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Texas track and field sends 10 past, present Longhorns to Paris for Summer Olympics

Texas track and field sends 10 past, present Longhorns to Paris for Summer Olympics

Sophia Sandoval, General Sports Reporter July 1, 2024

It was a busy weekend for the current and former stars of the Texas track and field team, as numerous federations held their Olympic trials to determine their teams for the Summer Olympic Games this month....

Texas vs. UTSA football preview: Possible heartbreak or keeping with status quo

Texas vs. UTSA football preview: Possible heartbreak or keeping with status quo

Nicholas Kingman, General Sports Reporter July 1, 2024

Week three of the 2024 college football season will mark the second time the Texas Longhorns face the UTSA Roadrunners, with their only meeting being in 2022. The Longhorns won the inaugural matchup 41-20....

What athletes being paid may mean for Texas Athletics

What athletes being paid may mean for Texas Athletics

Henry Hipschman, General Sports Reporter July 1, 2024

On May 23, the NCAA and the Power Five conferences came to a historic settlement, allowing students to be paid by their universities for the first time in college sports history.  This settlement came...

Dylan Disu walks onto the court ahead of Texas' game against West Virginia on Feb. 10, 2024.

Dylan Disu, Max Abmas sign free agent contracts with NBA teams

Isa Almeida, Sports Desk Editor July 1, 2024

The 2024 NBA draft wasn’t successful for Texas men’s basketball. The program ended the ceremony with no drafted players, but for these two graduates, professional basketball dreams are not over.  Though...

Texas Football coach Steve Sarkisian and players during The Eyes of Texas after a 31-24 win against Houston on Oct. 21, 2023.

Texas vs. Michigan football preview: an early season test for the Longhorns

Henry Hipschman, General Sports Reporter June 27, 2024

On Sept. 7, only two weeks into the 2024 football season, the Longhorns will be traveling deep into enemy territory to take on their most difficult out-of-conference opponent this season: the Michigan...

Texas runs out to the field at the beginning of the second half of the Big 12 Championship game on Dec. 2, 2023.

Big shoes to fill for defensive line, Kenny Baker

Ben Wells, General Sports Reporter June 27, 2024

Throughout the 2023 season, Texas football was synonymous with elite defensive line play. As a unit, the Longhorns’ defense held all of their opponents to a stifling 2.9 yards per rushing attempt and...

Madisen Skinner spikes the ball during the Texas vs. Stanford game on Sep. 3, 2023.

Texas volleyball Madisen Skinner wins Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year

Lauren Hightower, Senior Sports Reporter June 27, 2024

Senior outside hitter Madisen Skinner is Texas’ latest Big 12 Athlete of the Year winner. “Speechless right now,” Skinner said on social media. “So grateful for (Texas volleyball) and the incredible...

Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle speaks at a postgame press conference after Texas A&M’s win against Florida at the NCAA Men’s College World Series at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska on June 21.

Texas baseball introduces Jim Schlossnagle as 15th head coach in program history

Evan Vieth, Sports Editor June 26, 2024

Two days ago, Jim Schlossnagle was sitting in the dugout of Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, with the weight of Aggie Nation placed on his back. The school had never won an NCAA championship in any of the...

Quarterback Quinn Ewers looks to pass the ball during the College Football Playoff game against Washington on Jan. 1, 2024.

Repeating history: Colorado State preview

Lauren Hightower, Senior Sports Reporter June 24, 2024

Fans filling the stands in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, wearing boots and burnt orange. The Texas summer heat beating down in a midday game. Texas football attempting to repeat history.  If...

7 past, present Longhorns punch their Paris tickets for the Olympic swimming and diving trials

7 past, present Longhorns punch their Paris tickets for the Olympic swimming and diving trials

Meaghan English, Senior Sports Reporter June 24, 2024

The Texas swim teams showed out at the Olympic Swimming Trials in Indianapolis, taking place June 15-23. A whopping 46 Longhorn athletes, signees and alumni competed for spots on Team USA, with Texas having...

Longhorns and the SEC: A complicated, 30-year relationship between Texas, its rivals, college football’s best conference

Longhorns and the SEC: A complicated, 30-year relationship between Texas, its rivals, college football’s best conference

Nicholas Kingman, General Sports Reporter June 24, 2024

Longtime Texas head coach and three-time national champion Darrell K Royal said many quotes during his coaching career. But, one of his most notable is “football doesn’t build character, it eliminates...

Texas Volleyball team celebrates in-between sets of Texas' game against Stanford on Sept. 3, 2023.

Texas volleyball targets historic three-peat in its SEC inaugural season

Sophia Sandoval, General Sports Reporter June 24, 2024

After a dominant defense of the national title last season, Texas volleyball will look to build upon the depth of its roster and the momentum of the past two seasons as the team starts its journey for...

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