The NCAA baseball tournament begins today and it's Texas Coach Augie Garrido's favorite time of year: "The winners get to move on," he said. "The losers don't." more ›

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Photo by @n@bou on flickrThe Longhorn volleyball team carries a 20-match win streak into the opening round of NCAA tournament play tonight against Texas State at 6:30 pm at Gregory Gym. Texas (24-3) is ranked third in the country and is the top seed in their region of the tournament. The Longhorns are led by five first-team all-conference players -- Juliann Faucette, Ashley Engle, Destinee Hooker, Michelle Moriarty and Lauren Paolini -- as well as... more ›

This "velvet-voiced" Latin crooner guy Raul Malo is undeniably talented. Conjuring some of the most beloved singers of our centuries, you'll hear a little Buck Owens, Ray Charles, and Frank Sinatra and lots of Roy Orbison in his finely trained pipes. Please email us if you make out with that new someone to any of these songs. We'll buy you a beer next time we see you out, 'cause that's awesome. Raul Malo Latest Release:... more ›

We would like to say that our tardiness is due to the NCAA Basketball Championship game. Of course that didn't happen until 8pm Monday night, so let's just blame it on "preparation" for the game. You know how it is. First you buy all of the booze, and then you start drinking all of the booze. It finally ends tragically when you eventually turn the game off and force everyone to watch Press Your... more ›

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... more ›

But, apparently - regardless of whether this investigation was precipitated by a lurking NCAA - Bob Stoops has decided to run a tight ship up in Sooner Land. more ›

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban. Bostonist has its first birthday party and investigates how to attach more gambling dollars to the Red Sox. Benjamin Franklin is celebrated and Johnny Damon is not. Image by Ethan Bagley... more ›

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... more ›

Good news for Colt McCoy and the rest of Longhorn Nation. Junior offensive tackle Justin Blalock used his few minutes of speaking time at Sunday night's pep rally celebration to let everyone know that he'll be back for his senior season. The Third-Team All America helped anchor one of the best offensive lines in school history for a team that set an NCAA record for points scored in a season. Blalock explained his decision: more ›

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The Texas Longhorns baseball team staved off a ninth inning rally from the Ole Miss Rebels to advance to the College World Series in Omaha for the fourth year in a row. With the game tied 3-3 in the sixth inning, senior Will Crouch hit a lead-off solo home run, sparking a two-run inning. The Rebels struck back in the eighth with a sacrifice fly, cutting the lead to one, but in the bottom... more ›