Archive for: sports
UT Athletics Inducts 14 to Hall of Honor
By Brittany Lamas
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
By Dan Solomon
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
By Brittany Lamas
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
By Rose Cahalan
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
By Rose Cahalan
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
By Brittany Lamas
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
By Julia Bunch
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]
By Rose Cahalan
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
By Erin Griffin
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...
All in the Family: Roger Clemens’ Son Turns Down Astros for UT
By Jordan Schraeder
Looks like the Astros will just have to wait a few years to get a Clemens back on the mound. Kacy Clemens, son of legendary Longhorn pitcher and controversial all-time...