Sameer Bhuchar

Carrington’s research interests include the politics of race and sport.

Follow Keenan Robinson on Twitter and you can really pick the Texas linebacker’s brain. He’s a realist.

The Longhorns inked two big names in high school basketball for the 2013 season.

Yes, golf is exciting without Tiger Woods, and no one proved that more than the top two performers Sunday afternoon.

Star basketball player to forgo senior year and enter into the 2012 NBA Draft.

North Texas head coach Karen Aston will take over the Texas program from Gail Goestenkor.

Two Big 12 teams faced top-level basketball programs in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament this weekend.

Softball and swimming rise to the top, passing goals through winning wildly.

J'Covan Brown came through when Texas needed him most.

Thomas Robinson led the Jayhawks with 25 points and 14 rebounds to a 73-63 win over the Longhorns.

Texas’ seniors played a minimal role in the victory on a night meant to commemorate their achievements.

Texas head coach Rick Barnes addresses the media and assesses his team’s performance.

The Longhorns' momentum hit a wall against an inspired Oklahoma State Cowboys team that beat them 90-78.

Wangmene's game impresses even coach of opposing team.

With a one-point lead and a minute to play, the Aggies had their chance to stick it to the Longhorns once and for all.

The final year of Big 12, the Aggies were supposed to be one of the conference's best.

The Longhorns have lost so many close games lately, they must be due for one to go their way sooner or later.

Dorial Green-Beckham chose Missouri as the school he wishes to continue playing football at.

The frustration from another loss leaves no explanations for why this team just can’t finish.

It will take a great effort tomorrow against Baylor to avoid the Longhorns' fourth loss in five games.

In Texas, football is king, so it makes sense Mack Brown will continue to be paid like one.

The No. 21 Texas women’s tennis squad dropped this weekend’s matchup against No. 9 Virginia in New York.

The No. 19 Longhorns beat No. 39 Rice 5-2 by way of a doubles sweep and a strong singles outing on Friday in Houston.

Coming from a heartbreaking loss to Kansas State, Texas droped to 2-3 in Big 12 play.

The Texas basketball team is the Jon Huntsman of the Big 12 this year.

It was revenge for North Carolina and a sad dose of reality for the Longhorns in Wednesday night’s loss.

Myck Kabongo helps bring Texas up from a poor first half to topple Temple for their seventh straight win.

Baylor's Robert Griffin III deserved the Heisman this year, and few can dispute it.

A trip to the Holiday Bowl feels good and underwhelming at the same time.

Texas was trailing, but came alive with the lights providing a much needed initial jolt of energy to the team.

 The freshman corps will need to put together strong collective performance tonight against North Texas to keep this Texas team competitive.

Like a pair of college students, Texas and Texas A&M have been through ups and downs together.

Look closer and you’ll see a senior class that has led the team in ways beyond the field.

It came in bunches, but when it rained, it poured.

The Texas men’s basketball team seems to go from one young team to another just about every season.

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Few people have been fortunate enough to walk onto the Cotton Bowl field, especially during the Red River Rivalry.

It is live chat time. Sameer Bhuchar is joined by football experts Austin Laymance and Christian Corona for this Double Coverage Live Chat.

After Texas’ grinding come-from-behind win against the Cougars, it was apparent how much this team has changed in one year.

Week 2: Comment with your picks on who will win these 10 college football matches for a chance to be in next Friday's edition of Double Coverage.

For the first time ever, you can comment who you think will win the same games the staff bets on every week. Whoever gets the most picks correct will be in Double Coverage as a little trophy.

The Daily Texan sports staff participated in a live chat on Wednesday to discuss the depth chart and UT's match against the Owls.

Missed our first live football chat? Fear not, here are some highlights.

Texas has been known for its reliable point guards in the last decade, and now the Longhorns are hoping their newest commitment, Javan Felix, can continue that trend.

The same school that produced recent greats such as Colt McCoy and Vince Young is without a quarterback to continue the tradition.

The NCAA emphasized and clarified two new amendments to their “unsportsmanlike conduct” rule Monday that has some of the conference’s coaches a little peeved.  

Hundreds of hopeful ballplayers descended upon Round Rock to take a crack at being the newest Major League Baseball player.

The inter-conference series began in 2010 and features a home-and-home format over a two-year agreement.

When the Houston Rockets used the No. 1 pick in the 2002 draft on a tall man from China named Yao Ming, I forced my mom to drive me home so I wouldn’t miss the seven-footer walk across the Madison Square Garden floor.

The Longhorn Network announced it will exclusively carry two of Texas’ football games in the 2011 season.

The three Longhorns drafted into the NBA last week spent about as much time on the draft board as they did playing college ball.

The ever elusive birdie had pecked at Trevor Nichols since he picked up golf two months ago, but at the seventh hole Nichols finally pecked back.

For much of the world, modern professional sports are often points of social and cultural contention. But a fan’s blind devotion to a team can sometimes be seen as barbaric and uninspiring. 

The Texas women’s track and field squad had a successful NCAA Championship qualification week as it advanced a best-in-the-nation 16 entries in 11 events to the championship meet beginning next Wednesday.

The ultimatum hanging over Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak for next the football season — whenever that may be — is simple: Get the team into the playoffs or pack your bags and leave town.

When Ricky Williams comes to Austin, he’s not usually going back to school. But yesterday in the Sims Elementary School library, the Longhorn football hero hung around the campus to mentor 20 of “Ricky’s Kids.”

For the fourth season in a row, Texas (19-12; 8-9) faced Missouri (13-11: 5-12) in the first round of the Big 12 tournament and, for the fourth time in a row, the Longhorns prevailed.

There is no doubt about it. The Texas women’s basketball team (17-11, 7-8) wants its fate to be in its own hands.

The last time Texas and Oklahoma met, the two fought an epic back-and-forth battle that culminated in a frustrating 71-67 overtime loss for the Longhorns.

When Baylor’s Brittney Griner snagged one of her 12 rebounds over the Longhorns on Saturday afternoon in Waco, she held the ball high above her 6-foot-8 head and played a game of keep away, reminiscent of the big kid on the playground messing with youngsters who just don’t belong.

Texas’ 38 points were its highest first-half point total in conference play, and it was a sign of things to come.

Freshman guard Chelsea Bass doesn’t need Ke$ha to get fired up.

Five games into Big 12 play and the Longhorns have given themselves a good, hard look in the mirror before facing their next opponent on the road tonight, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders.

The Texas women’s basketball team watched helplessly as Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams scored at will and handed the Longhorns their fourth straight loss.

The No. 17 Longhorns had a chance to prove their worth on the road against No. 25 Michigan State on Sunday, but fell short 71-57 to the Spartans in the Big 12/Big Ten Challenge.

In their continuing quest to define themselves as a unit, the Longhorns may have done just that on Sunday against Boston University. 

A very simple examination of the score line would make fans assume that the Texas women’s basketball team handily defeated the Mississippi Valley State University Devillettes on Friday. Upon further examination, though, there are signs that suggest head coach Gail Goestenkors and her staff have a lot of work to do in preparation for their next game.

Newly hired assistant coach Ronald Hughey brings a simple, old-school philosophy to the Texas women’s basketball team. “You must be agile, mobile, hostile,” he repeats multiple times at every practice.

The first week of NBA play has been all Heat all the time, and even though they don’t have a game for another two days, the basketball gods are still focusing their attention on the South Beach villains, as they’ve been portrayed.

There are a lot of similarities between Kansas State and Nebraska heading into today’s matchup.

When my editor asked me to write a column about the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championships in Turkey, I was thrilled.