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Updated at 8:25 p.m. on May 10: Head coach Mack Brown has addressed the incident, saying the following at a Caring for Kids banquet in Lakeway:
Streaming from the dugout, teammates raced towards Jordan Etier and moments later a massive pile of humanity engulfed him at first base, celebrating Etier’s game winning at bat against Texas A&M last Sunday.
It wasn’t the at bat itself that was so special — just a simple ground ball at the first baseman, and barely far enough up the line to score the runner from third.
The Longhorns were able to tame the bear this time around. After losing their first game of the series to conference rival Baylor, the Longhorns took this second game with ease on Tuesday night.
In the 7-3 win, Texas proved how strong of a team it is. While giving up seven hits and hitting 11 themselves, they were able to out power Baylor late in the game.
Mark Payton made it on base at least once during each of Texas’ first 33 games. Although that streak has ended, his consistency and good timing brought the Longhorns back in the game on Tuesday night when they were down 2-1 to Prairie View A&M.
Everyone remembers the player that breaks the color barrier.
But what of the coach? The most famous African-American to defy a color barrier in the world of sports is the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson. For the Texas football program, it’s Julius Whittier, a lineman who became the first black Longhorns football player in 1970.
After a 66-game sprint in a four-month span, the NBA has reached its postseason and many teams are already marred by injuries. The heavy schedule and lack of off-season preparations seem to be taking their toll on key players. No team was hit harder by this wave of injuries than the No. 1 overall seed Chicago Bulls.
Texas fans rejoiced euphorically on Dec. 6, 1969, as the Longhorns defeated Arkansas, 15-14, in the national championship game.
It was a game that would long be celebrated for what the Longhorns had accomplished on the field, but history was also being made among the members of the team itself.
Although it took a little while and some patience, three Longhorns were selected in the NFL Draft on Saturday — the final day of the draft.
Keenan Robinson, a linebacker, was the first to hear his name called. Robinson was picked by Washington in the fourth round, 119th overall.
Resiliency has been the motto for the Longhorns all year. The motto for the Big 12 Championship will be no different.
The team has won the Big 12 tournament title seven times, with its most recent victory coming in 2005. Coming off a loss in its final regular season matchup, the fourth seeded Longhorns will earn a first round bye before looking for redemption against the fifth seeded Oklahoma State Cowboys, who handed them that loss.
It wasn’t how the Longhorns wanted to start their final series with longtime rival Texas A&M. Thursday night gave the team a lot of trouble, as they lost in a 9-0 shut out given by the Aggies.
No. 18 Texas A&M held the Longhorns to seven hits on the night, and the Aggies were able to get 9 runs of their eight hits. The run-ruled game was not what the Longhorns expected going into the weekend.
1. Indianapolis Colts — Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
1. Indianapolis Colts, Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
Brian White brought lessons from his successes, not only as an established actor, but also as a certified stock broker, youth activist, author and professional football player to the UT community Monday.
White came to speak about the principles behind building a successful career, regardless of the profession or field, at a talk sponsored by the African American Culture Committee.
With three seconds left in the final showdown between Texas and Texas A&M, the game was on Justin Tucker’s foot.
Texas was down 25-24.
Tucker made the field goal — and Texas football history.
This weekend marks softball’s final installment of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown and for the century-old rivalry. The Longhorns will travel to College Station Friday afternoon to play the first game of the series on the road against the Aggies. Saturday, both teams will head over to Red and Charline McCombs field to play the rest of the series in Austin.
It’s hard to be successful when your best player has an off game, and that was never more evident than in this weekend’s series against Kansas.
Erich Weiss, the team’s best hitter with a .342 average, struggled at the plate Friday evening going 0-for-4 against a weak Kansas team, which came into the game with a 15-24 record and only three wins in Big 12 play.
The Texas Longhorns men’s golf team saw its win streak end on Sunday, as it took a share of second place at the Aggie Invitational in Bryan Texas over the weekend.
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in an eight-part series about Longhorns hoping to be drafted into the NFL.
There was a lot to like about last season. Texas won three more games than it did the year before, including a bowl game, and signed another top-five recruiting class. But Fozzy Whittaker’s knee injury was probably the lowest point.
After three matches of rough weather and rough competition, the Longhorns must endure two more storms in conference play.
Heading into this weekend’s matches with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, the women sit at the top of the Big 12 with a 6-1 record. Coming off a close loss to A&M, the team is in perfect position to flash its trademark resiliency.
It seems as if the 2011-12 year is the year of the Bear, because in the world of sports, Baylor cannot be stopped.
Baylor’s football team won 10 games while Robert Griffin III brought the school its first Heisman trophy. Its men’s basketball team made the elite eight and the women’s basketball team was a perfect 40-0 en route to a national title. Now their baseball team is ranked in the top 10 in the country and is undefeated in conference play.
The Longhorns are hitting the road again. The 35-5 Texas team will make the hour-and-a-half journey up I-35 to challenge Baylor in a one-game conference stand.
The Longhorns are currently 9-3 in the Big 12 where they stand second behind rival Oklahoma. Baylor, on the other hand, is seventh in the conference with their 3-8 record.
It was a calm and cool Tuesday night, but the Longhorns met a storm they couldn’t weather.
In their third match in the last four days, the Longhorns emerged from a battle in College Station with a 4-3 defeat to Texas A&M. After dropping the doubles point, the women flashed their trademark resiliency but just fell short of the victory.
David Snow has always wanted to be an NFL player. But come draft day on April 26, he won’t be sitting around eagerly watching the television. Instead, he will be out fishing with his friends.
“I’m going to be really excited,” Snow said. “But I’m not going to be sitting around.”
Running around on brooms and chasing a human snitch, university students brought the wizarding game of Quidditch to life this weekend with the first tournament held at UT.
Texas Quidditch hosted their first Lone Star Cup Saturday at Whitaker Fields, hosting 12 participating university teams from across Texas and Louisiana.
The Longhorns continued their winning ways this weekend, finishing in first place at the Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Texas won an event for the seventh time this season. The win at the two-day event marked the third consecutive tournament victory for No. 1 Texas.
The Longhorns finished atop the 14-team field with a 10-over-par 1060. Stanford finishing second with a 14-over-par 1064.
