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  • Texas fires football coach Tom Herman after 4 seasons
    January 2, 2021
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    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas fired football coach Tom Herman on Saturday after four seasons of failing to win a Big 12 championship and only one league title game appearance....
  • Max Duggan, TCU stun No. 9 Texas again
    October 3, 2020
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    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — TCU quarterback Max Duggan ran for the go-ahead score with 4 minutes left and the Horned Frogs' defense made it stand with a goal-line fumble recovery to stun No. 9 Texas 33-31...
  • How Houston's Jett Bush went from walk-on to Texas scholarship
    September 11, 2020
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    Strake Jesuit graduate Jett Bush talks about his viral moment and going from walk-on to scholarship football player at the University of Texas....
  • Earl Campbell still supports his school's 'Eyes of Texas' song
    September 9, 2020
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    University of Texas and Houston Oilers legend Earl Campbell isn’t ready to give up his school’s song “The Eyes of Texas.”...
  • CB Anthony Cook says he 'won't play another snap' at Texas
    June 11, 2020
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    Former five-star recruit Anthony Cook on Thursday said he “won’t play another snap for the University of Texas.”...
  • While Austin health officials remain wary of large gatherings, Texas still expects to play football
    May 20, 2020
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    AUSTIN – No decision has been made as to whether there will be a college football season in 2020. If there is, it could look very different at arenas across the country. One in particular: Royal-Me...
  • Arlington linebacker Morice Blackwell commits to Texas
    May 11, 2020
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    Morice Blackwell is ranked No. 32 at outside linebacker and No. 67 in the state, per the 247Sports recruiting composite....
  • Texas regents approve raises for three football assistants
    May 7, 2020
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    AUSTIN – The University of Texas System board of regents on Wednesday approved new contract terms for three football coaches. It also approved terms for new defensive line coach Mark Hagen, in Febr...
  • 4-star DE Jordon Thomas commits to Texas over Texas A&M
    May 2, 2020
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    AUSTIN – Texas on Saturday added a four-star lineman to its growing 2021 recruiting class....
  • Texas adds to receiver corps with Michigan transfer Tarik Black
    April 30, 2020
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    Originally a four-star recruit, Tarik Black appeared in 20 games at Michigan with nine career starts....
  • Texas rounds out 2020 class with Pflugerville Connally CB Jahdae Batton
    April 30, 2020
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    AUSTIN – Texas on Thursday completed its 2020 signing class by adding Pflugerville Connally cornerback Jahdae Barron....
  • Texas DE Malcolm Roach, OL Zach Shackelford find landing spots as undrafted free agents
    April 26, 2020
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    AUSTIN – Malcolm Roach and Zach Shackelford didn’t linger long on the open market following the conclusion of the 2020 NFL Draft....
  • 5-star F Aaliyah Moore commits to Texas
    April 25, 2020
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    AUSTIN – For the second time in as many days, Texas has gained a commitment from a Class of 2021 five-star talent....
  • Miami Dolphins select Texas safety Brandon Jones in third round of NFL draft
    April 25, 2020
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    The first round of the 2020 NFL draft passed by Thursday night and once again, not a single Longhorn received a call. The waiting continued Friday as the second round came and went....
  • Coveted basketball recruit Greg Brown III commits to Texas
    April 24, 2020
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    Greg Brown III is a consensus five-star recruit, the nation’s No. 1 power forward and No. 10 overall recruit....
  • Top 100 recruit Deyona Gaston flips to Texas
    April 17, 2020
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    Even with most of the country on lockdown and college campuses empty, it’s been a busy week for new Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer....
  • Texas to hire Mississippi State's Vic Schaefer as next women's basketball coach
    April 5, 2020
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    Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte’s search for a new women’s basketball coach didn’t even last a full weekend....
  • Texas not extending contract of women's basketball coach Karen Aston
    April 3, 2020
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    AUSTIN – Texas on Friday announced it would not extend the contract of women’s basketball coach Karen Aston. Her current contract runs through Aug. 31, 2020, though the search for a successor wil...
  • Former Barbers Hill star Charli Collier launches COVID-19 relief effort in hometown
    March 31, 2020
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    Texas basketball’s Charli Collier on Tuesday announced the creation of a COVID-19 relief fund aimed at aiding local non-profit organizations in the Baytown and Houston area....
  • Longhorns athletics events, including Texas Relays, cancelled over coronavirus concerns
    March 12, 2020
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    KANSAS CITY – Texas athletics director Chris Del Conte on Thursday announced the university would suspend all Longhorns athletics competitions, home and away, through March 29 in response to the CO...
  • Big 12 cancels men's and women's basketball tournaments
    March 12, 2020
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    Conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced the cancellation of both the men’s and women’s tournaments in response to growing concerns over the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus)....
  • Texas set to face Texas Tech in Big 12 tournament quarterfinals
    March 8, 2020
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    All Texas had to do Saturday to clinch a sole possession of third place in the Big 12 was take care of business against Oklahoma State. Instead, the Longhorns (19-12, 9-9 Big 12) fell flat in an 81-5...
  • Coleman's 3 with 0.4 seconds left lifts Texas over Oklahoma
    March 4, 2020
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    NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Matt Coleman III banked in a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to lift Texas to a 52-51 win over Oklahoma on Tuesday night. The Longhorns (19-11, 9-8 Big 12) won their fifth cons...
  • Missouri edges Texas in College Classic
    March 2, 2020
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    Missouri defeated Texas 9-8 on Sunday in the teams’ final game of the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic in Minute Maid Park. Baylor and Arkansas are still to come on Sunday night to w...
  • Texas silences No. 22 Texas Tech and its rowdy fans with fourth-straight win
    February 29, 2020
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    Even No. 22 Texas Tech and its aggressive fans weren’t enough to throw off the Longhorns Saturday at United Supermarkets Arena....