Jim Hilliard, Bill Bradley, Michelle Adamolekun, Frank Denius, Kylle Doniak

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Jim Hilliard has passed away.

Michelle Adamolekun – Building the Brand

Michelle is a native of Jamaica. Her family moved to New York City when she was still a subteen, and she went on to earn a track & field scholarship to The University of Texas. At UT, Michelle was a two-time national champion.

She has continued her winning ways in life, serving as Chief Human Resources Officer for a major health system. Michelle is also president of the Reggae Girlz Foundation, a non-profit that enables young women to further their education through soccer.

Adamolekun and her husband are the parents of two adult children who are accomplished international soccer players. She took time out of her busy schedule to answer questions from TLSN’s Larry Carlson.

Here is the link to her interview.

https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/michelle-adamolekun-trackl

The Bill Bradley story is one of the most compelling ones in Longhorn sports history.

It is the saga of vast talent and versatility, great expectations, challenges, and disappointments, then adjustments, redemption, and triumph.

In the wake of the aborted 0-1-1 takeoff in 1968, Royal called Bradley in and told him he would be going with James Street under center. Bradley later recalled phoning his father in Palestine, ready to call it quits. His father was having none of that.

Bradley’s leadership qualities and pride in his status as a captain, a title voted on by his teammates, came through in humorous, self-deprecating style in the Horns’ first practice since the demotion. Lining up as a novice backup receiver, Bradley loosened the drawstrings on his sweatpants. Midway through his route, the erstwhile QB was stumbling over dropped pants, baring a full moon for his teammates. The practice field erupted with laughter, and the nervous tension was instantly dispelled. Finally, it was time to focus on Saturday night’s non-conference bout with Oklahoma State.

In Reflection 11/03/2016 Newsletter

Frank Denius, Kylie Doniak were at Top of the queue on 11/03/2016

The next TLSN Newsletter publication is scheduled for October 3rd, 2021. It will be a special edition capturing for posterity the Oral history of quarterback Peter Gardere and kicker Billy Schott with a special re-visit to “The Tunnel” and a detailed history of the Texas-OU series.

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