Josh Newman
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The other place is awesome today.
No, trust me.
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June 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The other place is awesome today.
No, trust me.
No, trust me.
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It is money time (h/t @joshnewman.bsky.social) here in Providence in what has been a great Ivy League final.
Yale leads 80-72 with 2:22 left, but Cornell is headed to the line.
Yale leads 80-72 with 2:22 left, but Cornell is headed to the line.
March 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Here’s why the Texas resume is fascinating.
Seven Quadrant 1 wins should absolutely get you in, but most of their metrics otherwise, including a 12-15 effective record and a horrid NC SOS, should absolutely leave you out.
No correct answer, per se, when that’s the resume.
Seven Quadrant 1 wins should absolutely get you in, but most of their metrics otherwise, including a 12-15 effective record and a horrid NC SOS, should absolutely leave you out.
No correct answer, per se, when that’s the resume.
March 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Here’s why the Texas resume is fascinating.
Seven Quadrant 1 wins should absolutely get you in, but most of their metrics otherwise, including a 12-15 effective record and a horrid NC SOS, should absolutely leave you out.
No correct answer, per se, when that’s the resume.
Seven Quadrant 1 wins should absolutely get you in, but most of their metrics otherwise, including a 12-15 effective record and a horrid NC SOS, should absolutely leave you out.
No correct answer, per se, when that’s the resume.
NEW: Texas is done at the SEC Tournament.
It is now left to wait and scoreboard watch at 19-15 overall, with seven Quadrant 1 wins and blah metrics.
Attention turns to bubble-related matters this evening in the ACC and the Mountain West.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
It is now left to wait and scoreboard watch at 19-15 overall, with seven Quadrant 1 wins and blah metrics.
Attention turns to bubble-related matters this evening in the ACC and the Mountain West.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
March 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW: Texas is done at the SEC Tournament.
It is now left to wait and scoreboard watch at 19-15 overall, with seven Quadrant 1 wins and blah metrics.
Attention turns to bubble-related matters this evening in the ACC and the Mountain West.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
It is now left to wait and scoreboard watch at 19-15 overall, with seven Quadrant 1 wins and blah metrics.
Attention turns to bubble-related matters this evening in the ACC and the Mountain West.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Memphis and Wichita State are about to tip in the AAC quarters.
Wrote this morning that Texas fans should be paying attention to the American, because if someone other than Memphis wins it, it's going to be a problem:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Wrote this morning that Texas fans should be paying attention to the American, because if someone other than Memphis wins it, it's going to be a problem:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Is Texas basketball in? NCAA Tournament fate hangs in balance
Longhorns are on the NCAA Tournament bubble after beating Texas A&M on Thursday
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March 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Memphis and Wichita State are about to tip in the AAC quarters.
Wrote this morning that Texas fans should be paying attention to the American, because if someone other than Memphis wins it, it's going to be a problem:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Wrote this morning that Texas fans should be paying attention to the American, because if someone other than Memphis wins it, it's going to be a problem:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
NEW: It’s Friday, Texas is through to the SEC quarters, and is right at the NCAA Tournament cutline.
Where things stand, what’s coming, and why Texas fans need to pay close attention to the AAC Tournament:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Where things stand, what’s coming, and why Texas fans need to pay close attention to the AAC Tournament:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Is Texas basketball in? NCAA Tournament fate hangs in balance
Longhorns are on the NCAA Tournament bubble after beating Texas A&M on Thursday
www.lonestarlive.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
NEW: It’s Friday, Texas is through to the SEC quarters, and is right at the NCAA Tournament cutline.
Where things stand, what’s coming, and why Texas fans need to pay close attention to the AAC Tournament:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Where things stand, what’s coming, and why Texas fans need to pay close attention to the AAC Tournament:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Texas fans should be rooting for Marquette right now against Xavier.
Musketeers are exceptionally bubbly, absolutely need a win here to get in.
Musketeers are exceptionally bubbly, absolutely need a win here to get in.
March 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Texas fans should be rooting for Marquette right now against Xavier.
Musketeers are exceptionally bubbly, absolutely need a win here to get in.
Musketeers are exceptionally bubbly, absolutely need a win here to get in.
NEW: When Texas opens spring practice March 25, a handful of depth chart guys will not be full participants due to injury.
Chief among the absences: Redshirt sophomore running back CJ Baxter, who continues his way back from an August knee injury
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Chief among the absences: Redshirt sophomore running back CJ Baxter, who continues his way back from an August knee injury
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
These Texas football players will not be full participants when spring practice begins
Longhorns will open spring practice March 25
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March 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NEW: When Texas opens spring practice March 25, a handful of depth chart guys will not be full participants due to injury.
Chief among the absences: Redshirt sophomore running back CJ Baxter, who continues his way back from an August knee injury
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Chief among the absences: Redshirt sophomore running back CJ Baxter, who continues his way back from an August knee injury
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
The notion Steve Sarkisian wouldn’t leave Texas because Arch Manning is the QB is flat incorrect.
He won't leave with Manning there. Also, maybe he wants to take over cfb
March 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The notion Steve Sarkisian wouldn’t leave Texas because Arch Manning is the QB is flat incorrect.
NEW: NFL teams coming to talk to Steve Sarkisian in the wake of 25-4 and two CFP semis since 2023 came as no surprise.
Sarkisian opted to balk, parlaying the whole thing to another contract extension.
Here's what he said today when I asked about it: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Sarkisian opted to balk, parlaying the whole thing to another contract extension.
Here's what he said today when I asked about it: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Why didn’t Texas football’s Steve Sarkisian pursue reported NFL interest after CFP run?
Sarkisian is 25-4 with back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances since the start of the 2023 season
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March 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEW: NFL teams coming to talk to Steve Sarkisian in the wake of 25-4 and two CFP semis since 2023 came as no surprise.
Sarkisian opted to balk, parlaying the whole thing to another contract extension.
Here's what he said today when I asked about it: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Sarkisian opted to balk, parlaying the whole thing to another contract extension.
Here's what he said today when I asked about it: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
NEW: Texas is among the P4 teams opting to not have a spring game next month.
While other coaches like Matt Rhule cited potential tampering, Steve Sarkisian put a pin in that factor, and instead leaned on other reasoning.
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While other coaches like Matt Rhule cited potential tampering, Steve Sarkisian put a pin in that factor, and instead leaned on other reasoning.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Texas football’s Steve Sarkisian defends decision to eliminate Longhorns’ spring game
Texas' Orange-White Game would have been April 26
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March 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NEW: Texas is among the P4 teams opting to not have a spring game next month.
While other coaches like Matt Rhule cited potential tampering, Steve Sarkisian put a pin in that factor, and instead leaned on other reasoning.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
While other coaches like Matt Rhule cited potential tampering, Steve Sarkisian put a pin in that factor, and instead leaned on other reasoning.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
NEW: A few brief highlights from Steve Sarkisian's pre-spring presser include Arch Manning taking over, a nothing answer on declining NFL interest back in January, and more:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Overheard at Steve Sarkisian’s press conference: Arch Manning, NFL interest, and more
Longhorns will open spring practice March 25
www.lonestarlive.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
NEW: A few brief highlights from Steve Sarkisian's pre-spring presser include Arch Manning taking over, a nothing answer on declining NFL interest back in January, and more:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Sarkisian: "Four of five guys who wont participate early in spring."
Derek Williams, CJ Baxter, DeAndre Moore, Colton Vasek will not fully participate.
Others will be limited.
Derek Williams, CJ Baxter, DeAndre Moore, Colton Vasek will not fully participate.
Others will be limited.
March 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sarkisian: "Four of five guys who wont participate early in spring."
Derek Williams, CJ Baxter, DeAndre Moore, Colton Vasek will not fully participate.
Others will be limited.
Derek Williams, CJ Baxter, DeAndre Moore, Colton Vasek will not fully participate.
Others will be limited.
Sarkisian: Move to NFL-style OTAs is a "philosophical change."
27 new players showed up in January, 22 of them from high school. Everyone needs to get acclimated, on the same page.
27 new players showed up in January, 22 of them from high school. Everyone needs to get acclimated, on the same page.
March 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Sarkisian: Move to NFL-style OTAs is a "philosophical change."
27 new players showed up in January, 22 of them from high school. Everyone needs to get acclimated, on the same page.
27 new players showed up in January, 22 of them from high school. Everyone needs to get acclimated, on the same page.
Sarkisian offered a VERY long preamble here.
Big takeaway: Defended not having a spring game, went on to say it's not about the fear of tampering.
Big takeaway: Defended not having a spring game, went on to say it's not about the fear of tampering.
March 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Sarkisian offered a VERY long preamble here.
Big takeaway: Defended not having a spring game, went on to say it's not about the fear of tampering.
Big takeaway: Defended not having a spring game, went on to say it's not about the fear of tampering.
Spring is upon us.
Steve Sarkisian coming up at 11:30, first meeting with the local hacks since the Cotton Bowl.
Steve Sarkisian coming up at 11:30, first meeting with the local hacks since the Cotton Bowl.
March 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Spring is upon us.
Steve Sarkisian coming up at 11:30, first meeting with the local hacks since the Cotton Bowl.
Steve Sarkisian coming up at 11:30, first meeting with the local hacks since the Cotton Bowl.
I guess this is the place to be today………
March 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I guess this is the place to be today………
The Texas women are going to be a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament, but this bludgeoning by South Carolina in the SEC championship game is a reminder of what/who it’ll have to go through to win the whole thing in a few weeks.
March 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Texas women are going to be a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament, but this bludgeoning by South Carolina in the SEC championship game is a reminder of what/who it’ll have to go through to win the whole thing in a few weeks.
NEW/ Texas’ final SEC availability report late this afternoon was clean, so junior guard Chendall Weaver is indeed available tonight after missing 15 straight with a hip.
Weaver has been out since Jan. 7:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Weaver has been out since Jan. 7:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Texas basketball’s Chendall Weaver will play vs. Oklahoma in must-win bubble game
Weaver has been since the early minutes of a Jan. 7 loss to Auburn with a hip injury
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March 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
NEW/ Texas’ final SEC availability report late this afternoon was clean, so junior guard Chendall Weaver is indeed available tonight after missing 15 straight with a hip.
Weaver has been out since Jan. 7:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Weaver has been out since Jan. 7:
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
NEW: Xavier Worthy was arrested in Williamson County yesterday on a third-degree felony for assaulting a family member.
Worthy remains in custody, and per jail records, has not posted bond
Former All-Big 12, just finished his rookie year with the Chiefs: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Worthy remains in custody, and per jail records, has not posted bond
Former All-Big 12, just finished his rookie year with the Chiefs: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Former Texas football player Xavier Worthy arrested in Williamson County
Worthy, a former Longhorns star, just finished his rookie season with the Kansas City Chiefs
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March 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NEW: Xavier Worthy was arrested in Williamson County yesterday on a third-degree felony for assaulting a family member.
Worthy remains in custody, and per jail records, has not posted bond
Former All-Big 12, just finished his rookie year with the Chiefs: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
Worthy remains in custody, and per jail records, has not posted bond
Former All-Big 12, just finished his rookie year with the Chiefs: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...
NEW: A stacked day of college basketball includes a bubble-as-bubble-gets matchup between Texas and Oklahoma.
We’re up early with a live post, starting with a couple of notes.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
We’re up early with a live post, starting with a couple of notes.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Texas basketball vs. Oklahoma live updates, score: Longhorns face must-win for NCAA Tournament
Longhorns are on the NCAA Tournament bubble as the regular season comes to a close
www.lonestarlive.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
NEW: A stacked day of college basketball includes a bubble-as-bubble-gets matchup between Texas and Oklahoma.
We’re up early with a live post, starting with a couple of notes.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
We’re up early with a live post, starting with a couple of notes.
www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
NEW: Texas coach Rodney Terry didn't definitively say Chendall Weaver would be available tomorrow night vs. Oklahoma, but he sure did indicate it.
Weaver appears set to return after missing 15 games with a hip injury.
SEC injury report is out at 7 p.m.: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Weaver appears set to return after missing 15 games with a hip injury.
SEC injury report is out at 7 p.m.: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Texas basketball’s ‘most energetic’ player probable to return vs. Oklahoma in must-win game
Longhorns face a must-win game Saturday night vs. Oklahoma
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March 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
NEW: Texas coach Rodney Terry didn't definitively say Chendall Weaver would be available tomorrow night vs. Oklahoma, but he sure did indicate it.
Weaver appears set to return after missing 15 games with a hip injury.
SEC injury report is out at 7 p.m.: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Weaver appears set to return after missing 15 games with a hip injury.
SEC injury report is out at 7 p.m.: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...
Texas coach Rodney Terry says Chendall Weaver will play tomorrow night against Oklahoma.
Has been out since the early minutes of a Jan. 7 loss to Auburn with a hip injury.
Has been out since the early minutes of a Jan. 7 loss to Auburn with a hip injury.
March 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Texas coach Rodney Terry says Chendall Weaver will play tomorrow night against Oklahoma.
Has been out since the early minutes of a Jan. 7 loss to Auburn with a hip injury.
Has been out since the early minutes of a Jan. 7 loss to Auburn with a hip injury.