Steve Patterson agreed to resign as athletic director, University President Gregory L. Fenves confirmed Tuesday evening.
The Austin American-Statesman reported earlier in the day that Fenves made the...
This article has been updated since its original publication.
Athletic director Steve Patterson has been fired, according to multiple reports Tuesday morning.
A report by the Austin American-Statesman...
No. 7 Oregon vs No. 5 Michigan State
Saturday — 7 p.m. — ABC
The game of the week features a rematch of last year’s contest which saw the Ducks pile on 28 points in the second half...
Kansas State QB Jesse Ertz out indefinitely
Kansas State walks away from its season opener with a 34–0 win over South Dakota but lost something even more important — its quarterback.
Wildcats...
Texas Athletics is the second-biggest economic engine for events in the state of Texas, according to the first-ever Economic Impact Report for Texas Athletics released Tuesday.
The report, conducted...
Wisconsin vs. Alabama – 7 p.m. – Cowboys Stadium – ABC
The start of the Paul Chryst era at Wisconsin will get off to a challenging start against reigning SEC champion Alabama in the...
Kansas, Oklahoma State name starting quarterbacks
Fans of the Jayhawks and Cowboys now know who to expect under center in their respective home openers after roster announcements last week.
Junior...
With BYU leading the match 2–1 and the fourth set tied at 24 in the 2014 Final Four game, BYU then-junior opposite hitter Jennifer Hamson appeared to hit the ball long out of bounds; however, the...
For those adventurous enough to make the over 17-hour journey, tickets for the Longhorns’ men’s basketball season opener against Washington in Shanghai, China, are now on sale, thePac-12 announced...
Over the offseason, the NCAA reduced the shot clock from its traditional 35 seconds to 30 seconds in an effort to improve the pace of play.
If new head coach Shaka Smart has his way, Texas fans won’t...
1. TCU — When TCU came into the conference three years ago, many wondered whether the school that made its name as a “BCS crasher” could hang with the big boys. TCU does lose quite...
Some might call the Longhorns’ run to win the Big 12 tournament a weekend ago magical, but, at best, the word to describe their performance at the Dallas Regional on Friday and Sunday is disappointing.
That...
DALLAS — Everything that went right in Texas’ run to the Big 12 title went wrong this weekend in the Dallas Regional.
After coming out on the right side of close games in the Big 12 tournament,...
DALLAS — The Longhorns’ shot to avoid elimination will have to wait another day after both games of the Dallas Regional were pushed to Sunday because of poor field conditions.
A round of...
DALLAS — For everything Texas had Friday afternoon, the Beavers had the answer every time.
For senior pitcher Parker French, the Beavers fired back with their own ace, Andrew Moore.
When the...
DALLAS — Despite a shaky season and uneven play, Texas is looking to reverse its past mistakes when it travels to Dallas this weekend.
The Longhorns didn't have a particulary rough start,...
The Longhorns’ road back to the College World Series will start in Dallas this weekend.
Texas was selected as the No. 3 seed in the Dallas Regional and will face Oregon State at 1:30 p.m. Friday,...
WACO — Since sweeping Kansas State in late March, the Longhorns have struggled to put together any sort of positive momentum.
In the six series since, Texas has posted only one series win while...
WACO — Junior shortstop C.J Hinojosa hasn’t been the same since he fractured his hand against TCU on April 25.
Since that series, Hinojosa is two-for-10 and zero RBIs. But, Saturday, he...
The 2014–2015 school year was a roller coaster year for Texas athletics. Fans saw shake-up at the top in men’s basketball, another national championship for men’s swimming and diving...
Down 5–1 in the eighth inning against Texas Tech on Sunday, junior left fielder Ben Johnson stood at the plate with a 3–1 count, two outs and the bases loaded.
Two pitches later, Johnson...
Before the season began, the Longhorns thought they had a starting rotation certain to get them back to Omaha, Nebraska.
Senior pitcher Parker French was coming off of a year with a 2.41 ERA and 62...
Before combining to take down Texas in a series sweep, a trio of TCU pitchers — junior Riley Ferrell, senior Preston Morrison and junior Alex Young — were named to the National College Baseball...
FORT WORTH — As the rain poured down on Fort Worth over the weekend, No. 5 TCU added its own flood of runs to complete a series sweep of the Longhorns.
By the time the series was over, Texas...
FORT WORTH — The momentum the Longhorns built over the last week dissipated in seven hours Saturday afternoon.
Texas gave up 21 runs and 26 hits two games as the Longhorns dropped both games...
If fans worried that the Longhorns’ outburst of runs at Kansas this past weekend might not carry over to Austin, those fears were put to rest quickly Tuesday night.
Texas batters lashed out eight...
Men's golf
The No. 2 men’s golf team earned a split Saturday at the Red Raider Shootout in Lubbock.
The Longhorns first faced No. 23 New Mexico, which they defeated in a tiebreaker. Redshirt...
For almost a month, the Longhorns struggled to piece together key hits and big run-scoring innings. They had only one three-run inning in their last 12 games and failed to score more than four runs in...
For two weeks, the Longhorns have been looking for a spark to get on track.
Instead, they got more of the same against Sam Houston State on Tuesday night.
The Longhorns failed to score for just the...
For a moment, it looked like the Longhorn batters had finally broken free from their slump.
With Saturday’s game tied at one apiece in the bottom of the sixth, Texas struck for three runs...
Men's golf
After snapping a three-tournament winning streak with their fourth place finish at the Augusta Collegiate Invitational last weekend, the No. 3 men’s golf team looks to get back...
After suffering a seventh-straight loss Sunday to Oklahoma State, head coach Augie Garrido had two options — tell the team what it should be doing, which would add on more pressure, or keep an optimistic...
So far this season, it’s been a tale of two halves for the Longhorns.
Texas opened the season taking two out of four games at Rice and Stanford, swept Minnesota and started conference play with...
Men's golf
The No. 2 men’s golf team returned to action this weekend, finishing in fourth place at the 3M Augusta Invitational.
Freshman Scottie Scheffler, who led the team for the...
Other than the sweep of Kansas State a few weeks ago, the latter half of the last month was rough for the Longhorns.
In the last six nonconference games, Texas has only pulled out one win —...
Texas rallied from a three-run deficit late Tuesday night to force extra innings, but, in a swift response, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi plated three in the top of the 10th to pull off the upset.
For...
For six years, the rivalry between Texas and Nebraska on the diamond was fierce.
From 2001 to 2007, the Big 12 baseball regular season title either went to Austin or Lincoln, Nebraska. The two schools...
ARLINGTON — Texas had the win in sight.
With the game tied at two going into the top of the ninth, the Longhorns struck for three runs in the inning, including a two-run triple by sophomore catcher...
Texas’ batting order is filled with players that can change a game at any given moment, but few have more consistency at the plate than junior left fielder Ben Johnson.
Take the start of Tuesday...
The last time the Longhorns played at Disch-Falk Field, they mustered only two runs in 18 innings of play.
However, against Incarnate Word on Tuesday night, the Texas offense exploded for seven runs...
With the game tied at one in the top of the sixth, TCU senior infielder Keaton Jones drilled a double to left-center field to score two runs and lift the No. 3 Horned Frogs to a 4-2 win over the defending...
Three times the Longhorns had the bases loaded — and each time, the Longhorns finished the inning with zero runs.
Meanwhile, Stanford drilled two home runs of its own as Texas struggled to capitalize...
After two losses in a doubleheader Sunday, head coach Augie Garrido had a brief explanation for what happened.
“I think we played with a lack of discipline,” Garrido said.
In...
For eight innings, the Texas pitchers managed to work around various situations to keep San Diego off the board.
With the bases loaded and no outs in the top of the ninth, that luck ran out.
John...
After a strong start to the season, the Longhorns offense fell silent for the first half of Wednesday night’s 5–4 win against UT-Pan American.
Down 4–0 after four innings, the Longhorns...
Saturday’s matchup between Kansas and Texas in Lawrence could’ve been the deciding game in the Big 12. But after an abysmal 6-8 start in Big 12 play, Texas is no longer in play for the...
If there was any doubt about who was the ace of the Longhorns pitching staff, Parker French put that to rest Friday night.
While the senior pitcher only struck one batter out, French limited...
Five games into the season, the Longhorn offense is doing well — but head coach Augie Garrido isn’t satisfied.
The team exploded for 11 runs in the last two innings in a 14–2 win over...
Junior outfielder Ben Johnson and sophomore first baseman Tres Barrera provided the fireworks for Texas’ home opener Tuesday night.
With the Longhorns up by only a run in the bottom of the seventh,...
Sunday afternoon, D.C. United hoisted an armadillo trophy in the air in the middle of the pitch at Mike A. Myers stadium after winning the inaugural ATX
Pro Challenge.
But the biggest winner this weekend...
Senior starting pitcher Parker French, who is expected to be the ace of the Longhorns staff in the early going, looked his part in the Longhorns’ season opener Friday.
After struggling in...
D.C. United’s trophy cabinet has a nice looking piece of hardware in it after this weekend.
No, not the four MLS Cups or the three U.S Open Cups. Instead, it’s the new armadillo trophy from...
Goals came aplenty Friday night as Austin got its first taste of Major League Soccer action.
FC Dallas and D.C. United combined for six goals as both teams won their respective matches to...
This weekend, the No. 6 Longhorns’ goal for their opening series at Rice is simple.
“[I want them] not to be nervous like we were against Cal last season,” head coach Augie Garrido...
In their decade-long dominance of the Big 12, the Kansas Jayhawks have struggled at Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Kansas entered its matchup at Oklahoma State on Saturday, having lost three of the last...
Despite the end of their conference rivalry, Texas and Texas A&M still find ways to compete off the playing field. The latest battle between the two played out in the men’s basketball...
Texas is no stranger to tough opponents.
Last season, the Longhorns made the six-hour trip to Lafeyette, Louisiana, for the regional round of the NCAA tournament to face the Ragin’ Cajuns,...
For the second straight season, the Texas volleyball team fell one game short of its ultimate goal — a national title.
At the NCAA semifinal round, tournament Cinderella team BYU dominated...
At his weekly press conference, a little past the halfway mark of the season, head coach Charlie Strong was asked what grade he would give himself for his season performance. He replied by saying he hadn’t...
In a matter of days, Jay Norvell went from foe to friend for the Texas Longhorns.
Friday afternoon, head coach Charlie Strong announced Norvell as the new wide receivers coach for Texas after...
The goal for Texas all season had been to make up for their loss in the national semifinals to unseeded Wisconsin a year ago.
But Thursday night the Longhorns’ run towards another national...
OKLAHOMA CITY–The most overused cliché in sports is the David vs. Goliath story, where the underdog team finds a way to win against a team they weren’t supposed to beat.
It’s...
Until this point, the road for the Longhorns in the postseason had been relatively easy. Texas survived a slow start against Northwestern State, then easily dispatched Arizona State and No. 15 Colorado...
If there were any doubts that the six-day layoff between the second-round win over Arizona State would hurt the Longhorns, they were put away pretty quickly on Friday.
Behind three kills by senior outside...
Coming into Thursday night’s NCAA volleyball match, Texas had earned the top seed in the Minneapolis region while Northwestern State, at 16-16, was only there because it managed to win the Southland...
For senior outside hitters Haley Eckerman and Khat Bell, the upcoming NCAA tournament will be a bittersweet moment.
On the one hand, the duo is ready to get going on another run toward a national championship;...
Texas volleyball head coach Jerritt Elliott scheduled No. 6 Florida for the last regular season match to give the Longhorns one final challenge before the NCAA tournament.
Saturday afternoon, Elliott...
Auburn at Alabama
The last time these two teams met, Chris Davis had his 15 minutes of fame after returning a missed Alabama field goal for a game-winning touchdown and helping Auburn leapfrog into...
OU’s Perine breaks NCAA rushing record
Former TCU running back LaDainian Tomlinson held the NCAA single-game rushing record for roughly 15 years. Wisconsin junior running back Melvin Gordon, who...
While the Longhorn offense sputtered without its top two point guards at times, freshman forward Myles Turner filled the void.
After a solid first half, which saw him put up 11 points and six rebounds,...
At first glance, the Longhorns’ volleyball record shows they’re well on their way to another run at the national championship.
With a 21-1 record — the lone loss coming at home...
WACO — For the third time in the last four matches, the No. 3 Longhorns found themselves in trouble after the first set.
The upset-minded Baylor Bears (14-15, 4-10) held the Longhorns to a .136...
Yelling and being frustrated at college football rankings is a tradition as old as the sport itself.
People love to say how much a particular poll is off in judging a team or just how wrong a...
No. 1 Mississippi State at No. 5 Alabama
Bryant-Denny Stadium
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
CBS
The wild West division of the SEC, which has been incredibly unpredictable this...
Oklahoma QB Knight out for Saturday
Redshirt freshman quarterback Cody Thomas will finally see some significant playing time for the Sooners on Saturday against Texas Tech. Oklahoma’s usual starter,...
The middle of the volleyball conference season can be the toughest time for some of the top teams.
The NCAA tournament is still a good distance away, classes are picking up as the semester winds down,...
After Texas volleyball dropped the first set against Kansas State on Friday night, there was concern the Longhorns would repeat their abysmal performance shown against Oklahoma.
The Longhorns were...
The last time the Longhorns played a Big 12 match in Gregory Gym, they left the game with a bad taste in their mouths.
After beating Oklahoma in every match in Austin since 2008, Texas finally fell...
Baylor at Oklahoma
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Norman, Oklahoma
Saturday, 11:00 a.m.
Fox Sports 1
Before the season began, this was the de facto Big 12 title game in many people’s...
TCU’s Boykin named O’Brien Award semifinalist
TCU has seemingly come out of nowhere to shock everyone by being the highest ranked team in the Big 12 so far this season, and a big reason...
Texas volleyball left no doubt who the better team was in Lubbock on Wednesday night.
Texas dominated almost every statistical category — including posting a .262 hitting percentage to the Red...
The two matches against China’s Zhejiang club team came at the right time for the Texas volleyball.
After falling to rival Oklahoma at home for its first conference loss since 2012 and losing...
No. 7 TCU at No. 20 West Virginia
Milan Puskar Stadium
Morgantown, West Virginia
Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
ABC
The two newest members of the Big 12 will square off in their biggest matchup since...
Tech QB Webb day-to-day with leg injury
Texas Tech has dealt with a lot of injury issues this season, and that list got a little longer this week. Sophomore quarterback Davis Webb left the Red Raiders’...
The fifth set between Texas and Chinese club team Zhejiang was all about survival.
The two sides, almost deadlocked through the four prior sets, still couldn’t get themselves enough breathing...
The Longhorn team that came out against the Chinese Club team Zhejiang on Monday night was much different than the team that lost 3-0 to Oklahoma on Saturday.
For one, Texas was without five of...
At first glance, the members of Zhejiang volleyball team from China look like any other tourists in Austin. They took pictures of the field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, ate barbecue and left...
No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 24 LSU
Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Saturday, 6:15 p.m.
ESPN
Ole Miss has been one of the surprise teams in the SEC West, upsetting Alabama three weeks ago. Now,...
To say the officials were a bit flag-happy in Morgantown, West Virginia, on Saturday would be an understatement. In West Virginia’s 41-27 win over Baylor, the officials penalized both teams a total...
It’s no secret that Texas has a tremendous home-court advantage in Gregory Gym.
Between all of the hard surfaces and configurations, including an up-close and personal student section, Gregory...
Head coach Jerritt Elliott likes to test his team.
Already this season, the No. 2 Longhorns have played road matches in tough environments against No. 8 Florida and No. 10 Nebraska, faced inadvertent...
No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 2 Florida State
Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida
Saturday, 7:00 p.m.
ABC
Despite both the Fighting Irish and Seminoles’ storied football history,...
Oklahoma cornerback clarifies headband message
Sooner sophomore cornerback Zack Sanchez had a solid day against the Longhorns on Saturday, including a pick-six, but it was his headband and eye black...
The Baylor Bears were one of only a few top ranked teams to avoid upsets, with a 28-7 win over Texas on Saturday afternoon. Sunday, the Bears were rewarded with their highest-ever ranking in the USA Today...
Texas’ match against Baylor on Tuesday night could be summed up with one stat: hitting percentage.
The Longhorns came out swinging and finished with a .473 hitting percentage while Baylor only...
No. 2 Auburn at No. 3 Mississippi State
Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi
Saturday, 2:30 PM
CBS
The big games just keep on coming in the SEC West. Auburn was the only one of...
Through a week-and-a-half of conference play, the Big 12 is proving to be unpredictable.
Kansas, who came into the conference schedule ranked No. 23, is winless in Big 12 action. Texas Tech was...
No. 3 Alabama at No. 11 Ole Miss
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Mississippi
Saturday, 2:30 PM
CBS
This could very well be a telling sign of how things will play out in the SEC West....
Interim Kansas head coach Clint Bowen will be tasked with trying to turn the ship around for the Jawhawks, as Charlie Weis was fired after a little more than two years on the job. During his time in Lawrence,...
Senior forward Nneka Enemkpali, freshman guard Ariel Atkins and junior center Imani McGee-Stafford were named to preseason All-Big 12 honors, which the conference released Wednesday, in women’s basketball.
Enemkpali...
