What Was “The Main Thing” for the Texas Longhorns Swimming and Diving National Champs? (Published by Heartland College Sports)
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
Read that to yourself out loud a couple more times and ask yourself, what exactly does that mean?
No one on the University of Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving team knew exactly either, but their head coach Eddie Reese quoted it to them more than five times at the beginning of the season.
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Charlie Strong’s Inaugural Red River Rivalry (published by Heartland College Sports)
The Texas-Oklahoma Red River Rivalry showdown is one of college footballs most heated rivalries.
Longhorns head man Charlie Strong has coached in his fair share of rivalries. He spent six years in the Florida-Georgia match up, and he has taken part in the Louisville-Kentucky feud. But he has never been a part of something like this.
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Building a winner in Austin (published by Heartland College Sports)
What was expected to be a quiet, run of the mill, Saturday in college football, turned into an exciting series of upsets. Unranked Boston College shocked the world by knocking off No.9 USC 37-31. Unraked Eastern Carolina beat No.17 Virginia Tech 28-21, and unranked Virginia took down No. 21 Louisville 23-21.
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Aquaponics- A Tell-All: Farming for our future:
The harsh drought period that hit Texas in April 2011 may have left some farmers in shambles, but for Mike Torres at Heart of Gold Organics – it inspired a change in his method of farming.
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A Veggie Tale
The Texas Veg Foundation hosted its fourth annual Texas VegFest at Fiesta Gardens in Austin on Saturday. The group began in 2011 to “challenge the notion that Texas is one of the unhealthiest states in the nation,” according to their website. Over 110 companies and 5,000 people gathered to share and celebrate their dietary lifestyle with plant-based foods, booths and activities.
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Wheelchair Warriors
Wheelchair basketball has become a way of building friendships and starting a normal life again for those who have overcome a tragedy that has caused one to become paralyzed. Find out the stories of these men and see what the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott has to say as well.
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Party Animals
Two-steppin’, a rainbow of lights, and plenty of jolly conversation filled the Palm Doors of Sixth Street on Feb. 22. The nonprofit Austin Pets Alive! and its supporters gathered to celebrate Austin’s fourth year as a no-kill city, preventing healthy animals from getting euthanized
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Terrence Ford: Former NBA player Faces Adversity Head On:
Terrence Ford is back at school at the University of Texas at Austin where he played two years of college basketball and later went on to play professionally for eight years in the NBA. Unfortunately, Ford would have to retire from the game he grew up playing.
Find out what caused his retirement and how he is facing it here.
JORGE GUERRA 