The 2011 Astros are not too different from the team that went 32-27 in the final two months of last season.   After trading away veterans Roy Oswalt and Lance Berkman prior to...

  March Madness is almost over, and the NBA playoff race is heating up. That can only mean one thing: Major League Baseball is about to get underway.   The MLB owns the longest...

  The general feeling in the Texas dugout these days is the opponent does not matter.   “We don’t look at the conference of the team or the opponent’s name, really,”...

  The Longhorn bullpen struggled during Sunday’s 10-3 loss to Oklahoma State, surrendering seven runs in fewer than four innings. But the Texas bullpen came back Tuesday night and bailed...

  When you’re on a two-game losing streak, you’ll take a win any way you can get it.   The No. 7 Longhorns (18-7) got one of the uglier variety Tuesday night, holding...

  To his friends and family, James Kirkendoll is known as ‘Flash’ because of his speed.   Soon, professional coaches might be calling him the same thing after the former...

  Defensive backs Chykie Brown and Aaron Williams silenced critics Tuesday with a pair of impressive 40-yard dash times, putting to rest questions surrounding their draft status.   The...

  Purdue head coach Matt Painter is on the wish list for Missouri’s vacant coaching position and will meet with school officials Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday.    Missouri...

  Despite a full-fledged work stoppage in the NFL, one inevitability of summer is drawing ever nearer: the 2011 draft.   The draft begins April 28 in New York City and the Carolina...

  Corey Knebel came into pitch for Texas in the 12th inning of a 4-4 tie with Hawaii on Feb. 26. It was only the freshman’s second time seeing action on the season, but his coaches had...

  Small towns tend to affect people differently. Some cannot wait to leave to find a new way of life, never to look back again. Others depend on that way of life and become crippled by it,...

  Amy Hooks is a solid player on a very talented Texas team. Hooks produced two hits and three RBIs and scored one run in the Longhorn’s 12-0 and 10-2 victories against Kansas. She just...