Past Articles (HIDDEN BLOG)

  1. Bourque Lifts Texas Over Grand Rapids

    December 19, 2023
    The Texas Stars (15-7-2-1) overcame a sleepy start to defeat the Grand Rapids Griffins (9-12-3-1), 4-to-3 in overtime.  Mavrik Bourque netted all four the Texas goals.  “Bourque was excellent.  His line drove the offense.  Four goals, you can’t say enough about the effort from him.  Massive, massive impact on the…

  2. Stars Over-Power Wolves on Teddy Bear Night

    December 8, 2023
    The Chicago Wolves may have gotten the first word in their contest against the Texas Stars, but it was the Stars that got the last, on a night that rained Teddy Bears.  The Stars defeated the Wolves 5-to-2.  Ryan Wagner found the back of the next for Chicago for the…

  3. Texas Tops Long Beach Despite Distractions

    December 6, 2023
    It was a night full of distractions for the University Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team.  They entered the game in the middle of final exams.  They opened the game receiving their Big 12 Championship rings from last season.  Midway through the game they had the annual Teddy Bear Toss.  And…

  4. Texas Defeats UConn for the First Time

    December 3, 2023
    The No. 10/11 University of Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team soundly defeated the No. 11/12 University of Connecticut Huskies, 80-68, in front of a capacity crowd of over 10,763 fans.  Texas took an early 15-to-3 lead and never trailed.  The win was Texas’ first over UConn in program.  Rori Harmon…

  5. Austin FC 2023 Media Cup

    December 1, 2023
    Austin FC’s 2023 season came to an unofficial close with the annual playing of the Media Cup.  The match pits members of the Austin FC front office and local media face-off in a 60-minute match played on a short field at Q2 Stadium.  Contrary to its name, the contest is…

  6. Texas Women Down Oral Roberts on Kids Day

    November 29, 2023
    The #10 University of Texas Longhorns women’s basketball leaned heavily on their offense to defeat the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles, 112-to-74.  The game was played before 7200 screaming grade school students visiting the 40 Acres.   “Well, if you liked offense that was a pretty fun game to watch.  For…

  7. Texas State Goes Bowling with South Alabama Win

    November 25, 2023
    The Texas State University Bobcats punched their ticket to a post-season bowl game with a decisive 52-to-44 win over the University of South Alabama (USA) Jaguars.  The Bobcats improve their record to 7-5 on the season and are guaranteed a spot in one of the 42 bowl games.  The Bobcat…

  8. Texas’ Bigs Too Much for Louisiana Tech

    November 19, 2023
    Vic Schaefer’s mantra has always been “you win with guard play.”  Tonight, Schaefer’s Texas Longhorns used guard play to setup a massive inside attack, giving the Longhorns a lopsided 96-to-44 win over Louisiana Tech.  Texas guards generated 18 assists to set up centers Taylor Jones and Khadija Faye for a…

  9. Stars Out-Duke Griffins

    November 17, 2023
    Nineteen penalties, 13 power plays, and a five-goal second period led to a wild contest between the Texas Stars (7-4-2-1) and the Grand Rapids Griffins (4-6-1-1), ultimately seeing the Stars win 4-to-2.  Grand Rapids’ Tim Gettinger found the back of the net in the first minute of the second period…

  10. US Overcomes Slow Start Against Trinidad

    November 16, 2023
    A double yellow card in the first half, and a fresh set of legs in the second half, was all the United States Men’s National Team needed to soundly defeat the Trinidad and Tobago National Team, 3-to-nil, in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Nations League play.  Trinidad and Tobago midfielder…

  11. Chemistry Gels as Texas Tops UTA

    November 14, 2023
    The University of Texas Longhorns (3-and-0) revealed the possibilities of this season’s team in a 110-to-64 drubbing on the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks (0-and-3).  “Really please on how we played from a chemistry standpoint.  I though we made some steps tonight,” said Texas head coach Vic Schaefer.  “Just…

  12. Stars Collect First Home Win in Wild One

    November 10, 2023
    The Texas Stars unleashed six goals against the Milwaukee Admirals to win their first game on home ice this season.  Final score was 6-to-4.  The game felt like a homecoming with four former Stars players and coaches on the ice for the Admirals. Head coach Karl Taylor, assistant coach Greg…

  13. Texas Takes Southern in Season Opener

    November 8, 2023
    The No. 13/14 University of Texas Longhorns (1-0) handily defeated the Southern University Jaguars, (0-2), 80-35, in their season opener at Moody Center.  The Longhorns never trailed during the game and held the Jaguars to single-digit points in the first three quarters.  Taylor Jones led Texas with 19 points and…

  14. Texas Women’s Soccer Says Goodbye with Big12 Championship

    November 4, 2023
    The University of Texas Longhorns women’s soccer team came out strong, then took it to a higher level, to defeat the Brigham Young University Cougars 3-to-1 to win the Big 12 Championship.  The match was Texas’ last in the Big 12, as they move to the Southeast Conference.  The win…

  15. BYU Advances to Finals in One-sided Match

    November 1, 2023
    The Brigham Young University Cougars easily defeated the  University of Central Florida Golden Knight, 4-to-1, in the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference women’s soccer championship.  BYU faces the University of Texas in Championship finals on Saturday.  BYU controlled nearly aspect of the match, besting UCF 29-to-14 in total shots…

  16. Texas Out-toughs Texas Tech Women’s Soccer

    November 1, 2023
    Something not often said this season is Texas was the tougher team.  The 4th seed Longhorns’ journey to the Big 12 Championship tournament was one of a skillful team defeating a less skillful team.  It has not been one of a tougher team defeating a less tough team, until tonight.…

  17. Manitoba Outlasts Texas in Shoot-out

    October 27, 2023
    It was a long night for the Texas Stars.  After a one-hour delay due to ice conditions, the Stars fell to the Manitoba Moose by a final score of 3-to-2 in an overtime shoot-out. Neither team looked especially sharp in the first period, perhaps owing to the one hour, seven-minute…

  18. UT Women’s Basketball Media Day: Vic Schaefer’s Thoughts

    October 26, 2023
    Comments by head coach Vic Schaefer at the University of Texas Women’s Basketball team’s Media Day held on October 26, 2023:  Opening remarks:  They’re just focused, one game, one day at a time, trying to get 1% better every day.  And we’ll try, as coaches, keeping them focused one game…

  19. First Glimpse Texas Women’s Basketball

    October 24, 2023
    Fans and media got their first glimpse of the 2023/24 University of Texas women’s basketball team at the annual Orange & White Scrimmage at the Moody Center.  Forward Aaliyah Moore, still recovering from ACL surgery, served as master of ceremony.  Notable in the player introductions were Khadija Faye, who sporting…

  20. Verstsappen Fends Hamilton for US Grand Prix Win

    October 22, 2023
    Max Verstappen’s win of the US Grand Prix, his 15th of the season and 50th in his Formula One career, was any but a sure thing.  The Dutchman started in sixth position, endured breaking problems throughout the race, and fended off Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in the closing seconds.  “I think…

  21. Verstappen Unstoppable in Sprint Dash

    October 21, 2023
    Saturday’s US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas was all about the Sprint competition.  And the Sprint competition was all about Max Verstappen.  The Dutchman led every segment of the Sprint Shootout qualifier to earn the pole position.  He then led the 100 km Sprint from start-to-finish with…

  22. Team Principal Gather at Start to US Grand Prix

    October 21, 2023
    Formula One team principals  Mike Krack (Aston Martin), Zak Brown (McLaren), Toto Wolff (Mercedes), and Guenther Steiner (Haas) met with reports on Friday at the start of the United States Grand Prix to share their thoughts.  Here the highlights.  Mike Krack shared that both Aston Martin experience overheating issue on…

  23. Leclerc Takes Pole, Verstappen Misstep Costly

    October 21, 2023
    Friday saw the first use of the new sprint format at the US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.  The US Grand Prix is one of six races to use the changed Sprint format.  The Sprint format is a significant departure from the traditional Grand Prix weekend.  The…

  24. Driver’s Thoughts Before Grand Prix of the Americas

    October 19, 2023
    Drivers from the 2023 United States Grand Prix met with reporters on Thursday to share their thoughts from the last race in Qatar, and the implications for Austin.  Here the highlights.  Logan Sargeant, a rookie on the Williams team and the only American driver in the field,  may be new…

  25. Fastest Two Seconds in an F1 Race: The Pit Stop

    October 18, 2023
    About one second separates the fast pit crews in Formula 1 racing from the slowest.  The process, from beginning to end, lasts about two seconds, and usually happens two times in a race.  The team’s approach to the pit stop may vary, and the equipment they use may vary a…

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