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Eckerman Named Big 12 Player of the Year, Again

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As if going 16-0 in conference play and winning the Big 12 title were not enough for Texas Volleyball’s Haley Eckerman, for the second straight year, the...

 
 

UT Athletics Inducts 14 to Hall of Honor

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Most students spend their college years juggling classes, jobs, and internships. For some, those commitments also come with representing the University on a court,...

 
 

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The Seeker

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Post-NFL, Ricky Williams has been everything  from TV host to spiritual healer. Can the record-setting running back ever stand still? John Bianco has a favorite...

 
 

Breaking the Line: Samuel Freedman on Football and Civil Rights

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In week one of the 2013 NFL season, there were nine African-American starting quarterbacks—evidence that much has changed since 1967, when there was only the dream...

 
 

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Sharing Goodwill: The Tyres Dickson Story

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Football was Tyres Dickson’s ticket to success, until a drunk driver changed everything. Now, 15 years later, Dickson has found a new calling—with a little help...

 
 

DeLoss Dodds Responds to Retirement Rumor

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After a story on the Longhorn sports website Orangebloods.com reported that two anonymous sources say UT Athletics director DeLoss Dodds will retire by the end...

 
 

Former Longhorn Golfer Jordan Spieth Makes the Presidents Cup

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Just nine months ago, former University of Texas golfer Jordan Spieth took a risk and left college during his sophomore year to join the PGA Tour, despite not having...

 
 

UT Football Has the Nation’s Biggest Facebook Fan Base

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Bevo may not exactly reign supreme from sea to shining sea, but we recently learned from a Facebook data map that it’s pretty darn close. According to the map—which...

 
 

Inside Texas Quidditch [Slideshow]

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It’s rare for a new sport to enter the mainstream—and even rarer for that sport to be drawn from a series of young-adult fantasy novels. But Quidditch has...

 
 

UT Men’s Track and Field Coach Retires

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A legendary coaching career is coming to an end. After serving as UT’s head men’s track and field coach for 18 years, Bubba Thornton has announced he’s...

 
 
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