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Goodwin heads to Outdoor Championships with top honors

Nick Cremona June 7, 2011

Sophomore Marquise Goodwin was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association South Central Field Athlete of the Year, the organization announced Monday. This season, Goodwin,...

Dirk finally realizing potential with Mavs after years of failure

Trey Scott June 6, 2011

Dirk Nowitzki is a stone-cold killer. Yeah, never thought I’d type that. For the majority of his career, it has been difficult to take Dirk seriously. There are the silly aesthetics: the...

Lusson provides clutch spark to keep Horns’ season alive

Trey Scott June 6, 2011

The Longhorns woke up Sunday morning needing two wins to keep their season alive. Thanks to the unlikeliest hero of them all, they went to bed Sunday night needing just one more to advance. Against...

Texas avoids elimination with two critical wins

Jon Parrett June 6, 2011

The Longhorns live to see another day. Texas won twice on Sunday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field to force an elimination game tonight with Kent State in the Austin Regional. Texas beat Texas State 4-3...

Nadal defeats Federer once again, captures sixth French Open title

The Associated Press June 6, 2011

PARIS – Regardless of the setting or the surface, Rafael Nadal confounds Roger Federer the way no other man can. Put the two greats of the game on opposite ends of a court in a Grand Slam...

Heat survive late run to win Game 3

The Associated Press June 6, 2011

DALLAS — The Miami Heat didn’t blow this one. Now they’re just two wins from being crowned NBA champions. Chris Bosh made a 16-foot, go-ahead jumper from the baseline with 39.6...

It’s more than just a game for some fans

Sameer Bhuchar June 6, 2011

For much of the world, modern professional sports are often points of social and cultural contention. For the athletes, there is a greater sense of camaraderie, the feeling that practice pays off. But...

Inexperienced Horns eliminated early once again

Sara Beth Purdy June 6, 2011

The Longhorns were happy with their regular season performance. They only lost eight games, defeated many top ranked opponents and earned the third overall seed in the postseason, which meant they would...

Texas falls to Kent State

Jon Parrett June 5, 2011

Texas scored three runs in the ninth inning but they weren’t enough to complete a comeback against Kent State, and the Longhorns fell 7-5 in their second game of the Austin regional. Taylor Jungmann...

Texas survives Princeton in tourney opener

Trey Scott June 4, 2011

  A win is a win, but the Longhorns sure hope that the 5-3 squeaker they pulled out against Princeton ends up being their closest call of this regional tournament. When Corey Knebel clinched...

Texas on road to redemption

Trey Scott June 3, 2011

It has been exactly 356 days since June 12, 2010, the day a promising baseball season came to a painful end. That hot day, the scoreboard at Disch-Falk read: Texas 1, TCU 4. The upstart Horned Frogs...

Season over for Longhorns

Nick Cremona June 3, 2011

There was no squeaking into the next stage of postseason play this time. The Longhorns were not able to mount a comeback in the final round of the NCAA Championship and failed to qualify for the...

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