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Big 12 Conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby takes the stage on the first day of Big 12 Conference NCAA college football media days Monday, July 15, 2019, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David Kent)
Big 12 is a 10: Bowlsby says no talk of expanding league

By Stephen Hawkins Jul. 15, 2019 04:03 PM EDT

Former Baylor player's sex assault conviction overturned

Jul. 11, 2019 05:55 PM EDT
WACO, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has overturned for a second time the sexual assault conviction of a former Baylor University football player whose case...

Oklahoma favored to win 5th straight Big 12 title

Jul. 10, 2019 04:41 PM EDT
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma is the favorite to win another Big 12 football title, according to the conference's preseason media poll released Wednesday. ...

Big 12's preseason best: Ehlinger, Murray, Hurts top awards

Jul. 09, 2019 06:07 PM EDT
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Texas junior quarterback Sam Ehlinger has been tabbed the Big 12 preseason offensive player of the year, with Oklahoma junior linebacker Kenneth...

OU-Texas, Michigan-Ohio State on Fox for 2nd straight season

By The Associated Press May. 30, 2019 01:44 PM EDT
The Oklahoma-Texas and Michigan-Ohio State rivalry games return to Fox for the second consecutive year and the network plans to launch a new pregame show with Urban...

Texas gives football coach Herman 2-year contract extension

May. 23, 2019 10:37 AM EDT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tom Herman's Texas Longhorns won 10 games for the first time in a decade. Now the school is giving him a guaranteed contract extension worth an...

Retrial set for Texas teen charged with killing his parents

May. 21, 2019 01:07 PM EDT
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas teenager is set to be tried again on capital murder charges in the shooting deaths of his mother and his father, who was a standout linebacker...

Florida, Texas schedule home-and-home series for 2030-31

May. 10, 2019 03:23 PM EDT
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida and Texas have scheduled a home-and-home series beginning in 2030. The Gators will face the Longhorns in Gainesville...

Mannix immediately eligible at Texas Tech with NCAA waiver

May. 05, 2019 03:32 PM EDT
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — McLane Mannix will be able to play next season for Texas Tech after an NCAA waiver that made the Nevada transfer immediately eligible. ...

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office former shows former Texas A&M football player Thomas Johnson. Johnson, accused of hacking a Dallas jogger to death with a machete in 2015, has been convicted of murder. A Dallas County jury swiftly returned a guilty verdict Tuesday in Johnson's trial in the killing of David Stevens after the former wide receiver's legal defense declined to call a single witness. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Ex-Texas A&M football player gets life in prison for murder

May. 01, 2019 01:48 PM EDT

Big 12 coaches discuss conference-wide injury report

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 30, 2019 10:40 PM EDT
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Big 12 coaches are discussing the implementation of a standardized conference-wide injury report, but they would prefer some type of...

This file photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Thomas Johnson. The former Texas A&M football player is being tried for the killing of a jogger police say was hacked to death with a machete in 2015. Johnson's murder trial began Monday, April 29, 2019, after years of litigation over whether the 25-year old former wide receiver is mentally competent to be tried for the killing of David Stevens. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Ex-Texas A&M football player found guilty of murder

Apr. 30, 2019 12:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2012, file photo, Texas A&M wide receiver Thomas Johnson (8) carries for extra yardage after a reception during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The former Texas A&M football player has arrived in court to be tried for the killing of a jogger police say was hacked to death with a machete in 2015. Johnson's murder trial began Monday, April 29, 2019, after years of litigation over whether the 25-year old former wide receiver is mentally competent to be tried for the killing of David Stevens. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
Ex-A&M football player's trial begins in jogger's killing

Apr. 29, 2019 01:05 PM EDT

This undated photo provided by the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office shows Asia Devine Jackson. A woman has turned Jackson in to Lubbock police as police were seeking a suspect in the shooting of a Texas Tech football player. (Lubbock County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Suspect in shooting of Texas Tech player turns himself in

Apr. 28, 2019 06:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 2, 2019 file photo, Antonio Armstrong, Jr., center, listens to opening arguments by prosecutors inside 178 Criminal Courthouse in Houston. A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of the Texas teenager charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of his mother and father, who was a standout linebacker for Texas A&M before a brief NFL career. Judge Kelli Johnson announced the mistrial Friday night, April 26, 2019, after a Harris County jury remained deadlocked for two days after hearing the weeks-long trial of 19-year-old Armstrong Jr. (Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
Mistrial declared for Texas teen charged in parents' killing

Apr. 26, 2019 11:08 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2018, file photo, University of Kansas new NCAA college football coach Les Miles makes a statement during a news conference in Lawrence, Kan. Miles is back in the Big 12, having been the head coach at Oklahoma State before he went to LSU and led the Tigers to the 2007 national title. Miles has been out of coaching since 2016, when he was fired by LSU after a 2-2 start that left him with a 114-34 record. When he got to Oklahoma State, the Cowboys had just one winning season in 12 years before Miles, that program then in similar shape to the Jayhawks now without a winning season or bowl game since 2008. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
Bigtime Big 12 turnover with 4 new head coaches this spring

By Stephen Hawkins Apr. 24, 2019 03:55 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2018, file photo, Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger (11) scores a touchdown after escaping from Oklahoma State safety Kenneth Edison-McGruder in the first half of an NCAA college football game, in Stillwater, Okla. Texas has a rising star in quarterback Sam Ehlinger who will get some attention for the Heisman Trophy if he can duplicate his impressive 2018 season when he passed for 25 touchdowns and ran for 16 more. (AP Photo/Brody Schmidt, File)
After 10-4 finish, Longhorns have to plug up defense

By Jim Vertuno Apr. 13, 2019 03:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2012, file photo, Baylor's Matt Ritchey (45) stands by the Big 12 Conference logo on the field during an NCAA college football game against TCU in Waco, Texas. The Big 12 has agreed to a deal with ESPN that gives the network rights to all football championship game through 2024 and makes the league the first Power Five conference to provide exclusive content to ESPN+, the cable giant’s subscription online streaming service. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
New ESPN deal with Big 12 lands 3 football title games

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 10, 2019 12:55 PM EDT

Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams yells across the court to his players during the first half of the team's NCAA men's college basketball tournament East Region semifinal against Duke in Washington, Friday, March 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams taking Texas A&M job

By Jim Vertuno Apr. 03, 2019 12:28 PM EDT

Antonio Armstrong, Jr. waits for court session to resume after opening arguments were delivered in the 178th Criminal Court Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Houston. Armstrong Jr. faces capital murder charges for allegedly murdering his parents as they slept in their Bellaire home in 2016. (Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Prosecutors: Alarms show Houston teen fatally shot parents

Apr. 02, 2019 12:11 PM EDT