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@JimVertuno

AP's midfield talisman for 23 yrs, reporting Texas sports & full-contact politics since '98; F1, MotoGP; doesn't understand cricket; Florida A&M '92

Austin, Texas
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Joined August 2009
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    4 hours ago

    If history is any guide, roughly half of Texas Democrats have already voted .

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  2. 5 hours ago

    I still like bookstores. I am 50.

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  3. 8 hours ago

    Liverpudlians tonight ...

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    8 hours ago

    As praises Fidel Castro, I challenge Bernie to listen to my aunt’s powerful personal story—she was imprisoned & tortured by Castro—look her in the eyes & tell her Castro was not a monster. Watch for yourself:

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  5. 8 hours ago

    Well, how about Texas now?

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    10 hours ago

    Since an old fella named John Beilein lost his job, Texas hasn’t lost a basketball game.

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    10 hours ago

    The cameras aren't showing it but my boy says that Shaka Smart's sideline actions are must-see. He's never seen Shaka more animated. Smart is coaching for his job. This is a chance to remove another nail from his coffin.

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  8. 11 hours ago

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    More than "60 percent of Houston Democrats said they would oppose the Green New Deal if it means layoffs in the oil and gas industry..."
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    11 hours ago

    Brock Cunningham from 3? Yes sir.

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  10. 11 hours ago

    When those are going in ...

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    11 hours ago

    Wuhan soccer players remain in Spain and don't know when they will go home. It's been tough for them to be far from their relatives who are facing the virus outbreak back home. Here's an AP interview with the team's coach, Spaniard José González.

    Stuck in Spain: Wuhan soccer players haven’t seen their relatives in more than two months. One of them lost a family member to the virus. They had to be repeatedly tested amid local fears. And they don't know when they can go home. by
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    11 hours ago

    FIFA: Changes to the offside law are coming to international soccer that will aim to give the benefit of the doubt to attacking players when goal decisions are reviewed by video replay. by

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    12 hours ago

    Once a sport relegated to dingy basements and dank warehouses, bareknuckle boxing is now allowed in six states. How did a sport that had never been legal emerge from the shadows? Largely through the efforts of one man. Read about him here: .

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  14. 12 hours ago

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    Signing this agreement with Taliban is an unacceptable risk to America's civilian population. This is an Obama-style deal. Legitimizing Taliban sends the wrong signal to ISIS and al Qaeda terrorists, and to America's enemies generally.
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    12 hours ago

    Stuck in Spain: Wuhan soccer players haven’t seen their relatives in more than two months. One of them lost a family member to the virus. They had to be repeatedly tested amid local fears. And they don't know when they can go home. by

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    15 hours ago

    Happy , y’all!

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    13 hours ago

    TikTok allows users, many of them kids or young adults, to create and share short videos. To many, TikTok's goofiness and sense of fun is special. To others, TikTok is an unnerving black box that could be sharing information with the Chinese government.

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  18. 13 hours ago

    really should be more transparent with this. The cloak of secrecy hurts the sport.

    BBC Sport - Formula 1: Ferrari engine investigation sparks 'anger' from rivals
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    14 hours ago

    We have tried to fight this battle on so many campuses. Glad to see this effort prevail, but unfortunate it took a court ruling to do so when the law is clear.

    A district court judge today ruled in favor of in our public records lawsuit against , ordering the university to release the names of students it has found responsible for sexual and violent offenses.
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  20. Retweeted
    Feb 28

    You can now support the Barry Sanders/Garth Brooks 2020 campaign with this shirt!

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