Jim Vertuno
@JimVertuno
AP journalist for 29 yrs. Reporting Texas sports & full-contact politics: Longhorns, Legislature, F1, guns, mayhem and the SEC. Florida A&M grad '92
Mom bowled 120, 181 and 131. Also won $1.50 on the colored pins. Pretty sweet day.
Such a disgrace.
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, or a veteran, or that I identified who I was. They ignored everything I said, and they just they broke my window and they dragged me out. I let them know that I was a veteran and I wasn't doing anything…
Two things about conspiracy theories of which the Epstein case is an example: 1. They almost never pan out. 2. They almost never go away.
LOL
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey begins day 3 by acknowledging and apologizing for playing the Texas A&M fight song as Texas HC Steve Sarkisian took the stage
If this home run derby is good enough for the mid-summer classic, it should be good enough for regular season and playoff games, too
The MLB All-Star game is tonight? (Further demonstrating I don’t turn on baseball until October …)
News of President Trump’s planned executive order breaks as his golfer granddaughter Kai announces a major NIL deal ahead of her plan to join the University of Miami golf team in 2026.
NEW TONIGHT: President Trump intends to sign an executive order in the coming days establishing national standards for the @NCAA'S Name, Image, and Likeness program that had reaped millions of dollars in revenue for top college athletes, multiple people familiar with his plans…
Blakely McCrory was spending her first summer at the Christian girls' summer camp, and she told mom, Lindsey McLeod McCrory, that it was "amazing." khou.com/article/news/s…
For the love of god, yes
Forget your predetermined questions just someone PLEASE ASK HIM ABOUT IT
All-time blooper for A&M-Texas:
Texas HC Steve Sarkisian takes the stage at SEC Media Days to… The Aggie War Hymn???
Arch has nailed the "Kappa Sig president begging university leadership not to kick his frat off campus" look.
Arch.
NEWS: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP told Texas Republicans on a call this morning that the GOP will seek to get 5 new red seats in the mid-decade redistricting effort in Texas. Big change in Texas that will have massive impact on the 2026 midterms. First on @PunchbowlNews text…
Houston father says his son has been detained at Bush airport for 9 days: 'I got shocked' abc13.com/post/family-sa…
"A person close to Paxton told NOTUS the day his divorce was announced was his second best day of small-donor fundraising since he launched." notus.org/2026-election/…
wut?1
Spain's Ministry for Social Rights has requested an investigation into possible breaches of disability laws at Lamine Yamal's 18th birthday party following allegations that individuals with dwarfism were hired as entertainers, according to EFE. spr.ly/601544wsW
Heh ...
Brian Kelly said he got asked recently about how to skirt NIL rules/find a way around them, etc. But he thinks coaches have to be the "stewards" of the new collegiate model. "We've got to take the stand that transparency, consistency, ethics and morality are at the core of this."