Jim Vertuno
The Associated Press
Austin, TX, United States
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Texas AD defends Sarkisian, urges fans not to 'splinter'
Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte urged Texas fans on Tuesday not to “splinter or pull apart” but rather support first-year football coach Steve Sarkisian and the players during the program’s worst losing streak in 65 years → Read More
Texas season going bad to worse as losses and injuries mount
Steve Sarkisian’s first season as Texas coach is very much going from bad to worse → Read More
Kansas snaps losing skid and stuns Texas 57-56 in OT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Everything was going against Kansas late. The momentum. The crowd. The score. Even history. And then first-year Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold decided to go for the win and got it. Jalon Daniels hit Jared Casey on a scrambling pass for a 2-point conversion in overtime and Kansas stunned Texas 57-56 Saturday […] → Read More
Texas’ losing skid marks debut season of struggle for Sark
Coach Steve Sarkisian's first year as the Longhorns' head coach has been filled with trials and tribulations. → Read More
Longhorns' Big 12 title hopes at stake versus No. 16 Baylor
The No. 16 Baylor Bears could knock the Texas Longhorns out of title contention for the Big 12. → Read More
No. 16 Baylor has a chance to finish Texas in Big 12
Second-year Baylor coach Dave Aranda has the No. 16 Bears fighting for the top of the Big 12 standings → Read More
Beard builds transfer-heavy lineup for debut at No. 5 Texas
New coach Chris Beard leads No. 5 Texas into his first season with a lineup built through the transfer portal → Read More
Oklahoma State rallies late to beat Texas 32-24
The Longhorns give up another big lead late, this time against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. → Read More
Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law → Read More
Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law. → Read More
Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law. → Read More
Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law. → Read More
Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to → Read More
Texas defense needs quick fix ahead of No. 12 Oklahoma State
No. 25 Texas is coming off a 55-48 loss to Oklahoma → Read More
Gov. Greg Abbott bans vaccine mandates by any ‘entity’ in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law. → Read More
Pepi decision proving big for U.S. as goal scoring star
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Just two months ago, Ricardo Pepi didn't know which national team he wanted to play for. → Read More
Texas-Oklahoma soon to be part of "SEC! SEC!"
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — To get a glimpse of the Southeastern Conference's plan to dominate college football Saturdays, take a look at this weekend's schedule. In Dallas, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 21 Texas play their annual matchup amid the revelry of the State Fair of Texas in late morning. No. 1 Alabama visits Texas A&M at sunset. In between, No. 2 Georgia plays No. 18 Auburn in the latest edition of… → Read More
Robinson the engine behind the Texas offense
Bijan Robinson spent far too much of last season watching others play football → Read More
Robinson, Texas running game rumble over Rice 58-0
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas turned to a punishing run game to wipe out any lingering bad taste of a bad loss. → Read More
Texas NAACP files federal complaint over "The Eyes of Texas"
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of students have filed... → Read More