Past Articles (HIDDEN BLOG)
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Lady Longhorns Rally over Kansas
January 13, 2018
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The No. 7 Texas Longhorn women’s basketball team took-on the Kansas Jayhawks and hoped to rebound from a 79-77 loss at TCU. Texas leads the all-time series against Kansas 24-10, and is 11-4 on the home court.
The Jayhawks came out strong and handled the Lady Longhorns in the first…
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Review of the Sony a9 for Sports Photography
January 9, 2018
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I recently had the opportunity to evaluate the Sony a9 at two Texas Stars ice hockey games. The first game was more for orientation. In the second game I used the camera for the warm-ups and the last three minutes of play. I couldn’t risk using an unfamiliar camera for…
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Condors Rally over Stars
January 6, 2018
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“That was probably the most disappointing loss of the year” said Texas Stars’ team captain Curtis McKenzie. “We’ve just got to find a way to clamp down. Everyone is pretty frustrated right now.”
And there is reason for the frustration. The Stars had dropped seven of their last ten games…
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Power Plays Lift Gulls over Stars
January 3, 2018
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Tonight’s game between the Texas Stars and San Diego Gulls brought together two teams on different trajectories. Texas has lost three in a row, and five of the last six games. San Diego, however, has won six of the last eight games. Texas leads the series this season 3-2-0-0, entering…
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Spurs Top #1 Magic in Final Second
December 28, 2017
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The Austin Spurs are a team with great potential, but are having a difficult time consistently finding it.
The team snapped a four game losing streak against Santa Cruz. And took a must win game from the division leading Rio Grande Valley. But the Spurs dropped an easy win against…
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McKenzie, Morin excel, but Stars Fall in Overtime
December 23, 2017
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The Texas Stars may have entered into the holiday doldrums. The team is second in the AHL Pacific Division, having won eight of ten games. Most recently the team has gone 5-5 and rookie phenom goal tender Landon Bow has lost three of his last four games.
It should have…
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Tale of Two Halves: Spurs Fall to Clippers
December 21, 2017
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You can tell what kind of game the Austin Spurs will have by their warm-up. Being loose is always a good sign. Practicing passes above the hoop means a solid night for assists. Practicing individual slam-dunks indicates they are over confident. Tonight the over confidence did them in.
Tonight match-up…
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Spurs Take “Must Win” Game
December 15, 2017
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Friday’s game for the Austin Spurs was the most important of the year. And it could have determined the course of the season.
The Spurs stumble coming out of the Thanksgiving break and had lost four of the last five. They had fallen to four games behind division leading Rio…
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Stars Fall to the Reign
December 13, 2017
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The Texas Stars have won eight of their last ten games, and have steadily risen in the Pacific Division of the AHL West. And tonight the Stars could lay claim to second play if they won their match-up against the Ontario Reign, and if the Stockton Heat lost to the…
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Spurs Top Warriors, Play Four Solid Periods
December 10, 2017
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The Spurs are back. At least it appeared that way in Sunday’s match-up against the Santa Cruz Warriors. The Spurs has lost four games in a round and five of the last ten games going into the game. They needed to find their way to remain relevant.
Back was four…
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Stars Handle Ontario Reign
December 9, 2017
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Who are these guys? Where did they come from? What happened to last season’s Texas Stars? You remember, the same guys that got chased out of their loading dock warm-up area by visitors.
This year’s Texas Stars are aggressive. They have a swagger. They fight every minute in a sixty-minute…
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Stars Win in OT, Again!
December 8, 2017
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The Texas Stars played hurry-up hockey against the Bakersfield Condors on Friday night. They picked their shots nicely, not blasting away like a drive-by-shooting. And the Stars’ won in overtime for the second game in a row.
Both teams played conservatively in the opening period. Bakersfield’s Brad Malone started the…
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Spurs Drop Fourth-in-a-row
December 7, 2017
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The Austin Spurs can do it.
They’ve done it.
They were 8-3 exiting the Thanksgiving break. Since then they dropped four straight games,
including three at home, including tonight’s loss. In each of the losses the team did not execute in the first
three quarters. In each loss they dominated…
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Travis Morin… He’s Back?!
December 6, 2017
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Travis Morin was more present in Tuesday’s game against the Iowa Wild than he has been all season.
Morin yielded the team captain role to Curtis MacKenzie this season until three days ago when the Dallas Stars called up MacKenzie. Did this have an affect on Morin’s game?
Perhaps Morin…
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Are the Austin Spurs worn-out?
December 2, 2017
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Friday’s game against the Salt Lake City Stars should have been a cakewalk for the Austin Spurs. Austin (8-3) was atop the Southwest division of the NBA G-League, while Salt Lake (1-9) was in the cellar. The Spurs had taken the first two meetings of the team this season. And…
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Sometimes They just have your Number
December 1, 2017
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The Austin Spurs looked to be the favorite going into tonight’s game against the Texas Legends. The Spurs were 8-3 overall; the Legends were 4-5. Austin was 4-2 at home; the Texas was 2-3 on the road. The only stat leaning in favor of the Legends was they were 1-0…
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Spurs Overcome Miscues, Down the Blue
November 17, 2017
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The Austin Spurs should have had a walk-away win against the Oklahoma City Blue. OKC connected only 43% of field goals, made only 18% of three-point attempts, and was out re-bounded 56 to 30.
Instead sloppy play by the Spurs made it something of a contest. Austin lost the ball…
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Stars Surprise Rampage
November 15, 2017
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Expectations were high for the San Antonio Rampage in Wednesday’s contest against the Texas Stars.
Goal tender Spencer Martin was just named player of the week. The team had a 0.643 winning percentage coming into the match. And the Rampage had won all three of the pairings against the Stars…
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Spurs: Huge Come from Behind Victory
November 14, 2017
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This team may have what it takes.
They talk to each. They practice assists. They ignore bad officiating. And they don’t pucker-up when down by 22 points.
The Austin Spurs had all that, and more, in their game Tuesday against the Sioux Falls Skyforce before 6,759 fans at the HEB…
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Goodbye to Seniors, on to SBC Tourney, TxSt Volleyball
November 12, 2017
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A good coach makes a difference to a team. A good, long-term coach makes the difference
for a program. Karen Chisum is the difference to the Texas State Women’s Volley program.
Coach Chisum is completing her 38th season as the head coach of the Texas State women’s volleyball program. In…
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Stars Repel Shock and Awe Attack
November 10, 2017
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The Grand Rapids Griffins drew a play from Desert Storm on Friday against the Texas Stars. Shock and Awe used overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the Iraqis in the Gulf War. It worked convincing against the Iraqis, but not so well against the Stars.
The first…
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Cracks in the NBA Glass Officiating Ceiling
November 7, 2017
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This is my fifth season covering the NBA D League, now the NBA L League. A few times each season I would smile and think, “another crack in the glass ceiling,” when a woman was part of the officiating team. Imagine my surprise, and delight, when two women, Natalie Sago…
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Paranormal Propels Bobcats, for a While
November 4, 2017
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It might have been lingering Halloween spirits, or supernatural doppelgängers, but some paranormal presence infiltrated the bodies of the Texas State football team. On Saturday we saw a team that we had never seen before, for at least 30 minutes, as the Texas State Bobcats took on the evenly matched…
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Legends Edge Spurs
November 4, 2017
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Break neck.
The Austin Spurs (1-0) and the Texas Legends (0-0) went at it Saturday night and the pace was break neck. It took all of 12 seconds for Legend’s Johnathan Motley to score on a slam-dunk and the contest was on.
The Spurs controlled the first half, aided by…
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Austin Spurs Explosive Home Opener
November 3, 2017
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The Salt Lake City Stars took on the Austin Spurs in the inaugural season of the NBA Gatorade League (G League). The league was previously known as the NBA Developmental League.
In addition to the new name, the league brings the first year of two-way contracts. The two-way contract makes…
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