The UT Lady Longhorns moved to 6-2 on the year with three good wins last week, 4-2 at LSU, then 5-0 over Nicholls State, and 3-2 over a very good Cal State Fullerton team, who had just knocked off sixth-ranked Texas A&M in College Station. The Horns open their conference schedule this week, on the road at Tech and Baylor.

It was game on in the English Premier League last week, as struggling Arsenal got a huge win at Manchester United, and champs Chelsea put the hurt on equally struggling Liverpool. This week the Euro focus is on midweek Champions League and UEFA Cup ties. ESPN2 is showing just one game live – Benfica-Man U, at 1:30pm Tuesday, Sept. 26 – but several other tasty matchups are on ESPN Classic and the Spanish-language stations, tape-delayed throughout the week. Then there’s pay-per-view: Arsenal-Porto on Tuesday, or Liverpool-Galatasaray Wednesday, at your favorite sports bar. See online for details.

At press time, the military coup in Thailand puts a crimp in Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s plans to take over Liverpool FC. Details forthcoming.

This article appears in September 22 • 2006.

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