Another high profile Alabama transfer is joining the Longhorns football team

AUSTIN, Texas — The football program at the University of Texas at Austin may soon need to change their nickname from the Longhorns to the Burnt Orange Tide. That nickname sounds awful, but given the number of Alabama transfers the program has welcomed in lately, the name change at least feels appropriate. On Thursday, the … Read more

Shawn Barber, Olympic pole vaulter and world champion, dead at 29

“More than just an incredible athlete, Shawn was such a good-hearted person that always put others ahead of himself,” his agent said Thursday. WASHINGTON — Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29. Barber died Wednesday at home in Kingwood, Texas, his agent, … Read more

Police ‘unable to corroborate criminal activity’ in Josh Giddey investigation

Giddey has not commented on the accusation and has continued to play while police investigated. OKLAHOMA CITY — The Newport Beach, California, Police Department said Wednesday that it was “unable to corroborate any criminal activity” in its investigation into an accusation that Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey had an improper relationship with an underage … Read more