cast of Tevas Everett and Kyle Miller, the Longhorns were poised for a new school record.
The bats were hot and cold for Texas on Saturday in Stillwater, Okla., as the Longhorns split a doubleheader against the Cowboys to finish up their final road trip of the regular season.
The story remains the same for Texas in the Big 12 championships as it did in the regular season, as the team lost an emotional match to Baylor 4-3 in Norman, Okla., on Sunday.
The Horns drew a matchup against Oklahoma in the first round of the tournament and defeated the sooners with ease, 4-0.
Down one run in the eighth, Texas was ready to rally. Two on, no out — the table was set.
Former standout highlights draft for Texas; three more Horns picked Sunday
At Radio City Music Hall in New York City, surrounded by friends and family, Texas defensive end Brian Orakpo was all smiles when the Washington Redskins selected him with the 13th pick in the first round of Saturday’s NFL Draft.
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