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Examining the Ranger’s offseason

Ryan Haddox January 16, 2013

The Rangers closed the 2012 season in dismal fashion, blowing a five game division lead to the Oakland A’s with eight games remaining. After being bounced by the Orioles in the inaugural Wild...

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Longtime assistant coach Rose Brimmer becomes women’s track and field interim head coach, volunteer Michelle Freeman to become assistant coach

Jori Epstein January 16, 2013

When women’s athletics director Chris Plonsky told Rose Brimmer she would become interim head coach upon Beverly Kearney’s resignation, Brimmer first contacted her husband. “Really?”...

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NCAA Tournament steadily slipping for Longhorns

Nick Cremona January 16, 2013

January is the time of college basketball season when teams begin to jockey for a position within their conference and hopefully add the finishing touches to their NCAA Tournament resumes. The best-case...

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McGee-Stafford quickly shaking freshman jitters

Matt Warden January 16, 2013

Six feet, seven inches is tall, especially for women’s basketball.  Imani McGee-Stafford is proving that she can do more than just stand tall in the paint this season. After 15 games, the...

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Davis stays, Moore leaves as Texas enters offseason

Rachel Thompson January 16, 2013

The end of an autumn football season brings a flurry of career prospects for NCAA players as they grapple with the decision to remain in school or pursue an NFL career.  Wide receiver Mike Davis’...

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Texas volleyball squad did what everyone has been waiting for Longhorns football team to do: win a national championship

Christian Corona January 15, 2013

If Mack Brown wants to turn things around, he should take a page out of Jerritt Elliott’s playbook. In 2009, both the Longhorns’ football and volleyball teams suffered crushing defeats in...

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Texas faced with difficulties in securing recruits

Michael Marks January 15, 2013

The end of the year was marred by decommitments and missed opportunities for the Longhorns’ 2013 recruiting class, despite strong showings by UT commits at end-of-the-year All-America games. The...

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Sheldon McClellan has tools to take on leadership role, but needs the conviction

Wes Maulsby January 15, 2013

With the suspended Myck Kabongo a non-factor this season, the burden of leadership has fallen to the rest of the Longhorns. And the player most people are looking to to take up that responsibility is Sheldon...

Alamo Bowl Applewhite’s first shot at play-calling, coaching quarterbacks

Rachel Thompson January 15, 2013

In the midst of the third quarter of the 2001 Holiday Bowl, the odds weren’t looking too good for the freckle-faced redhead to lead his team to a win. Down 36-20 going into the fourth quarter, senior...

San Antonio police say no conclusion made regarding Case McCoy, Jordan Hicks

Christian Corona January 15, 2013

One day after Case McCoy and Jordan Hicks were reinstated to the Texas football team, an investigation into sexual assault allegations made against them Dec. 28 is not yet closed, according to a statement...

In his own words: In a 2000 guest column, Major Applewhite reflected on a quarterback controversy and his burning desire to win

Major Applewhite January 15, 2013

It was so hard not to doubt. A few days after I underwent surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament of my left knee, I looked at the injury, and it was swollen to the size of a volleyball. The...

No.14 Texas wins six events in Birmingham

Jori Epstein January 14, 2013

Traveling to Birmingham for Saturday’s Crimson Tide Indoor Opener, Women’s Track & Field, ranked at No. 14, had to face 11 top teams before finishing with multiple wins. Top finishes include...

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