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Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events
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"...Plonsky, Longhorn chief of staff and executive senior associate athletics director, recognized on the last day of competition after..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

How to Get to and From ACL Festival
Free shuttles, pricey rideshares, and more
"...be returned to Austin High School to benefit Girls/Boys Athletics and Fine Arts programs. You can also try parking..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Music Post by Oscar Rodriguez

Is Sea Moss Austin’s Next Superfood?
The edible algae is riding a wave of popularity across town
"...pretty known in the community when it comes to athletics and now for sea moss." [inset-2-right]..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Food Feature by Hannah Uebele

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Del Conte – football coach and vice president of athletics – of around $20 million through 2030...."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature

Crosstalk: Good Looks Lose Tour Van in Serious Car Crash, And More Music News
KOKEFEST abruptly canceled, and Lucy 93.3 switched to Latin pop
"...the end of their partnership with University of Texas Athletics, an agreement that brought live UT-Austin sports broadcasts onto..."

July 21, 2023 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

Opinion: UT Shouldn’t Prioritize Football Over Historic Preservation
The university needs to preserve its cultural heritage, not prioritize another football facility
"...sports center to the defunct Denius Fields? While Texas Athletics may argue that it needs additional facilities to improve..."

May 12, 2023 Column by Edwin Bautista

Longtime General Manager Tom Gimbel Departs Austin City Limits Television
ACL brand ambassador launches artists management agency in NYC
"...owns and operates ACL Radio; with University of Texas Athletics, which produces Longhorn City Limits; and with the music..."

March 31, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

“Mustard Man” Bijan Robinson Dishes on the Opportunities and Dangers of NIL in College Sports
One college athlete's unique path to getting paid
"...had been outlawed for over a century of interscholastic athletics before the Supreme Court legalized it in 2021. It’s..."

March 13, 2023 SXSW Post by Eric Goodman

Fifth Annual KOKEFEST Brings Clint Black and More to Hutto
Two-day lineup includes Turnpike Troubadours, Robert Earl Keen, Aaron Watson, and more
"...as the broadcast partner for University of Texas Longhorn Athletics, launching KOKE-TV, and reconvening the station's flagship event, KOKEFEST,..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Deep-Pocket Donors Fund Right-Wing School Board Candidates in the Austin Suburbs
Drama outside of town
"...maintaining the district's elite status in both academics and athletics. Last fall, one Lake Travis mom made headlines when..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Austin ISD Athletics updated its COVID-19 policies this week, including capacity limits..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature

The New Moneyball in National Champions
Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits
"...above the poverty line and get an education through athletics - and it still does that, but it's become..."

Dec. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Ric Roman Waugh Takes on the NCAA in National Champions
Austin director's new film looks at the student athlete industry
"...the clock to protect or destroy the prevailing collegiate athletics system...."

Nov. 16, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Rhythmic Ray of Light: Austin Community College's Hip-Hop Production Instructor Ray LaManna
From prisoner to professor, he wants to change people's lives
"...football star desiring to rekindle his old flame for athletics. Though he showed promise during initial squad eliminations for..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...A Tight Squeeze: Austin ISD announced its athletics venues will operate at full capacity this year, though..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature

Qmmunity: Sports, Balls, and Bills
"...ensure the safety of its LGBTQIA athletes, coaches, and athletics staff? If this sounds familiar, we've been here before...."

April 16, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: Anti-Trans Student-Athlete Bill Slithers Through the Lege
SB 29 voted out of committee for full Texas Senate vote
"...nonbinary youth. "Being able to participate in something like athletics is going to be key in keeping our kids..."

April 2, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

LGBTQIA Advocacy Groups Navigate COVID Restrictions While Keeping Texans Engaged This Lege Session
Equality Texas, TENT go online to boost queer, trans voices at Capitol
"...bills, attempt to effectively ban trans student-athletes from school athletics...."

March 19, 2021 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

Qmmunity: Queer Rights and Queer Lives at the Texas Lege
News from Austin’s Pink Dome, plus this weekend’s top queer events
"...with at least 10 anti-trans bills ranging from student athletics to gender affirming health care. Although advocacy efforts under..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Book Review: I Came As a Shadow by John Thompson
Coach's autobiography is a tale of U.S. sports and U.S. history
"...subtext, that dispute highlighted the institutional contradictions of “amateur” athletics: millions of dollars accumulated to the benefit of coaches,..."

March 3, 2021 Sports Post by Michael King

Qmmunity: Hope For the Queer'd Future
Plus, OUTsider Festival’s launch party, Queerbomb’s Queer History Series, and more local LGBTQIA events
"...K-12 students from participating on a University Interscholastic League athletics team that is "designated for the biological sex opposite..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

AISD's Stay-Home Stance Doesn't Extend to Sports
Come out and play!
"...gymnasiums are buzzing; after a one-week hold on non­-varsity athletics, all sports programs are back on, with some teams..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Critical Thinking
The true story of a chess team that rewrote the rules
"...Chess can be a game that opens doors. Unlike athletics programs – which require you to spend hundreds or..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

We Have an Issue: Fumbling Toward Fall
Looking back at a summer of protest and anticipating a (superspreading?) UT football season
"...certainly be greased by the expanded alcohol sales Texas Athletics is enthusiastically touting. Did any of us actually expect..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Pandemic Pigskin: Longhorn Athletics Director Chris Del Conte said UT-Austin is finalizing plans..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

A Wary Campus Community Readies for COVID at UT
Gone to Texas ... for now
"...encompassing university life, including academics, health and wellness, operations, athletics, student life and engagement, and research. The chair of..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

University of Texas Announces Plan to Promote Diversity on Campus
Several student demands remain unfulfilled, including divesting from police and removing alma mater roots in minstrelsy
"...statement includes promises to redirect millions of dollars of athletics revenue to efforts to recruit and retain students and..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by Selome Hailu

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...robber, John Dillinger played shortstop for the Martinsville, Ind., Athletics...."

May 1, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Austin at Large: Everything’s Different Now
The new normal requires a lot of willpower, but also the chance to do things better
"...drag if people realized we could live without college athletics in their current form and $5 million salaries for..."

April 3, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Area Cancellations and Other COVID-19 Updates
Gov. Abbott declares statewide public health disaster
"...Frank Erwin Center yesterday, said they would be suspending athletics activities until Sunday, March 29 in accordance with a..."

March 13, 2020 News Post by James Renovitch

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