Sports
December 14, 2022
Mike Leach, the Madman Who Revolutionized Football
The author of ‘The Perfect Pass’ and ‘Empire of the Summer Moon’ reflects on Mike Leach’s coaching legacy.
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December 13, 2022
There Will Never Be Another Mike Leach
The former Texas Tech football coach, revered for his offensive mind and beloved for his one-of-a-kind character, died Monday.
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September 29, 2022
Joey McGuire Is Riding High in His First Season at Texas Tech
The Red Raiders coach said he received hundreds of congratulatory text messages after beating Texas, and he's just getting started.
Sports
November 9, 2021
Can New Texas Tech Coach Joey McGuire Build a Winner in Lubbock?
The Red Raiders’ hire is beloved by former players at Baylor and Cedar Hill High School and is known as one of the top recruiters in Texas.
Sports
September 24, 2021
Tony Bradford Wants to Change Police Work—Right After He Stops UT’s Offense
The Texas Tech defensive lineman interned with the campus police during the pandemic and hopes to improve law enforcement from within.
Sports
April 5, 2021
Chris Beard Could Have Had a Statue in Lubbock, but He Chose UT Instead
Leaving a near-perfect situation at Texas Tech is an enormous risk for the once-beloved basketball coach, but Beard just might be good enough to succeed where other Longhorns coaches fell short.
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April 9, 2019
Let’s Not Mourn for Texas Tech
The NCAA men’s championship went to Virginia on Monday night in an overtime thriller, but the Red Raiders proved they have what it takes.
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April 1, 2019
A Handy Guide to Hopping on the Texas Tech Basketball Bandwagon
The first Texas team to make the men’s Final Four since 2003 is easy to like.
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June 9, 2014
The Amazing Catch That Helped Send Texas Tech to the College Baseball World Series
The diving play of his life from Devon Conley preserved a 7th inning lead and, ultimately, a trip to Omaha.
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August 29, 2013
A&M Will Make It Two Straight Over ‘Bama, But Could UT Have the Better Season?
College football predictions—some more serious than others—heading into the first weekend.
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January 21, 2013
The Aggies’ Stunning Win Dominated College Football News
The Aggies own the college football weekend, upsetting top-ranked Alabama. Plus: UT's DKR tribute, Tommy Tuberville's ill temper, and the latest UT-A&M conspiracy theory.
Sports
January 20, 2013
Head Case
Depending on your point of view, the firing of Mike Leach, Texas Tech’s controversial football coach, was about the state of football (the sport has gone soft), concussions (they are a potentially life-threatening condition), or celebrity meddling (Craig James was a helicopter dad). But is it possible that Leach has
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November 9, 2011
Texas Tech’s Adam James Speaks For the First Time Since Leach’s Firing
On the eve of his last home game as a Red Raider, Adam James talks to selected media, though not about Mike Leach.
Sports
August 21, 2009
Mike Leach Is Thinking . . .
And you would be too if you were an itinerant Rollerblader with a passion for pirates who’d reinvented the game of college football, brought joy to Lubbock, beaten UT, and narrowly missed a shot at a national championship. And what you’d be thinking is, “Gangway!”