Chloe Collins remembers her first time on a volleyball court. She was a child in Cypress, Texas, clad in a YMCA uniform.
“I remember the exact place and time,” Collins said. “[With]...
Former Texas players Kenny Vaccaro, Marquise Goodwin, Alex Okafor and Brandon Moore fulfilled their childhood dreams last week, earning spots on four different NFL rosters. As Texas heads into the fall...
Three former Longhorns will boast new jerseys, new teams and new cities after being selected during the 2013 NFL Draft this past week.
Safety Kenny Vaccaro was selected in the first round of the...
All Kenny Vaccaro wanted out of the NFL draft was to be the first safety chosen.
In a brightly lit Radio City Music Hall packed full of fans sporting jerseys of their favorite teams, he got his wish....
At the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia in 1936, professional football teams selected their chosen players for the first-ever NFL draft.
Seventy-seven years later, teams are still doing it, with...
Ask Kenny Vaccaro what he hopes the outcome of this week’s NFL draft will be, and the answer is quick, confident and smoothly spoken.
“I want to be the first safety taken,” Vaccaro...
Texas is adding another Shipley to its team.
Bob Shipley, who served as a high school head football coach and athletics director around the state of Texas, has been hired as a football analyst at UT,...
At last month’s Texas Pro Day, Marquise Goodwin darted down the turf to catch passes, a blazing streak on a busy practice field.
The wide receiver’s obvious knack for speed was impossible...
Texas volleyball will wrap up spring play at this weekend’s Lone Star Classic College Showcase in Dallas.
After defeating Oregon in December to become national champions, the Longhorns played...
The Texas offense may be garnering attention with its new tempo, but that doesn’t mean the defense is taking it easy in the spring.
With nine returning starters, the defense is looking to regain...
The path to Alex Okafor’s NFL career began with the sports dreams of a bumbling toddler.
“Alex started playing sports when he was four, so every season since age four he’s been...
Much like a closely followed celebrity, the Big 12 Conference basks in the sunlight of collegiate sports, marked by rumors of expansion and new additions.
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, former...
In 2012, she was named the NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player. In 2013, she hasn’t let it go to her head.
Outside hitter Bailey Webster, a rising senior, lead the Longhorns in their victory...
Texas has in its burnt orange hands a new season, an up-tempo offense, a newly promoted co-offensive coordinator, a third-year starting quarterback and a bevy of receivers ready to step up.
Head coach...
Spring doesn’t mean time spent relaxing under the sun for the members of the Texas Volleyball team.
Since returning from their trip to Louisville in December, during which they claimed a...
While Wichita State’s basketball team aimed for a win in Atlanta, the school’s volleyball team pushed for its own Saturday in Austin.
After five sets, Texas pulled off a 3-2 win over the...
Down three points in the fourth quarter of the last game of the season, Johnathan Gray’s moment had come.
After quarterback David Ash hit him with the ball, the freshman running back bolted 15...
Quandre Diggs could catch a football about as soon as he could walk.
He didn’t grow up around an especially lenient sports crowd, either. Digg’s brother Quentin Jammer, a cornerback...
Vince threw, Ricky donned a suit and Marquise danced.
Athleticism marked Texas’ pro day as Texas graduates and NFL hopefuls strutted the skills they’d worked tirelessly to perfect for a...
For young NFL hopefuls, the Texas Pro Day will provide an opportunity to rub elbows with top coaches and other talented players.
For more seasoned prospects like Vince Young, Pro Day will...
Editor’s note: Junior linebacker Steve Edmond is the third of five “Players to Watch” who will be featured leading up to the Orange-White scrimmage Mar. 30. The fourth, Quandre Diggs,...
Jan. 10 marked a bit of a mental tug-of-war for Mike Davis.
On one side pulled the NFL and the prospect of starting his professional career. Texas held fast on the other side of the rope,...
Editor’s note: Senior defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat is the first of five “Players to Watch” who will be featured leading up to the Orange-White scrimmage Mar. 30. The second, senior...
The only thing that could tear Patrick Suddes away from his beloved Crimson Tide was a splash of burnt orange.
The former associate director of football operations at Alabama was hired as director...
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth of five burning questions we will ask as spring practice kicks off: Can Texas put together a national title run in 2013?
It’s happened four times:...
Houston defensive end Zeke Riser will soon be packing up his bags and heading for Austin.
ESPN.com’s Max Olson reported that Riser, who graduated from Houston in December, plans to transfer...
It was Darrell K Royal who said a football coach is nothing more than a teacher.
Lessons won’t be in short supply for Texas after a string of promotions, hires and new positions in its coaching...
As Texas retreated to the locker room for halftime during the Alamo Bowl, it found itself down 20-10 and in dire need of some offensive productivity.
The offense came alive in the second half...
As Kenny Vaccaro anxiously anticipates the NFL draft, Texas deals with the tough task of replacing him.
Kenny Vaccaros, after all, don’t come along every day. The quickness, consistency...
Innings 1-3: Texas had a slow start with no hits and one walk by Ben Johnson. Sam Houston State’s Ryan O’Hearn’s RBI triple scored Hayden Simerly. O’Hearn scored on a groundout,...
Editor’s note: This is the first of five burning questions we will ask as spring practice kicks off: Can David Ash return Texas to greatness? The second — How can the Longhorns replace...
For most, springtime means bright flowers, warmer weather and the occasional rainy days.
For the Texas football team, spring means hours spent on the field running drills, assimilating with teammates...
Wednesday, national signing day, was a day high school football players and coaching staffs alike circled on their calendars, the end to the madness that is open recruiting season. When the dust finally...
Wednesday, national signing day, was a day high school football players and coaching staffs alike circled on their calendars, the end to the madness that is open recruiting season. When the dust finally...
When it comes to recruiting a batch of defenders for the 2013 season, Mack Brown has had his share of disappointments.
First there was A’Shawn Robinson, a five-star lineman who recently...
While the Texas coaching staff eagerly anticipates this week’s national signing day, the wheels are already rolling for next year’s recruiting class.
With seven commitments, Texas...
Not too long ago they meandered through the 40 Acres, bulked up in the weight room and left their sweat on the field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Now former Longhorns Chykie Brown and...
As Texas football hits the field for spring practices, five former Longhorns begin a new chapter of their own. The waiting game for the NFL Draft.
Pflugerville native Alex Okafor’s power...
Jerritt Elliott’s Texas volleyball team achieved what he, and his players, had long coveted: a national championship. And with that accomplishment comes a burnt orange check.
According to documents...
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’...
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...
In 1984, Texas swept Oregon in Berkeley, California, to continue on and win the AIAW Championship. Four years later, the Longhorns would become national champions.
Now, both teams are pitted against...
All season long, dreams of a trip to the final four lay in the distance, a goal the team worked strenuously to achieve.
Now, the Longhorns have made their way up to Louisville to take on the tournament...
Hung upon a wall inside Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium is a glass case filled with volleyball paraphernalia. Photos, flyers and a burnt orange “Point Texas” sign flashes the pride of...
One year ago, they were stealing courtside attention on high school volleyball teams. Now, five UT freshmen are lighting up Gregory Gym, proving their talent week after week and encountering their first...
A rivalry at its finest, complete with the fanfare and invigoration of passionate fans split by conference realignment set the scene Friday night as Texas defeated Texas A&M 3-1 in the second round...
A rivalry at its finest set the scene Friday night in Gregory Gym as Texas defeated Texas A&M in the NCAA tournament.
The consistent Longhorns completed a solid first set with Bailey Webster’s...
Why Texas won:
Swiftly and easily, Texas dominated its first NCAA tournament game against Colgate on Thursday night, swallowing the Raiders and starting the postseason on a strong note.
By the numbers:
4:...
Division I volleyball means tough practices, nerve-wracking games and ever-present pressure to perform.
In the whirlwind that is volleyball season, Texas team members have found a calm leader in senior Sha’Dare...
Amidst a crowd on its feet for set point, senior utility Sha’Dare McNeal hopped up and slapped the ball across the net, concluding Texas’ 3-0 sweep of West Virginia Saturday afternoon.
McNeal’s...
