Baseball ⚾ Olympians
Kip Harkrider, Atlanta 1996 1 Bronze
Calvin Murray, Barcelona 1992
Taylor Teagarden, Beijing 2008 Bronze
Kip Harkrider, Atlanta 1996 1 Bronze
Calvin Murray, Barcelona 1992
Taylor Teagarden, Beijing 2008 Bronze
WHEN TO CELEBRATE A LOSS. Billy Dale says, “as I learned in high school track, losing can be part of a winning formula. On a day I set a personal best time in the 100-yard dash, I finished last in the heat. As a 17-year-old boy, I was surprised that I was happy as…
What a sterling example of brotherhood you guys, and others, are. You stepped in to help Pat when I could no longer take care of him. In the years with me, Pat proved to be exactly who I believed him to be from age 8 on. He was a good man, slow to anger, and…
HARDBALL WITH TOM BALL Professor Carlson’s interview with Tom Ball is at TOM BALL BASEBALL ⚾ INTERVIEW (squarespace.com) 1974 Tom Ball photo at last game ever played at Clark Field by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) With a name like Tom Ball, you just had to be born to stand out as a sports star….
Danny Davis, University of Texas Beat Writer Every Thursday in the Hookem newsletter, we will catch up with a former Texas standout. This week’s “Where Are They Now?” interview is with former UT slugger Kyle Russell. An outfielder at Texas from 2006-08, Russell’s 57 career home runs are still a school record. A two-time conference…
MARIO “MIKE” DE LA FUENTE is the first citizen of Mexico inducted into the HOH. During his years at Texas, he only lost one collegiate game. Mike De La Fuente overcame discrimination to become the first Hispanic to receive a scholarship to play baseball at Texas.On September 7, 1927, Mike De La Fuente was turned…
One night in Austin in 1992, Pops (Nolan Ryan) took the mound for the Rangers against his son, Reid Ryan’s Longhorns in an exhibition game of the sport that bound them. Reid Ryan as a Longhorn and the exhibition game between him and his father 2:38- 4:20 mark. https://youtu.be/ADqlRQUEOEY 1904- 18-10-1 COACH R.F. HUTCHINSON…