Texas Longhorns

Novak Djokovic is stunned in Madrid

2013-05-07 18:29:00

Grigor Dimitrov stunned Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday, beating the top-ranked Serb, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-3, for the biggest win of his career. The 28th-ranked Bulgarian saved three set points in the first before...

Texas pitcher gives teammate urine for drug test; test still fails

2013-05-07 13:48:00

This story would be funny if it weren't so sad. Texas Longhorns pitcher Corey Knebel was suspended from the team on Friday because he substituted his urine sample for a teammate's to prevent the teammate from failing a drug test. Problem: Knebel's urine...

Sam Farmer's NFL mock draft: Where's USC quarterback Matt Barkley?

2013-04-06 18:13:00

So Manti T'eo goes in the first round, but USC's Matt Barkley doesn't? With less than three weeks to go before the NFL draft, that's a distinct possibility. The Times projects four safeties, two guards and the controversial Notre Dame linebacker to go...

Colorado players shouldn't expect a 'Big Howdy' Texas welcome

2013-03-21 12:58:00

AUSTIN, Texas -- The NCAA selection committee did not put a regional favorite in the Austin games for the tournament’s second and third round this weekend. Only two of the eight teams playing at the Erwin Center are less than 1,000 miles away....

Louisville earns top seeding in NCAA tournament field

2013-03-17 16:15:00

The red-colored and red-hot Louisville Cardinals earned the No. 1 overall seeding for this year’s NCAA tournament. Rick Pitino’s Big East Conference tournament championship team got the top spot in the Midwest Region and will open play...

Mississippi, no joke, makes a big splash on football signing day

2013-02-06 19:43:00

The Southeastern Conference conducted its annual player draft Wednesday in advance of winning its eighth straight national title next season. There's nothing like national SEC signing day, with other conferences participating the way the Washington...

Texas track coach Bev Kearney resigns, admits affair with athlete

2013-01-07 06:48:00

Bev Kearney, a Hall of Fame track coach at the University of Texas, has resigned due to an "intimate consensual relationship" with a Longhorns athlete in 2002. A statement released by the school Saturday reads in part: "Coach Bev Kearney informed...

Johnny Manziel, Manti Te'o and Collin Klein are Heisman finalists

2012-12-03 15:44:00

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein were announced Monday as finalists for the Heisman Trophy. The winner will be announced Saturday in New York. USC receiver Marqise...

UCLA basketball team tries it again in Texas ... 44 years later

2012-12-05 07:56:00

A UCLA basketball team with high expectations travels to Houston to play a Texas team in a football stadium … stop me if you've heard this one already. History is not on UCLA’s side when the Bruins play Texas in Reliant Stadium on Saturday....

East is West and up is down in college conference realignments

2012-12-21 06:00:00

Tired of tracking the conference whereabouts of your favorite school? Well, take a number and get in realignment line. Even the people paid to cover the sport have trouble keeping up. INTERACTIVE: Conference Realignment chart The turning point for...

Texas rallies to defeat Oregon State in Alamo Bowl

2012-12-29 19:35:00

SAN ANTONIO -- David Ash threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, the last a 36-yard strike to Marquise Goodwin with 2:24 left, to give Texas a 31-27 comeback victory over No. 15 Oregon State in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night. The Longhorns (9-4)...

Despite its record, Georgia Tech poses problems for USC

2012-12-07 17:12:00

Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: Imagine how USC fans are going to feel after a 6-7 Georgia Tech team wins the game. Larry Diaz Answer: How could USC fans feel any worse? The Trojans were picked to win the national title, lost five times and have...

A football presented to former President George W. Bush by the University of Texas Longhorns.

2013-04-16 00:00:00

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel scrambles away from Oklahoma linebacker Corey Nelson (7) in the third quarter in the AT&T Cotton Bowl game in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Friday, January 4, 2013. Texas A&M dispatched the Sooners, 41-13. (Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

2013-01-31 11:38:00

The legendary Texas coach led the Longhorns to three national college football titles and 11 Southwest Conference titles in a 20-year tenure that ended in 1976. He was 88.

2012-11-09 14:05:00