/tags/college-sports college sports en-US Copyright Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:27:50 GMT /sports/2025-01-08/is-the-cotton-bowl-classic-canceled-winter-weather-dallas-arlington AT&T Stadium and Cotton Bowl Classic officials say they are monitoring weather reports leading up to the Jan. 10 game between the Texas Longhorns and Ohio State Buckeyes. Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:27:50 GMT /sports/2025-01-08/is-the-cotton-bowl-classic-canceled-winter-weather-dallas-arlington Megan Cardona /sports/2024-07-01/bye-bye-big-12-hello-sec-texas-and-oklahoma-officially-switch-conferences The three-years-in-the-making switch to the Southeastern Conference for two programs that were co-founders of the Big 12 in 1996 officially happens Monday. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:45:03 GMT /sports/2024-07-01/bye-bye-big-12-hello-sec-texas-and-oklahoma-officially-switch-conferences The Associated Press /texas-news/2023-11-13/texas-a-m-fires-football-coach-jimbo-fisher-will-pay-record-77-5m-buyout The Jimbo Fisher buyout more than triples the previous record of Auburn’s $21.7 million buyout of Gus Malzahn in 2020. Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:02:06 GMT /texas-news/2023-11-13/texas-a-m-fires-football-coach-jimbo-fisher-will-pay-record-77-5m-buyout Dan Katz /texas-news/2023-04-04/el-pasos-tristen-newton-texas-ncaa-basketball-championship The former Burges Mustang scored 19 points in the Huskies’ victory in Houston. Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:01:28 GMT /texas-news/2023-04-04/el-pasos-tristen-newton-texas-ncaa-basketball-championship Julián Aguilar | The Texas Newsroom /sports/2023-01-05/ut-austin-fires-basketball-coach-chris-beard-amid-felony-domestic-violence-charge Texas fired basketball coach Chris Beard on Thursday while he faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée. Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:21:12 GMT /sports/2023-01-05/ut-austin-fires-basketball-coach-chris-beard-amid-felony-domestic-violence-charge Associated Press /news/2022-03-30/a-new-baseball-league-is-coming-to-north-texas-this-summer-and-its-going-to-be-wild Cleburne will soon be the home of a new division of a baseball league that hopes to make the town a hub for a fresh take on the sport. Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:00:00 GMT /news/2022-03-30/a-new-baseball-league-is-coming-to-north-texas-this-summer-and-its-going-to-be-wild Pablo Arauz Peña /texas-news/2021-12-28/omicron-outbreaks-sack-bowl-game-plans-for-several-texas-teams-and-venues The latest surge in COVID-19 cases has upended postseason plans for a number of college football programs in Texas. Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:32:12 GMT /texas-news/2021-12-28/omicron-outbreaks-sack-bowl-game-plans-for-several-texas-teams-and-venues Joseph Leahy | The Texas Newsroom /sports/2021-11-30/tcu-announces-smus-dykes-as-new-coach-after-campus-arrival Sonny Dykes spent the past four seasons at SMU before his return to the other side of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The son of former Texas Tech coach Spike Dykes had been considered a top candidate for the Frogs job since Gary Patterson and TCU mutually agreed Oct. 31 to part ways with four games left in the season. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:00:00 GMT /sports/2021-11-30/tcu-announces-smus-dykes-as-new-coach-after-campus-arrival Associated Press /sports/2021-09-24/smu-tcu-get-100th-edition-of-rivalry-after-waiting-a-year Regardless of why SMU and TCU couldn’t find a way to pull off the 100th meeting between the Dallas-Fort Worth rivals last season, it’s happening a year later. Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:00:00 GMT /sports/2021-09-24/smu-tcu-get-100th-edition-of-rivalry-after-waiting-a-year Associated Press /sports/2021-08-13/ncaa-wont-punish-baylor-for-failing-to-report-sexual-assault-claims-against-players The ruling is the culmination of a five-year investigation undertaken by the NCAA following the eruption of the sexual assault scandal at the Christian university in Waco, Texas, in 2016. Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:00:00 GMT /sports/2021-08-13/ncaa-wont-punish-baylor-for-failing-to-report-sexual-assault-claims-against-players Joe Hernandez