UT women's basketball team honored

Top University of Texas women's athletes got the burnt orange carpet treatment at the annual Longhorn Honors: Women's Athletics awards and the women's basketball team walked away with a honor.

Vandegrift boys golf repeat as state champs

The Vandegrift boys won last year's title by 17 strokes and began the final day up by seven.

Lake Travis wins 6A girls golf state title

Several Austin-area high school golf teams were swinging for state titles including the Lake Travis girls who were led by a junior who recently played an LPGA event.

NFL suspends DE Greg Hardy for 10 games

The NFL has suspended defensive end Greg Hardy, now of the Dallas Cowboys, for 10 games for conduct detrimental to the league.

NBA star Russell Westbrook gives away car he won as All-Star Game MVP to single mother

Give Russell Westbrook another assist.The Thunder announced Monday Westbrook gave away the Kia car he won for earning the MVP award at the All-Star game to Kerstin Gonzales.

The Shaka Smart era is set to begin at the University of Texas

In a release, University of Texas Athletic Director Steve Patterson has announced that Shaka Smart has been named the 24th head basketball coach at The University of Texas.

AP source: Texas to meet with VCU's Smart to present offer

Texas athletic director Steve Patterson is scheduled to travel Thursday to meet with Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart to make an offer to coach the Longhorns, a person with knowledge of the

Little League star Mo'Ne Davis goes to bat for her Twitter tormentor

Mo'Ne Davis, the teenage pitching phenom who took Little League by storm and has inspired a Disney movie, went to bat Monday for a college star who got kicked off his team for a nasty tweet about her.

Former UT player Alexander Okafor arrested

Former UT Defensive End Alexander Okafor was taken into custody around 2am and booked into the County Jail late Sunday night.

Woman crawls her way to third place in Austin Marathon

The Austin Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K brought some of the world's fastest runners to the Lone Star State, but one woman in particular inspired everyone with her unfailing willpower.

Preparations underway for Austin Marathon

The Austin Marathon is still two days away but preparations are already underway. Workers are busy getting the route ready, which means road closures.

Tiger Woods says he'll return when his game is ready

Tiger Woods says his golf is not acceptable for the PGA Tour and he will not return until it is.

Athletes dominate at Special Olympics Texas Winter Games

It's the last day of competition for thousands of athletes participating in the Special Olympics Texas Winter Games.

Penn St. gets wins restored, Paterno again winningest coach

Penn State's football team is getting back 112 wins wiped out during the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal and the late Joe Paterno has been restored as the winningest coach in major college football history.