Hello, and welcome to my final story for The Daily Texan! I’ve procrastinated writing this, as we are currently 50 minutes out from the deadline, but I’ve done this because I didn’t really want to...

For many University of Texas students, securing a seat at a home football game has become a race against thousands of others. With every passing season, a new reality sets in: buying the Big Ticket doesn’t...

Way back in 2022, I was a freshman at Texas and a rookie to Texas Athletics. There I sat, on a chilly September dawn outside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, waiting for what would become my greatest...

There’s a moment in every season when the mask comes off. Not in triumph, but in defeat. When the noise clears, and you’re just staring at what’s actually there. For Texas basketball, that was...

Welcome to Selection Sunday — the one day of the year where months of basketball get reduced to a one-hour show and a bracket graphic. You know what that means. Grab the remote, find CBS and find out...

Senior guard Sarah Graves didn’t know what a walk-on was when she was a senior at Keller High School in Keller, Texas. After receiving a couple of Division I offers, none from Power Four conferences,...

Imagine this: in the high stakes world of Name, Image and Likeness, a college student is suddenly thrusted into negotiations worth thousands.  Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian put it best:...

The transfer portal, just like college football, is currently filled with chaos.  Across all divisions, over 10,500 players put their name in. As of Jan. 15, 1,200 are still without homes, according...

Amid the end of the 2025 college football season, the transfer portal has opened, bringing the landscape of its contestants into chaos. When the transfer portal opened on Jan. 2, over 4,500 Division I...

In the penultimate week of the College Football Playoff rankings, the inevitable truth was finally revealed. The playoff committee revealed that Texas will be ranked No. 13 heading into conference championship...

It was a drizzle that almost looked like snow, smothering the stadium as the final whistle blew and the Texas players bolted to the student section. This group of fans who had been through it all, the...

It's a rivalry that goes back to 1894, and it’s one that is finally renewed in Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium, as the No. 16 Texas Longhorns are set to host the No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies on their...

In the chaotic lifestyle of college football, nothing is allowed to be expected, and Texas in the year of 2025 is always surprising. A 14-7 week one loss in one of the most hyped-up season openers in...

The state of emergency that has been cast onto Texas football ever since the final light shut off at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, has been trite. Head coach Steve Sarkisian has heard it all and...

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart doesn’t do onside kicks. The last time the Bulldogs had recovered one was in 2013 against South Carolina with then-head coach Mark Richt at the helm. But, for some...

It was a breezy October Saturday night at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The air was kind of chilly, but the warmth of the student section kept me holding my jacket wrapped in my hand. It did...

In Texas’ latest bout against Vanderbilt, the Longhorns had two key players walk off the field due to injury. Sophomore wide receiver Ryan Wingo and junior cornerback Jelani McDonald both departed from...

On a chilly Saturday morning, the streets of Bevo Boulevard were rocking. After 42 days away from Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, the Longhorns viewed a familiar sight with the turn of Halloween...

If last week’s win against Mississippi State had you wanting to get a drink after, you are part of the majority. I sure needed one, and around the table, talking, I noticed a trend with how people...

Both redshirt sophomore quarterback Arch Manning and fifth-year safety Michael Taaffe practiced on Wednesday, three days before No. 20 Texas’ game at home against No. 9 Vanderbilt. Manning, who got...

Caught at the 21, sophomore returner Ryan Niblett bolted to his left, head looking down the middle of the field.  He ran to the Mississippi State sideline by the 25, making a man in maroon dive and...

Ryan Niblett has a new fan at his games. She’s new to the world, but some could see her as his biggest fan. If not now, then later.  Not even two months old, Romi Niblett, the daughter of Texas’...

As senior kicker Mason Shipley lined up to kick a potential game-winner, something felt so bleak. There was a mix of emotions: Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian kept a straight face, but sophomore quarterback...

The Southeastern Conference is dangerous, it’s littered with Gators, Bulldogs, Tigers, Wildcats and Gamecocks and, well, you get what I’m trying to get here. This conference is home to some of the...

The cameras had stopped shuttering, and half the stadium was empty. Most fans in Oklahoma crimson were already outside the nearly century-old venue, either eating corndogs and going on rides or heading...

Coming off the loss to Florida in its Southeastern Conference opener, now-unranked Texas takes on No. 6 Oklahoma at the Allstate Red River Rivalry in Dallas, Texas. In the all-time series, Texas ousts...

Walking into the press conference, head coach Steve Sarkisian makes haste to the podium. He’s eight minutes behind schedule, usually uncommon for a man considered to be a stickler for time management....

What is one thing every postseason team had, including Texas, last season? Three or fewer losses heading into the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. This season, the Longhorns already have...

Head coach Steve Sarkisian initially didn’t really know what to do with junior Jelani McDonald. Is he a linebacker? Defensive back? Safety? It was hard to tell. 6-foot-2 with a basketball-like frame,...

College football lives in a state of paranoia. Losses come in waves, tending to hit when everyone least expects them. When expectations are through the roof, the gameplay usually comes crashing down....

The No. 8 Texas Longhorns will host the winless Sam Houston Bearkats in the fourth week of the college football season. Texas, coming off a subpar victory over the University of Texas at El Paso last...

To the bidders of Texas football, I know you are unhappy, especially the ones who invested to begin the season. There’s a great pain going around the Forty Acres right now. You are watching your money...

After the week one loss to Ohio State, Texas was set to work out the kinks. Figure out the wrong, and dial in on the right. Instead, after the 27-10 win against the University of Texas at El Paso,...

Sometimes, things can get awkward fast — college football is the same way. Believe me, I should know. I had this exchange with Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian earlier this week when posing a question...

There’s nothing like the sounds of hell's bell. Or the burnt orange clouds that engulf the arena and swallow its goers. Bevo’s entrance, with his horns slowly materializing through the smoke he precedes,...

After losing last Saturday to Ohio State, the Texas Longhorns look to bounce back against San Jose State in its home opener. The Spartans also lost their opening game of the season, falling to Central...

Sitting in the Horseshoe’s press box in Columbus, Ohio, over 100,000 people swayed, cheered and clamored below my feet. It was rhythmic, almost like a beating pulse, as the scarlet shirts bounced in...

No. 1 Texas football fell short to the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes 14-7 in its season opener of the 2025 college football season.  The offense was a problem for the Longhorns up until the last 3...

Starting the season out with a bang, No. 1 Texas faces a true road test against the reigning national champions, No. 3 Ohio State. While the two teams collectively lost 32 players to current NFL rosters...

The memories of last season’s Cotton Bowl still linger on the mind for Texas football, as do the scars of two consecutive trips to the College Football Playoff semifinal.  Yet here’s the beauty...

Strutting to the back corner of the Hall of Fame, CJ Baxter looked different. His dreads, the ones that seemed to lag behind his blazing strides, were gone, replaced with a low fade for the 2025-26 season.  For...

Whether it's reloading through recruiting, navigating the transfer portal, or, in Texas’ case, ushering in a new coaching era, the offseason is anything but quiet. Just hours after parting ways with...

As time ticked down in a Houston Lutheran High School basketball game, Vic Schaefer called a timeout. The other team just finished a 10-0 run and Schaefer thought his squad needed a breather. Then his...

Nota del editor: Este artículo fue publicado por primera vez el 7 de abril de 2025 por Zach Davis y traducido al español por Pili Saravia. Chris Del Conte, el Director de Texas Athletics, se sentó...

Athletic director Chris Del Conte sat behind the bench of No. 1 Texas women’s basketball, barely able to see the actual game itself. Junior guard Sarah Graves and freshman forward Justice Carlton...

Texas head coach Vic Schaefer wasn’t ready for his post-game meeting with his players. For a coach who has been in the business for nearly 40 years now, he was scrambling to find words. So instead,...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 9 de marzo por Zach Davis y Anna Ambrose y fue traducido al español por Mariana Flores-Sosa. Dentro del Bon Secours Wellness Arena,...

Inside the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, the noise from the crowd feels almost physical.  In the 64–45 loss to No. 5 South Carolina, the stands filled with garnet and black with white towels...

The ball rolled around the rim like it had been thrown onto a roulette table. For a brief second, the fans were given relief to their eardrums, but through the silence in the Bon Secours Wellness Arena,...

Despite the confetti, the net cutting and the celebrations, No. 1 Texas women’s basketball will hold the No. 2 seed in the Southeastern Conference tournament. Decided by a coin flip, the Longhorns...

For the past few days, Holly Schaefer, Texas head coach Vic Schaefer’s wife, has prepared her Mississippi home to host the top-ranked Longhorns. The farm, which holds various animals, such as “catfish...

It was supposed to be a rough stretch. Eleven days. Four games. Four ranked teams, three in the top 10.  But for some reason, with three games down, it’s been smooth sailing for No. 3 Texas. It’s...

Nota del editor: Este artículo fue publicado por primera vez el 9 de febrero del 2025 por Zach Davis y traducido al español por Juan Manuel Rocha Gómez. La escolta de último año, Rori Harmon,...

Senior guard Rori Harmon has trouble sitting still. She’s not the lie-down-on-a-Sunday-afternoon type of person. When Harmon tore her ACL last season, she spent many hours of her time sitting...

Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda considers herself to be similar to a Swiss Army Knife. Despite being listed as a junior guard on the roster, Mwenentanda describes herself as a utility player. She can take the...

Texas women’s basketball head coach Vic Schaefer brings toughness to the team. Returning to his alma mater for the first time since 2021, Schaefer’s No. 5 Longhorns didn’t back down.  In a 70–50...

In the wake of a thrilling upset against No. 15/13 Texas A&M, men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry talked about opportunity. “Are you prepared for an opportunity to present itself,” he...

If the pressure on Texas women’s basketball seems heavy on the surface, it’s nothing compared to the pressure coming from within. Head coach Vic Schaefer has made no secret of what he wants this team's...

For a man who chases wins like a moth chases a flame and who abhors losses like a gambler with his life at stake, Texas women’s basketball head coach Vic Schaefer was digging the moment. “I love...

With a towel draped around his neck and sweat trickling from his hair, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers took his final walk off the field as a Longhorn, greeted by the roaring Texas faithful. For a fleeting...

After two seasons for Houston and another for Texas, junior wide receiver Matthew Golden declared for the NFL draft on Tuesday. “My ultimate dream has always been to announce that I will DECLARE FOR...

  No. 5 Texas women's basketball fell short in Columbia, losing 67-50 to No. 2 South Carolina and dropping its record to 16-2 on the season. In just their second loss of the season, the Longhorns...

In a game where 55 total field goals were made and 54 fouls were called on the floor, the waters were choppy in No. 5 Texas women’s basketball’s 80-73 victory over No. 9 Oklahoma. But turbulence is...

In 2023, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers unbuckled his helmet for the final time of the season and walked off the field in Caesars Superdome. His Longhorn squad, who just completed the best regular season...

If you met freshman forward Madison Booker, you probably would have described her as quiet, shy or introverted. Her responses to the media were short phrases that lacked eye contact. To put it simply,...

It’s late into the night on Friday, Nov. 29th and Georgia head coach Kirby Smart walks off the field of Sanford Stadium. His hands sweating and head down, Smart is fresh off what would have been the...

No. 5 Texas women’s basketball traveled to Estero, Florida, to play a back-to-back-to-back style in-season tournament titled The Gulf Coast Showcase this past weekend, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. The Longhorns...

In his 12 years as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, Mark Stoops has seen a lot of success.  During the past eight seasons, Stoops has helped his football program advance to eight straight bowl...

The crowd at the Moody Center looked a little different on Wednesday afternoon.  Over 5,000 kids from local Austin schools filled the seats for the annual “Forty Acres Field Trip” game, watching...

The first away game of the year meant a little more to Texas head coach Vic Schaefer than most. He was supposed to take on a familiar face, one who is considered to be an icon for the sport of women’s...

In Cincinnati, Ohio, Blair Schaefer was playing basketball with a fierce intensity. Her dad watched from the stands, cheering and perhaps even scouting. Although it was just the summer after her eighth-grade...

The No. 3 Texas Longhorns will travel to Fayetteville to take on the Razorbacks of Arkansas in the 12th week of the college football season. Currently sitting at 3–3 in the conference and 5–4 overall...

No. 4 Texas opened up its season with a dominant performance against Southeast Missouri State at the Moody Center, winning 119-47. Six Texas players scored in the double digits, with junior forward...

Through nine weeks of the NFL season, we’re officially over the halfway mark, and several Texas alumni have made their marks on the 2024-25 season. With 30 names to choose from, let’s narrow in on...

In honor of college basketball season being less than a week away, Texas students filled the West Campus sports bar, Victory Lap, to celebrate ahead of the program’s debut season in the Southeastern...

It was a dream come true for Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea to take down then-No. 1 Alabama in Nashville on Oct. 5. Lea is now in his fourth season as the head coach of the Commodores and has brought...

No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 4 Alabama at 6:30 p.m. on ABC  What’s at stake: A whole lotta pride The highest-ranked game of the regular season thus far, No. 2 Georgia travels to newly named Saban Field...

It was Dec. 27, 2023 when Rori Harmon, a junior point guard for the Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team, was practicing ahead of the start of conference play. Harmon, who was leading the NCAA in...

The Longhorns head into week four undefeated for the second year in a row. This time, Texas sits atop the AP poll. Defending its ranking for the first time since 2008, the Longhorns are set to host the...

Week one of the NFL is in the books, and the former Texas football players made their mark on the world stage. Fans saw a pair of touchdowns on opening night from rookie Xavier Worthy, a triumphant return...

No. 1 Georgia: It took the Bulldogs 30 minutes of football to find their rhythm against Clemson. The Bulldogs took off running, dominating No. 25 Clemson 34-3. Georgia will ease into its home opener...

No. 1 Texas brought out its brooms as they completed the sweep against Kansas, shutting out the Jayhawks 7-0 in the final game of the series.  It was just the third time that Kansas has been shut out...

It looked like No. 1 Texas softball was on the brink of derailment. In one week, Texas had lost three games to the state just north of the border. From March 28 - April 5, the Longhorns doubled their...

It was windy, cold and quiet. In a packed Red and Charline McCombs Field, you could hear a pin drop.   No. 25/22 Texas State, fresh off of their 35-minute bus drive, loaded the bases in the top of...

Two years ago, Texas and Oklahoma faced off on college softball’s biggest stage. It was the national championship.  With arguably the biggest rivalry in the softball realm, it was the biggest stage...

No. 2 Texas softball concluded their series with No. 8/10 Oklahoma State with a 3-0 loss in Stillwater, Oklahoma. “They play really well at home,” head coach Mike White said. “They’re tough...

No. 2 Texas softball bounced back from being shut out for the first time all season to beat the Cowgirls 2-1. On Thursday, No. 8/10 Oklahoma State defeated Texas 5-0. Texas came away with the win, but...

You can’t miss the tattoo on Bella Dayton’s left arm.  It covers the entirety of the inside of her left bicep. The black letters with green trim are written in cursive Italian to honor her family...

No. 3/2 Texas brought out the brooms as they swept their second Big 12 series in a row with a 3-1 win against UCF in Orlando, Florida.  But sweeping is never an easy chore, and Texas had to work hard...

Small ball and clean pitching can lead to big results, and for No. 3/2 Texas, it led to a series-opening win against Big 12 opponent UCF in Orlando, Florida. In a 5-0 shutout, freshman pitcher Teagan...

Longhorn softball wasn’t playing around after giving up a season-high 12 runs in a loss to Houston the day before.  Senior second baseman Alyssa Washington had an afternoon, homering twice in a 9-2...

The Houston Cougars weren't messing around in their debut home Big 12 game. Especially against the newly awarded number-one team in the country.  Coming into the game, Texas head coach Mike White was...

With just one out gone in the game, it was clear that Penn State was coming into Red & Charline McCombs Field to burn it down.  Texas freshman pitcher Teagan Kavan, who has been scoreless in the...

No. 2 Texas Softball continued their hot start on Friday, March 1, with a mercy win after five innings against Northwestern State.  Texas has seen success both in the batter's box and on the mound...

The first was filled with action as both teams put runs on the board. In the top of the inning, Stanford’s sophomore shortstop River Mahler hit a deep pop fly to freshman left fielder Kayden Henry, who...

In its first game of the Lone Star State Invitational, hosted at the Red & Charline McCombs Field on Friday, Feb. 23, No. 2 Texas softball beat the RV/RV Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns 5-0, remaining undefeated...

In its home opener, No. 2 Texas Softball took down Houston Christian 14-1 in five innings, remaining undefeated and improving its record to 8-0 on the season.  “I thought it was a great atmosphere...

No. 3 Longhorn softball continued their undefeated start to the season in a 9-2 win over No. 9 Stanford at the Clearwater Invitational on Friday.  Texas’ defense continued to be dominant, giving...