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Josh Newman

@joshnewman.bsky.social

778 followers 61 following 278 posts

I need a job. I would like to stay in journalism. Native Lawnguylander. I pronounce the w in coffee. News-dump savant. "You were fire as hell………….”

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

#SheetofIntegrity

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Or, OR, it could be the funniest thing ever. We must account for that possibility.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

PROGRAMMING NOTE: We’ve accepted a position with Cleveland DOT com starting next month. Outside of sports, and that’s OK. I still believe in the work, I’m still passionate about the business, and I’m excited to get cranked up after a lot of uncertainty.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

We had a good run, old friends. I’m sorry we won’t be together in 2026. Just know, I tried.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

The other place is awesome today. No, trust me.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

LoneStarLive DOT com’s run is coming to an end. Good while it lasted, proud of the work we did. I’m easy to find. www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/03...

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Thank you to our loyal readers

The site's dedicated journalists brought important investigations, sports coverage, and cultural stories to readers across the state.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Thank you for copyrighting

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

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NCAA on CBS - Classic College Basketball Theme Music 1993-2003

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Here’s why the Texas resume is fascinating. Seven Quadrant 1 wins should absolutely get you in, but most of their metrics otherwise, including a 12-15 effective record and a horrid NC SOS, should absolutely leave you out. No correct answer, per se, when that’s the resume.

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

NEW: Texas is done at the SEC Tournament. It is now left to wait and scoreboard watch at 19-15 overall, with seven Quadrant 1 wins and blah metrics. Attention turns to bubble-related matters this evening in the ACC and the Mountain West. www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Memphis and Wichita State are about to tip in the AAC quarters. Wrote this morning that Texas fans should be paying attention to the American, because if someone other than Memphis wins it, it's going to be a problem: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Is Texas basketball in? NCAA Tournament fate hangs in balance

Longhorns are on the NCAA Tournament bubble after beating Texas A&M on Thursday

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

NEW: It’s Friday, Texas is through to the SEC quarters, and is right at the NCAA Tournament cutline. Where things stand, what’s coming, and why Texas fans need to pay close attention to the AAC Tournament: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Is Texas basketball in? NCAA Tournament fate hangs in balance

Longhorns are on the NCAA Tournament bubble after beating Texas A&M on Thursday

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Texas fans should be rooting for Marquette right now against Xavier. Musketeers are exceptionally bubbly, absolutely need a win here to get in.

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

NEW: When Texas opens spring practice March 25, a handful of depth chart guys will not be full participants due to injury. Chief among the absences: Redshirt sophomore running back CJ Baxter, who continues his way back from an August knee injury www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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These Texas football players will not be full participants when spring practice begins

Longhorns will open spring practice March 25

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The notion Steve Sarkisian wouldn’t leave Texas because Arch Manning is the QB is flat incorrect.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

NEW: NFL teams coming to talk to Steve Sarkisian in the wake of 25-4 and two CFP semis since 2023 came as no surprise. Sarkisian opted to balk, parlaying the whole thing to another contract extension. Here's what he said today when I asked about it: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Why didn’t Texas football’s Steve Sarkisian pursue reported NFL interest after CFP run?

Sarkisian is 25-4 with back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances since the start of the 2023 season

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

NEW: Texas is among the P4 teams opting to not have a spring game next month. While other coaches like Matt Rhule cited potential tampering, Steve Sarkisian put a pin in that factor, and instead leaned on other reasoning. www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Texas football’s Steve Sarkisian defends decision to eliminate Longhorns’ spring game

Texas' Orange-White Game would have been April 26

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

NEW: A few brief highlights from Steve Sarkisian's pre-spring presser include Arch Manning taking over, a nothing answer on declining NFL interest back in January, and more: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Overheard at Steve Sarkisian’s press conference: Arch Manning, NFL interest, and more

Longhorns will open spring practice March 25

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Spring is upon us. Steve Sarkisian coming up at 11:30, first meeting with the local hacks since the Cotton Bowl.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I guess this is the place to be today………

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The Texas women are going to be a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament, but this bludgeoning by South Carolina in the SEC championship game is a reminder of what/who it’ll have to go through to win the whole thing in a few weeks.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

NEW/ Texas’ final SEC availability report late this afternoon was clean, so junior guard Chendall Weaver is indeed available tonight after missing 15 straight with a hip. Weaver has been out since Jan. 7: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Texas basketball’s Chendall Weaver will play vs. Oklahoma in must-win bubble game

Weaver has been since the early minutes of a Jan. 7 loss to Auburn with a hip injury

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

NEW: Xavier Worthy was arrested in Williamson County yesterday on a third-degree felony for assaulting a family member. Worthy remains in custody, and per jail records, has not posted bond Former All-Big 12, just finished his rookie year with the Chiefs: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Former Texas football player Xavier Worthy arrested in Williamson County

Worthy, a former Longhorns star, just finished his rookie season with the Kansas City Chiefs

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

NEW: A stacked day of college basketball includes a bubble-as-bubble-gets matchup between Texas and Oklahoma. We’re up early with a live post, starting with a couple of notes. www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Texas basketball vs. Oklahoma live updates, score: Longhorns face must-win for NCAA Tournament

Longhorns are on the NCAA Tournament bubble as the regular season comes to a close

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

NEW: Texas coach Rodney Terry didn't definitively say Chendall Weaver would be available tomorrow night vs. Oklahoma, but he sure did indicate it. Weaver appears set to return after missing 15 games with a hip injury. SEC injury report is out at 7 p.m.: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Texas basketball’s ‘most energetic’ player probable to return vs. Oklahoma in must-win game

Longhorns face a must-win game Saturday night vs. Oklahoma

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Texas coach Rodney Terry says Chendall Weaver will play tomorrow night against Oklahoma. Has been out since the early minutes of a Jan. 7 loss to Auburn with a hip injury.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

NEW: It can't be overstated that everything is at stake tomorrow night when Texas hosts Oklahoma. The season is on the line, and Rodney Terry's tenure is very much under a microscope. That, plus two more thoughts as the regular season comes to a close: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Everything is at stake for Texas basketball against Oklahoma, and two more Longhorn thoughts

Longhorns face a must-win game Saturday night against Oklahoma

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

NEW: Can Texas drag itself to the NCAA Tournament? Horns got one they had to have at Mississippi State, but the conversation can't fully begin unless they beat Oklahoma on Saturday night. A look at the bubblicious situation in Austin: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Texas basketball saved its season at Mississippi State. Can it make NCAA Tournament?

Longhorns face another must-win game Saturday night vs. Oklahoma

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

NEW: If the Texas women win their SEC Tournament quarterfinal Friday night, it’ll be win No. 30, and that’s not an every-year thing for most teams. Thirty matters, and head coach Vic Schaefer agreed when asked about that mark the other day. www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Texas women’s basketball is chasing championships, but also this impressive feat

Longhorns will open their SEC Tournament run Friday night as the No. 2 seed

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Texas is 7-13 against the first two quadrants, is 6-11 against the SEC, has lost six of eight, and has a non-con SOS of 352. Three hundred fifty-two Most losses ever by an at-large team: 14, which has occurred 11x. Horns are 18-13, and well on the wrong side of a bad bubble.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

NEW: As Michael Taaffe was nearing an NFL Draft decision, he sought some counsel. It is no surprise he leaned on a teammate, who he counts as a close friend who was in a similar situation last year. Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron. From the Combine: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Sounds like Texas had some plane issues and is still in Starkville after last night’s win. I can’t think of a tougher look than being stuck in Starkville.

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Sticking with this from Monday, and I’m not sure anything short of a second-weekend run is going to change it. Is Rodney Terry’s job at risk after Texas basketball’s loss to Georgia? www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Is Rodney Terry’s job at risk after Texas basketball’s loss to Georgia?

Longhorns have lost six of seven, and are on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

NEW: This was fun. Texas star Madison Booker’s presence was requested at the practice facility yesterday at 8:35 a.m. She was not thrilled, and she knew exactly who to blame. Her mood would eventually change. www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Here’s how Texas' Madison Booker found out she was named SEC Player of the Year

Booker has now won consecutive Player of the Year awards, but in different conferences

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Working on something, hope to have it up tomorrow Jahdae Barron was really excellent during his media session Thursday morning at the Combine. "When you gotta to tell a player to chill at practice, that's when you know they're the real deal, and that's Michael Taaffe.” #HookEm

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Texas’ NET down six spots to 45 after last night’s loss to Georgia. Womp……

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

It’s WR/RB/QB workout day at the Combine. Texas’ guys said some stuff yesterday……..

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Caught Delta Comfort+ on both flights home from the Combine. I’m blessed.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

NEW: Quinn Ewers has not played a full season of football since his sophomore year at Southlake Carroll. His injury history is long, long enough that he knew, coming here to the Combine, that he was going to have to answer for it. www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Texas football’s Quinn Ewers will have to answer for injury history at NFL Combine

Ewers has not played a full season of football since his sophomore year of high school

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

NEW: For the first time this morning at the NFL Combine, Quinn Ewers offered some real insight into just how hurt he was while playing 14 of 16 games last season. SPOILER: He was pretty hurt www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Texas football’s Quinn Ewers reveals extent of 2024 injuries at NFL Combine

Ewers dealt with multiple injuries in 2024, but managed to play 14 games

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

NEW: Texas' Isaiah Bond will run the 40 tomorrow at the Combine, and he was very clear on what he intends to do. He intends to break the record, and offered that he believes going below 4.2 is a possibility. OK then: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Will Texas’ Isaiah Bond take down Xavier Worthy’s 40-yard dash record at NFL Combine?

Bond believes he is capable of breaking 4.2 seconds in the 40-yard dash

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

We are sufficiently caffeinated and ready to go at the Combine. First up this morning………….

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

NEW: Jahdae Barron earlier today at the Combine offered a terrific little Arch Manning anecdote, using it to explain why he believes the nephew and grandson is going to be successful at Texas. It's not just the arm, legs, IQ, and moxie: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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‘Sky’s the limit’: Former Texas football players rave about Arch Manning at NFL Combine

Manning will be Texas' full-time starting quarterback to open he 2025 season

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

NEW: Texas' Jahdae Barron is a cornerback. And a nickel. And maybe a safety in some instances. His versatility was a big topic of discussion this morning at the NFL Combine: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Jahdae Barron’s versatility makes Texas football’s Thorpe Award winner intriguing NFL option

Barron played extensive collegiate snaps at Texas at multiple positions

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

NEW: Texas' Andrew Mukuba saying this morning he wanted to prove he was the best safety in the draft was fine, but that's hard to do if you don't work out here in Indy. A few words, including Mukuba's Combine workout plan for tomorrow, per sources: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Texas football’s Andrew Mukuba out to prove he is ‘best safety in this draft,’ but there’s an issue

Mukuba is one of 14 Texas players at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis this week

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

NEW: Texas has 14 players at the NFL Combine this week. Three of them met the media this morning. Here is which NFL teams those three have met with formally, with an emphasis on suburban Denver native Gunnar Helm meeting with the Broncos: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/fo...

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Which teams have Gunnar Helm, Texas football teammates met with at the NFL Combine?

Texas has 14 players in Indianapolis this week for the NFL Combine

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

NEW: An updated look at Texas' NCAA Tournament resume, which is now taking on significant water after last night's OT loss at Arkansas. Horns have three regular-season games left, including against two equally-desperate bubble teams: www.lonestarlive.com/longhorns/me...

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Is Texas basketball’s NCAA Tournament bubble about to burst? A look at Longhorns’ resume

Longhorns likely need to win their final three regular-season games to remain in NCAA contention

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

If one doesn’t think things will get better next year for Texas under Rodney Terry, I offer this. The non-conference schedule includes three at Maui, and the return trip to UConn.

Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Texas could really use a win tonight. At Arkansas. Probably the toughest true road environment it will see this season. Horns remain on the correct side of the bubble, but it all feels very iffy right now.

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Josh Newman @joshnewman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

What a bunch of weirdos