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July 18, 2008

Nine former Longhorns sports stars, including Vince Young and Kevin Durant, will have their jersey numbers retired during the upcoming season, according to the UT men's athletic department. Others set to have their numbers retired this season are Bobby Layne (football), Tommy Nobis (football), Slater Martin (basketball), Burt Hooton (baseball), Greg Swindell (baseball), Scott Bryant (baseball), and Brooks Kieschnick (baseball).......

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February 25, 2008

The Texas Longhorns put their seven-game winning streak on the line tonight at Kansas State in a matchup of two of the Big 12's top men's basketball teams....

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July 5, 2007

Here comes the story of the hurricane that wasn't really a hurricane and didn't even affect the fireworks last night ... but you should still be skeert. Golden gloves indeed: 20-year-old man charged with manslaughter for his part in the murder of a man on June 19. Giving new meaning to booze in the blender. We are totally awesome at throwing block parties. When it's not raining, at least. Wonder if you could afford......

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March 21, 2007

Kevin Durant, the University of Texas freshman basketball phenom, was announced today as the Division I Player of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Racking up an impressive 903 points this season, Durant set the Big Twelve single season scoring record. He is also second all-time in the NCAA Freshman scoring records and third all-time on the NCAA Freshman rebound list. Durant is the first freshman, as well as the......

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February 27, 2006

There seem to be a lot of double standards in place when it comes to regulating Free Speech around the world. Joseph "Jack" Thomas, an Austrailian-Muslim convert, had a hard time with his conversion because he loves his beer. On Sunday, a 22-year old in Detroit shoots his girlfriend's mother while she's attending Sunday Services. While the 'Horns men's basketball team looks ahead to the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments, take a peek at......

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