The Texas women’s track and field squad had a successful NCAA Championship qualification week as it advanced a best-in-the-nation 16 entries in 11 events to the championship meet beginning next...
Since earning second place at the Big 12 Championship meet in mid-May, the Texas men’s track and field team qualified nine entries for the NCAA Championships June 8.
Among the qualifiers was...
The ultimatum hanging over Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak for next the football season — whenever that may be — is simple: Get the team into the playoffs or pack your bags and leave...
Though their season abruptly ended a month ago, that doesn’t mean the Longhorns haven’t been hard at work both on and off the court.
Kathleen Nash is one of those players.
Nash racked...
When Ricky Williams comes to Austin, he’s not usually going back to school. But yesterday in the Sims Elementary School library, the Longhorn football hero hung around the campus to...
<strong> Yes </strong>
Nineteen to 13. Yes, you read that correctly. The Longhorn women believe that record is enough for an NCAA bid.
You know, it’s alright to question the...
For the fourth season in a row, Texas (19-12; 8-9) faced Missouri (13-11: 5-12) in the first round of the Big 12 tournament and, for the fourth time in a row, the Longhorns prevailed.
Texas, still...
There is no doubt about it. The Texas women’s basketball team (17-11, 7-8) wants its fate to be in its own hands.
“This next game is one of our most important,”...
There is no doubt about it. The Texas women’s basketball team (17-11, 7-8) wants its fate to be in its own hands.
“This next game is one of our most important,” said junior post...
After being embarrassed by Oklahoma last Saturday, Texas head coach Gail Goestenkors held a practice she referred to as an NBA practice — as in no babies allowed.
On Monday night against...
The last time Texas and Oklahoma met, the two fought an epic back-and-forth battle that culminated in a frustrating 71-67 overtime loss for the Longhorns.
When the unranked Longhorns head to Norman...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and on Tuesday night in the Erwin Center it was a tale of two halves as Texas trailed for most of the opening period but came back to win 67-55 against...
When Baylor’s Brittney Griner snagged one of her 12 rebounds over the Longhorns on Saturday afternoon in Waco, she held the ball high above her 6-foot-8 head and played a game of keep away, reminiscent...
Texas had to fight for every one of its 68 points against the top-ranked Baylor Bears in a 96-68 losing effort.
Arguably the most dominant player in women’s college basketball, Baylor’s...
Freshman guard Chassidy Fussell and junior Yvonne Anderson notched 19 and 18 points respectively to help the Texas women’s basketball team win its fifth Big 12 game in a row over the Kansas State...
The referees’ whistles wouldn’t stop blowing.
But even in a game where the players seemingly spent more time shooting free throws or being pushed to the ground, the Longhorns (15-7,...
When the Texas women’s basketball team steps onto the Frank Erwin Center floor on Saturday to take on Kansas, Ke$ha’s hit single “We R Who We R” will, like always, boom through...
At halftime, Texas women’s basketball coach Gail Goestenkors was not pleased with her team, clinging to a one-point lead in a dog fight of a first half. Her squad was being out-rebounded, outshot...
Five games into Big 12 play and the Longhorns have given themselves a good, hard look in the mirror before facing their next opponent on the road tonight, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders.
Coach Gail...
Freshman Chassidy Fussell led all Texas scorers with 21 points to help give the Longhorn women basketball squad a 63-56 win over Oklahoma State in front of a raucous Frank Erwin Center crowd.
The...
The Texas women’s basketball team watched helplessly as Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams scored at will and handed the Longhorns their fourth straight loss.
Last night’s 80-65 loss...
While many Texas students spent the holiday break enjoying time away from their daily routines on the 40 Acres, the Longhorns were still hard at work trying to further boost their status as a national...
The No. 17 Longhorns had a chance to prove their worth on the road against No. 25 Michigan State on Sunday, but fell short 71-57 to the Spartans in the Big 12/Big Ten Challenge.
Texas opened the...
The small-town basketball scene in Troy, Tenn., is not one that freshman guard Chassidy Fussell says is easy to break out of.
“Nobody from my hometown has made it,” she said. “And...
In their continuing quest to define themselves as a unit, the Longhorns may have done just that on Sunday against Boston University.
The Longhorns runned-and-gunned their way to a 92-46 victory...
In a game where seemingly every player on the Texas squad made respectable strides forward in their individual games, Ashleigh Fontenette’s day was particularly special.
“A-T,”...
A very simple examination of the score line would make fans assume that the Texas women’s basketball team handily defeated the Mississippi Valley State University Devillettes on Friday. Upon further...
The Longhorns opened their season on cruise control with an easy 92-60 victory over the Mississippi Valley State University Devillettes Friday night.
The Longhorns barely even gave the game a chance...
Newly hired assistant coach Ronald Hughey brings a simple, old-school philosophy to the Texas women’s basketball team.
“You must be agile, mobile, hostile,” he repeats multiple...
The Longhorns are still preparing for the start of the season, but fans have not yet gotten a chance to see this team with a new look perform. Tonight they will.
Still in fine-tuning mode, the No....
After being assigned five games in the first seven days of the NBA season, the traveling Miami Heat circus show can finally take a few days of rest.
And for goodness sake, they deserve it. They...
As the Texas women’s basketball players and coaches fielded questions during the team’s first press conference on Tuesday, there seemed to be a reoccurring theme: coping.
Despite being...
There are a lot of similarities between Kansas State and Nebraska heading into today’s matchup.
Both teams are coming off a bye week, giving them extra time to prepare for each other’s...
Without playing even a single game, the Texas women’s basketball team has already suffered a huge loss.
Cokie Reed, sophomore post player and a member of the Big 12’s All-Freshman team,...
When my editor asked me to write a column about the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championships in Turkey, I was thrilled. I love basketball, and while my knowledge of international basketball is not...
Either the San Diego State rim was bigger than Texas’, or the Longhorns had simply forgotten how to finish a bucket.
Whatever the case, the No. 6-seed Longhorns fell flat against No. 11-seed...
The fine line that separates the best of the Big 12 from the worst got even thinner for the Texas Longhorns.
The No. 5-seed Longhorns suffered a scare from the No. 12-seed Missouri Tigers on Thursday...
