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'The NFL Beat': 2012 Draft Needs

This is "The NFL Beat" and I have friends in 32 places. It is draft season and phone lines, text lines, Interwebs, Twitter-webs, planes, trains, and automobiles connect those of us who continue to march to the NFL beat following Super Bowl 46. Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 6:42PM Sat. Feb. 11, Alex Dunlap

If the Horns Basketball Season Ended Today …

Let’s put some more mileage on that overwrought sports hypothetical: If the season ended today … Read More | Comment »

UT Basketball 1:06PM Thu. Feb. 9, Russ Espinoza

'The NFL Beat': Senior Bowl Recap

This is "The NFL Beat" and this morning I heard one media member ask New York Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin a three-part question about the Super Bowl coin flip. Yes, the coin flip.   Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 1:11PM Fri. Feb. 3, Alex Dunlap

Toros Lose Nail-Biter but Remain Best in D-League

Another week in the D-League books brings us the first Austin Toros' loss in what seems like forever. After sweeping the two road games against the Idaho Stampede, Austin grew lackadaisical against the Iowa Energy, who sat directly behind the Toros with the second best record in the league. Read More | Comment »

Austin Toros 5:54PM Mon. Jan. 30, Will Schmidt

Roller Derby Update 1/28/12

And so, it begins! The 2012 Roller Derby season launches this weekend in Texas with double whistles, as the TXRD Lonestar Rollegirls break out the banked track tomorrow, and the Texas Rollergirls head up to Dallas for the Governor's Cup. Read More | Comment »

Roller Derby 5:11PM Sat. Jan. 28, Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': Scouting the Senior Bowl

This is "The NFL Beat" and I’ve spent the last week in Mobile, Ala., rubbing elbows with more than 800 NFL general managers, coaches, and scouts during Senior Bowl week. Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 4:18PM Fri. Jan. 27, Alex Dunlap

Are the Horns Tourney Bound?

Where were you the last time Texas failed to make the Big Dance? Bill Clinton was in the Oval Office – with Monica: last century. Read More | Comment »

UT Basketball 6:29PM Mon. Jan. 23, Russ Espinoza

Austin Toros Trimester Essay

Friendships die fast in the cut-throat teeter-totter of Developmental League dominance. And as bonds are broken, triumphs become more controversial, and our local chapter of basketball greatness, the Austin Toros, find themselves right where we want 'em, rough and tumble, throwing troubles to the wind, and biting victories with colossal teeth. Read More | Comment »

Austin Toros 3:15PM Thu. Jan. 19, Will Schmidt

If You Paint It, They Will Come

At 20 feet tall, this Willie Wells towers over the one-story South Austin house next door, the house in which he grew up in the first decades of the 20th century; the house that he left in 1923 to play ball in the Negro Leagues and become one of the game's greatest players, black or white; the house to which he returned in 1973 and in which he died in 1989. Read More | Comment »

MLB 7:32PM Wed. Jan. 18, Robert Faires

Roller Derby Update 1/16/12

Can you tell a jammer from a pivot? Have you ever yelled, "Twenty feet, ref!"? Know one end of a microphone from the other? The Texas Rollergirls need you! Announcer tryouts tonight are just part of a jam-packed (and well overdue) Roller Derby update. Read More | Comment »

Roller Derby 4:12PM Mon. Jan. 16, Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': You're Fired

This is “The NFL Beat” and you’re fired. Yes, you. You have been a great reader of the column and I can assure you this is solely about what I feel is best for “The NFL Beat” as an organization moving forward. We’re cleaning house. Starting from scratch and starting things over. Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 5:28PM Fri. Jan. 13, Alex Dunlap

Horns Begin Conference Play

The intermingling of a shrimpy nonconference schedule with a baby-faced 2011-12 litter — which features six freshmen — amounts to an enigmatic Longhorn squad devoid of obvious identity (and a national ranking). Read More | Comment »

UT Baseball 1:53PM Sat. Jan. 7, Russ Espinoza

'The NFL Beat': Angelo Gets the Axe and More

If “The NFL Beat” were a rap video, it would include many, many beautiful women. The video’s director would be the rap star’s childhood friend and lead member of his posse. This director would have no verifiable production experience, and would tell crew workers that his taste in clothing and dental bling was “exquisite." Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 5:10PM Fri. Jan. 6, Alex Dunlap

Top Ten For Eight Wheels

Another year, another year-end, another Roller Derby top ten list. Line up on the jam line, and wait for the whistle. Read More | Comment »

Roller Derby 3:44PM Fri. Jan. 6, Richard Whittaker

Baseball Hero To Be Honored With Mural

The late Willie Wells was one of the greatest shortstops who ever lived. Despite the racial barriers that held him back, he excelled in the sport he loved and passed along his knowledge of the game to the likes of Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Monte Irvin, and Don Newcombe. Read More | Comment »

9:27AM Mon. Jan. 2, R.U. Steinberg

'The NFL Beat': Back To Reality

If "The NFL Beat" was a car commercial it would feature the fastest and most devastatingly awesome cars you have ever seen. They would run on a combination of lithium-ion battery packs and pure hate, reaching glorious onscreen speeds of 145-plus mph. (A professional driver would be used, and duly noted as such in subtitles.) Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 4:09PM Thu. Dec. 29, 2011, Alex Dunlap

Toros Celebrate the Holidays With Wins

It's been a festive week for our favorite guys, the Austin Toros. Needing one win to get back on track for the "Win 2, Lose 1" strategy that I've coined, the Toros did us one better, they won both games this week! Recaps are down below, but first, some more thoughts on the Toros of yesterday. Read More | Comment »

Austin Toros 1:25PM Wed. Dec. 28, 2011, Will Schmidt

'The NFL Beat': Championship Edition

This is the "NFL Beat" and if I were Dwight K. Schrute, this week would be the equivalent of the annual North Eastern Pennsylvania Beet Farmers' Convention. The fruits of our labor are ready to harvest and take to market. Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 4:34PM Fri. Dec. 23, 2011, Alex Dunlap

Sports Games Stocking Stuffers

Looking for a gift for your finicky sports-loving friend? Does he or she have a PS3 or Xbox 360? Click through for a list of games that've been in heavy rotation in my game console of late – and a few I'd like to get my hands on. Read More | Comment »

Football 4:41PM Thu. Dec. 22, 2011, Mark Fagan

World Series for the Ages Commemorated in Box Set

Even Cardinals fans would sheepishly admit that Game 6 alone – in all of its commercially uninterrupted glory, complete with ecstatically impartial postgame coverage from the MLB Network – is enough to justify the sticker price of this deluxe box set. It is so magnificent that it should henceforth be screened for every baseball skeptic across the land. Read More | Comment »

MLB 6:28PM Tue. Dec. 20, 2011, Shawn Badgley

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