Tuesday Longhorn Sports Page

Stay up to date on all things Burnt Orange with a daily stop at IT's Longhorn Sports Page, with links to the latest news and opinion articles on UT football, basketball, baseball, recruiting and other sports from around the web.

Football Recruiting

Brandon Thornton Likes Three
InsideTexas.com
Conroe High School in Texas is home to several 2010 prospects and linebacker Brandon Thornton just may be the most talented. Thornton put together a nice sophomore campaign and has already started receiving interest from several major programs. IT caught up with him to talk recruiting.

Texas Visits 2010 RB Darius Dotson
InsideTexas.com
The Longhorns are already pursuing some of the top players in Texas for the class of 2010, including taking a visit to Hitchcock High School to see running back Darius Dotson. Dallas Shipp visits with Hitchcock head coach Gary Carney about his stud back.

Alumni

Receivers are giving back to kids
Austin American-Statesman
While taking divergent paths, three old friends — former Longhorns Roy Williams, B.J. Johnson and Sloan Thomas — are making good on that third goal.

Hansen wins 100 breast
NBC
After just missing the world record in the semifinals, Hansen got off to a sluggish start and struggled home with a time of 59.93, good enough to win but nearly a full second off the record of 59.13.

Texas-Ex Hansen nails down Olympic berth with 100m breaststroke win
TexasSports.com
Texas-Ex Brendan Hansen nailed down a second trip to the Olympic Games with a victory in the 100-meter breaststroke Monday evening at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials-Swimming at Qwest Center Omaha.

Texas-Ex Tinnon reaches 100m breaststroke finals at U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials
TexasSports.com
Texas-Ex Elizabeth Tinnon took sixth in the 100-meter breaststroke semifinals to land a spot in the finals Monday evening on day two of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials-Swimming at Qwest Center Omaha.

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