Thursday 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

Jeremy Johnson: Texas Ahead of the Pack
InsideTexas.com
Silsbee quarterback Jeremy Johnson is just one of a few quarterback prospects from the 2010 class that attended summer camp in Austin last month. Johnson is already drawing interest from some major programs, but the Longhorns are currently atop his list.

Football

Summer update: Colt McCoy
MackBrown-TexasFootball.com
Junior QB Colt McCoy gives his thoughts on the off-season workout program, his trip to Peru and the 7-on-7 sessions.

Olympics

Manson's technique is big enough jump to reach Beijing
Austin American-Statesman
Andra Manson's high jump technique stinks. You could probably do better. His friends do, and then they let him know about it. That's a big reason Manson doesn't like to play the Super Mario Olympics game on his Nintendo Wii.

Lezak, Weber-Gale swap U.S. 100-meter freestyle mark
Austin American-Statesman
The video of Garrett Weber-Gale's American record-setting swim in the 100-meter freestyle — short-lived as the record was — will probably show up on YouTube. Maybe it will be right next to the clip of him whipping up some shrimp etouffee. The Texas ex wants to have it all; he's aiming to be both an Olympian and an Internet chef.

Alumni

Scout’s Notebook: WR Nate Jones
VikingUpdate.com
Rookie free agent Nate Jones is hoping to land a spot with the Vikings during training camp this summer.

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