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3 Texas football players with most to lose in canceled season

Carter Yates July 27, 2020

With the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences announcing the implementation of a conference-only schedule and several conferences canceling fall sports entirely, a canceled or postponed college football season...

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Texas plans to operate at 50% football stadium capacity

Myah Taylor July 21, 2020

Stadium capacity at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium this football season will be limited to 50% for the time being, Texas Athletics Director Chris Del Conte wrote in an email to season ticket holders...

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The games can wait, but sports still matter

Myah Taylor July 16, 2020

The narrative surrounding sports at the University of Texas — and America at large — is changing. Sports have shaped the University’s culture since 1893, motivating 100,000 strangers...

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Texas-sized brand: Why are the Longhorns so valuable?

Myah Taylor July 5, 2020

Although Texas football won its last national championship 15 years ago and hasn't contended for a title since 2009, the Longhorn brand still reigns. Texas posted just one 10-win season in the last...

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What will Saturdays at DKR look like this fall? Die-hard fans don’t know.

Myah Taylor June 19, 2020

While other UT students spent last Black Friday with family before returning to campus after Thanksgiving break, Elena Edwards flew back to Austin early to catch Texas’ last home game of the 2019...

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Acho looks to post-football future amid uncertainty

Marcus Krum June 15, 2020

Towering over most at 6-foot-3-inch and 260 pounds, Sam Acho is a gifted athlete. But the nine-year NFL veteran has never thought of himself as just a football player. The Texas football alumnus is...

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Texas takes stand against social injustice in return to campus

Donnavan Smoot June 11, 2020

As football student-athletes return to campus for voluntary workouts, Texas Athletics continues its fight for racial justice.  Last week, Texas football players and coaches marched from Darrell...

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13 Longhorn football players test positive for COVID-19 after new wave of tests

Donnavan Smoot and Stephen Wagner June 11, 2020

Update 6/18 at 11:55 a.m. Thirteen Texas football players have tested positive for COVID-19, Texas Athletics officials said in a statement Thursday morning. All 13 players are now “self-isolating,”...

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NCAA allows football, basketball athletes to return to campus starting June 1

Marcus Krum May 21, 2020

The state of college sports in the fall is still up in the air, but athletes may be returning to campus soon. The NCAA decided today that it will allow Division I football and basketball student-athletes...

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Ranking Big 12 schools with best home-field advantage

Stephen Wagner May 7, 2020

Nothing in sports gives teams a home-field advantage quite like a raucous crowd, but it’s not a luxury every Big 12 school has.  Here’s a look at which schools have the best home-field...

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Former Longhorn Cedric Griffin’s barbecue truck is ‘family’ business

Donnavan Smoot April 27, 2020

There’s a saying that athletes die twice: once physically and once when their career is over. Athletes are often stuck in purgatory once they leave a sport, trying to figure out what to do next with...

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Malcolm Roach signs as free agent following 2020 NFL Draft

Myah Taylor April 25, 2020

Texas defensive lineman Malcolm Roach will be heading back to his home state after he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Orleans Saints. After not being selected in the 2020 NFL Draft,...

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