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'Out of Bounds': The Incredible Life of Ricky Williams

When Ricky Williams announced his retirement, the NFL and its fans lost one of the sport's most fascinating figures from the past decade in a half. An athlete who performed at the highest level on the field, he will be remembered for his eccentric lifestyle off the field as much as his record-breaking, highly successful college and pro careers. Read More | Comment »

4:20AM Sat. Mar. 31, Mark Fagan

'The NFL Beat': Browns Face Tough Decision at QB

I was in Cleveland the day LeBron announced he would be taking his talents to South Beach. I’ve performed music in Cleveland more times than I can count. One of the things I enjoy about touring is getting to meet sports fans of all different teams, and walks of life. In that one day I gained more respect for Cleveland as a fan base than I have for any other in my life. Read More | Comment »

4:20PM Sat. Feb. 18, Alex Dunlap

Texas D vs. Baylor Fire Bolt

Texas fans nibbled on Thanksgiving turkey and expected the worst. The Aggies could taste this win. They wanted to end the rivalry with forever bragging rights as they shuffled off to the SEC and leave the Longhorns with the beer-soaked, early-morning regret that is the Big 12. Read More | Comment »

12:44PM Thu. Dec. 1, 2011, Joe O'Connell

Fallen Warriors Remind of Roosevelt Leaks

Instead of pondering how Texas will survive its last three football games of this schizophrenic rebuilding season without Fozzy Whittaker, whose UT tenure was ended by a knee injury, I keep thinking back to Roosevelt Leaks. Read More | Comment »

2:40PM Fri. Nov. 18, 2011, Joe O'Connell

Horns/Tigers Preview

At 4-5, NCAA statistics disclose how the Missouri Tigers have contended with the nation’s fourth-toughest schedule. Though they lack a win of significance, one might consider at least three of their losses moral victories. Read More | Comment »

2:15PM Fri. Nov. 11, 2011, Russ Espinoza

Longhorns Pop Some Viagra to Battle the OU-beaters

Longhorn football fans have their own version of porn: watching someone else beat Oklahoma. For what is porn but being a voyeur instead of being part of the action? Read More | Comment »

12:27PM Fri. Nov. 4, 2011, Joe O'Connell

'Out of Bounds': LHN Flounders, Patriots and Porn Stars, and More

It's been a rough start for UT's upstart Longhorn Network. As of the Kansas/UT kickoff Saturday at 6pm, the only Central Texas homes that will be able to tune in to this lopsided affair will be those that subscribe to Grande or Verizon FiOS. Not to mention the sad Longhorn fans spread throughout the country who have no access to the mighty LHN. Read More | 1 Comment »

4:20PM Fri. Oct. 28, 2011, Mark Fagan

UT Looks to Easily Snare Jayhawks

Fans are notorious for taking outcomes for granted. Journalists too. In the event you’ve had it drummed out of your head by discussion of a Big 12-West Virginia union, the Longhorns (4-2) have a home game this Saturday – albeit one that is sane to sleep on. Read More | Comment »

3:12PM Thu. Oct. 27, 2011, Russ Espinoza

OSU UT Preview

The Longhorns return to DKR Texas Memorial Stadium without the luster of a perfect record, without a year’s worth of “scoreboard,” and – in all likelihood – a chunk of their dignity in the fallout from last week’s 55-17 manhandling by No. 3 Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl. Read More | Comment »

1:44PM Fri. Oct. 14, 2011, Russ Espinoza

Stoops Ready to Helmet Tackle Longhorns

My mysterious voice-mail message from Bob Stoops*: Joe! How’s my favorite cranky scribbler? Coach Stoops here, bubba. Yeah, I read that piece you wrote pretending to be my brother. A laugh riot, compadre. Read More | Comment »

4:16PM Fri. Oct. 7, 2011, Joe O'Connell

Getting to Know You

“It’s kind of exciting to watch a team where you have no idea what’s going to happen,” my brother-in-law said the other day. Read More | Comment »

6:00PM Tue. Sep. 27, 2011, Joe O'Connell

Rose Bowl Redemption for the Horns

Only annual BCS bowl contenders like Texas can claim a relationship with a particular stadium – and not with the team that calls it home. In the 21st century, the Longhorns bowl history at the Rose Bowl – the site of Saturday’s 49-20 redemptive win over UCLA – has produced some of college football’s best theatre. Read More | Comment »

5:42PM Mon. Sep. 19, 2011, Russ Espinoza

UCLA Villains Loom in Latest Longhorn Page-Turner

Our story begins in that fateful week the Longhorns decide who they are. You've heard that sort of bold announcement repeated about the often-baffling University of Texas football team. It began two years ago when they improbably made it to the championship game only to see Colt McCoy's arm turn into a withered kite string. Read More | Comment »

4:35PM Thu. Sep. 15, 2011, Joe O'Connell

Welcome to the Roadrunner Network

Confirming a week-old rumor, today the Longhorn Network announced that it will be carrying the next five UTSA home games at the Alamodome, starting this weekend. Read More | 1 Comment »

5:22PM Thu. Sep. 8, 2011, Richard Whittaker

Horns Look To Declaw Cougars

BYU did in 2010 what the Longhorns couldn’t: play their way into a bowl game. Though, a lot of teams are coming off better seasons than Texas’ dismal 5-7 2010. The Cougars (7-6 last year) played in the fringe New Mexico Bowl – drubbing UTEP 52-24 – while the Longhorns reeled from their first losing season in the Mack Brown era. Read More | 5 Comments »

12:07PM Thu. Sep. 8, 2011, Russ Espinoza

Longhorns on Grande, Cactus on Longhorns?

There are probably some sighs of relief in the Longhorn Network offices today with the eleventh hour announcement that Grande Communications has become their first Central Texas provider. But the ESPN/UT project may be about to start filling in its non-athletic coverage too, as KUT is shooting a pilot at the Cactus Cafe on Tuesday. Read More | Comment »

1:10PM Sat. Sep. 3, 2011, Richard Whittaker

Texas' 2011 Season as Predicted by 'NCAA 12'

If I had told you last year that the Texas Longhorns would finish their football season with a 5-7 record, you would have done one of two things. Either you would have sent me to a psychiatric ward to get my head examined, or you would have stayed away from watching Longhorn football that season. Read More | 1 Comment »

5:30AM Sat. Sep. 3, 2011, Will Eidam

The 'Mack' Story

As we enter the Longhorn football season of uncertainty – “Clean slate! Clean slate!” Mack Brown screams at fans. “New coaches (except me)! Clean slate!” – we’re left in search of a metaphor for what is to come in the wake of last year’s 5-7 debacle. Read More | Comment »

2:47PM Fri. Sep. 2, 2011, Joe O'Connell

Longhorn Ethics

Is the Longhorn Network a fan club or a sports news operation? Well, that may depend on what ESPN wants it to be, and Deadspin and AwfulAnnouncing.com have both called the sports broadcasting leviathan out for including this weekend's UT/Rice game in their college football top 25 preview page. Read More | Comment »

3:45PM Thu. Sep. 1, 2011, Richard Whittaker

Longhorn Network Gets Cable Access

It is no secret that the Longhorn Network is still working to find a cable carrier. Well, this morning they announced their largest carrier to date: Verizon's FiOS fibre optic service. However, the late-breaking deal only starts on Sept. 1, meaning FiOS will carry the UT versus Rice game on Sept. 3, but not tomorrow's launch. Read More | Comment »

10:16AM Thu. Aug. 25, 2011, Richard Whittaker

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