This is the first in our Longhorn player profile series, leading up to the season-opening game on Sept. 1. The enduring images from Colt McCoy's first season as the starting quarterback of the Texas Longhorns are a study in contrasts. On one hand, there was the sight of him winging a school-record six touchdowns in a single game against Baylor and battling the snow and wind to put the Longhorns in position for a come-from-behind... more ›

We think former UT football big hitter Michael Huff could someday have a second career in sports writing:

Since the draft is quickly approaching, I've been thinking about what I'll buy with my first professional paycheck. A lot of people are probably expecting me to say that I'd buy a big house, and that's partly true. But it's not what you think. The first house I buy will be the one with the blue roof on it that says "IHOP." It has been a dream of mine to own my own International House of Pancakes, and someday I will. Just last week I ate there five or six times, and about every time I got the same thing, pancakes and shrimp. It's a cool feeling to know that someday I'll get to eat at my IHOP whenever I want.

The Sporting News has released its annual list of Best Sports Cities in North America, and you will be pleased to know that Austin cracked the Top 50. TSN ranked Austin 47th in its list of 388 cities. However, if you look at the list closely, you will see that Austin ranks 4th among cities that do not have a big-league professional sports teams, trailing only Raleigh-Durham & Chapel Hill, home to the Cameron... more ›