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‘It’s a tribute to the A&M fans and community’: Maroon meets gold in South Bend

Mathias Cubillan, Associate Sports Editor September 17, 2025

They came in maroon. They came in boots. They came in droves. On a campus glistening with gilded gables and ringing with the bells of the Basilica, the 12th Man twirled its towels and filled the South...

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‘An exceptional student experience’: In the UK, college football carves out its niche

Ian Curtis, Editor-in-Chief September 17, 2025

After the Minnesota Vikings and St. Louis Cardinals played an exhibition game in London’s Wembley Stadium in 1983, a peculiar poster suddenly appeared on a pub wall in Nottingham, England: “Big guys...

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‘You have to be a little bit insane’: The perseverance of Austin Krajicek

Ian Curtis, Editor-in-Chief September 3, 2025

The red clay courts of Paris’ Stade Roland Garros are one of the holiest sites in tennis. As host of the French Open — and other events, including the tennis portion 2024 Summer Olympics — the near-century...

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‘Get y’all’s popcorn ready’: KC Concepcion brings expectations to A&M

Mathias Cubillan, Associate Sports Editor August 1, 2025

Junior wide receiver KC Concepcion didn’t need long to know that his future was written in maroon ink.     After entering the transfer portal in December 2024, College Station was the last —...

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‘I’m really blessed’

Mathias Cubillan, Associate Sports Editor May 15, 2025

In 2022, as former Texas A&M tight end Jalen Wydermyer was getting released from his childhood favorite team, he did the impossible: made the notoriously crotchety then-coach of the New England Patriots,...

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Beep baseball builds community

Mathias Cubillan, Associate Sports Editor April 9, 2025

Exhausted after a day of travel, battered with baseball-born bruises and in a packed car at 1 a.m., Hillary Oswald ‘18 and her father, Jerry House, saw in the rearview mirror what everyone dreads most:...

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It takes a village: The making of Henry Coleman III

Ian Curtis, Managing Editor March 18, 2025

Every time graduate forward Henry Coleman III takes the court, he has a village standing behind him.  In a rented townhouse just shy of three miles from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, parents...

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When the Lone Star rivalry stood still

Ian Curtis, Features Editor November 14, 2024

As the last notes of the University of Texas Longhorn Band’s performance of “Amazing Grace” and “Taps” echoed across Kyle Field on Nov. 26, 1999, something unusual happened. The crowd of 86,128...

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Bats, boundaries and brotherhood

Shalina Sabih, Features Writer November 6, 2024

If an Aggie found themselves at the Polo Fields on a Sunday morning, they'd notice a cluster of players in maroon and black cricket jerseys preparing for the day's practice. To the players — Aggies part...

Jay Arnold consumes a jar of mayonnaise at the Duke's Mayo Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina on Dec. 30, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Jay Arnold)

From Aggieland to tailgate heaven

Ian Curtis, Features Editor November 1, 2024

When folks think of Jay Arnold, they might think of mayonnaise. It’s Dec. 30, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Former Texas A&M defensive lineman Jay Arnold is on national television shoving...

Sophomore F Solomon Washington (13) claps while defending Houston G Jamal Shead (1) during Texas A&M's game against Houston in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday, March 24, 2024. (Kyle Heise/The Battalion)

Under lock and key

Justin Chen, Sports Writer October 31, 2024

In an era of college basketball where offense reigns supreme and highlights from near-logo threes to baptizing-poster dunks are seemingly everywhere, Texas A&M junior forward Solomon Washington’s...

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Betting on black

Ian Curtis, Features Editor October 24, 2024

When former Texas A&M football wide receiver Ryan Swope entered the visiting locker room in Starkville, Mississippi on Nov. 3, 2012, he found the holidays had come early.  Instead of the maroon...

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