Remembering Lemons, Texas’ NIT title-winning team On the eve of the NCAA crowning a national champion at the Final Four, guest columnist Larry Carlson remembers the NIT-winning Texas squad of Abe Lemons 40 years later. Article written for 247 Sports LARRY CARLSON Apr 1st, 2018, 8:00 AM35 Long before Longhorn basketball backers swooned for Tom…
REESE AT THE OLYMPICS At the 1984 Los Angeles Games Rick Carey- won three gold medals in the 100 and 200 backstroke, as well as the 400 medley relay – As head coach of the 1992 U.S. team in Barcelona, Reese’s swimmers captured 13 medals, including six gold. Former Longhorns Hans Dersch earned a gold…
Everything about Simms seemed golden. Members of the Longhorn team had voted him Mr. GQ, with shiny blonde hair and bright eyes to compliment his genuine smile. If that was not enough, he was also handsome and cosmopolitan with the innocence of a back country boy. Chris Simms 1999- Chris starts 1 game and loses….
https://fb.watch/xZ-komJMwb/ MACK BROWN SAID ABOUT HIS LIFE JOURNEY, “WE ARE LIKE PIECES OF CLAY, AND EACH PERSON WHO TOUCHES US MAKES AN IMPRESSION. JULIUS DID SO ON MY LIFE JOURNEY. WHO SOMEONE ROOMS WITH SHOULD NOT BE A NEWSWORTHY EVENT. HOWEVER, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1970, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WROTE A “PROVOCATIVE” ARTICLE THAT SAID, “WHITTIER,…
Alan Luskey Obituary Brad and Luskey in the mid 70s Brad and Luskey as friend decades later. Alan Luskey receiving honor from the city of Fort Worth. Luskey.png Alan as a manager at Texas The Luskey’s- Alan’s burnt ornage spirit is missed. Alan Dean Luskey FORT WORTH–Having lived and loved well, Alan Dean Luskey reluctantly…
Slater Martin set the Texas single-game scoring record with 49 points. Martin’s historic night came against TCU in an 81-60 win in Gregory Gym. He hit 21 field goals and seven free throws. Martin was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 3, 1982. He is the only Longhorn to be…
PROGRESS – Or Lack Of It – REPORT From The Old SWC by Larry Carlson for https:// texaslsn.org It was an ugly breakup, as all breakups are. No love lost. None found. Hurt feelings, hard feelings. Splitsville. It followed the 1995 season. Arkansas had jumped ship four years earlier. But nobody in Texas really cared….
David Bales Loved Wally like everyone else! He emceeds many events for us at Scholz’s, including our jalapeño eating contests. One year, he, my dad Larry, and Pam McGee went on a” goodwill “ trip to Slippery Rock. Dad took several large jars of jalapeños to the game. Wally told the crowd they were…
Information about Texas Legacy Support Network and Chris Doelle Enterprises is discussed in the first 3:49 minutes of Rodney’s podcast. Rodney Page’s interview starts at the 3:50 mark. Click on the rectangle below with Rodney Page’s name to listen to Rodney’s oral history. Rodney Page talks about Leon Black, Betty Thompson, and Rhetha Swindell link…
How the NCAA women’sFinal Four was born A decade after Title IX, a battle for control of women’sbasketball split loyalties and produced two national champions LEFT: Rutgers defeated Texas, 83-77, in the 1982 AIAW women’s basketball championship. RIGHT: Forward Ann Pendergrass helped Louisiana Tech defeat Cheyney State, 76-62, in the first NCAA women’s championship…
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