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Game Recap: What answers did Texas A&M find in win over Arkansas?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas A&M football team ended a two-game losing streak with a 34-7 win over Arkansas Saturday. Did the victory answer any questions to the problems the Aggies have had this season? KBTX senior A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown and sports director Tyler Shaw break down the performance from Kyle Field. Copyright 2026 KBTX. All rights reserved.
Aggie Gameday Extra Podcast: What is the most important fix Texas A&M must make before LSU?
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M looks to bounce back from a loss to unranked Kentucky, but will have to do it in Tiger Stadium against LSU. KBTX senior A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown, sports director Tyler Shaw and chief meteorologist Max Crawford break down what is most urgent for the Aggies to fix before heading to Death Valley.
Game Recap: Texas A&M dominates turnover battle in blowout win over Arizona State
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - A four-pack of turnovers led to 24 Texas A&M points in the No. 10 Aggies’ 48-20 win over Arizona State Saturday. KBTX senior A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown and sports director Tyler Shaw break down what went right for the Aggies as they move to 2-0 on the season.
Game Recap: Defense shines in Texas A&M’s win over Missouri State
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - KBTX sports director Tyler Shaw and senior Texas A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown break down the Aggies’ 50-0 win over Missouri State to kick off the 2026 season.
Kyle Field to host soccer exhibition between Argentina and Honduras
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - For the second time, Kyle Field will play host to an international soccer friendly, this time in preparation for the 2026 World Cup. The men’s national teams from Argentina and Honduras will square off in a World Cup warm-up match in Kyle Field on June 6, according to a source with knowledge of the plans. Texas A&M is scheduled to make an announcement regarding the game at 12:30 Thursday, but did not reveal which teams will be participating.
Aggie Gameday Extra Podcast: Texas A&M hosts Texas baseball in wildly-anticipated series
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Former Texas A&M baseball head coach Jim Schlossnagle makes his first return to Blue Bell Park this weekend as the Aggies welcome Texas. It’s also the first Lone Star Showdown in Aggieland since the Longhorns joined the Southeastern Conference. KBTX senior A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown, sports director Tyler Shaw and chief meteorologist Max Crawford break down the matchup two years in the making. Copyright 2026 KBTX. All rights reserved.
Johnny Manziel sues College Station woman for defamation
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel has filed a lawsuit against a College Station woman, seeking damages for defamation and tortious interference with business relationships. Friday morning, Judge Jerrell Wise granted Manziel a far-reaching emergency Temporary Restraining Order, limiting the defendant’s ability to communicate with or about Manziel. Manziel filed suit Friday, Feb.
Aggie Gameday Extra Podcast: Can both Texas A&M basketball teams make the NCAA Tourney?
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Most believed the Texas A&M men’s basketball team would be destined for an NCAA Tournament berth after beginning conference play 7-1. The women’s team has had the opposite season, coming on strong late in the SEC schedule. So, could both teams work their way into the tournament? KBTX senior A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown, sports director Tyler Shaw and chief meteorologist Max Crawford take a look at both team’s chances for postseason play. Copyright 2026 KBTX.
Aggie Gameday Extra Podcast: How is the transfer portal changing the look of Texas A&M football?
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - It’s been a few weeks since the last Aggie Gameday Extra Podcast episode, so hosts Travis L. Brown, Max Crawford and Tyler Shaw review everything that’s happened in Aggie athletics since before the holidays: Aggie volleyball’s national championship, football’s season-ending loss in the College Football Playoffs and the start to the men’s basketball season.
2025 Top Aggie Transfer Portal Additions
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - As we near the end of 2025, the KBTX Sports team took a look back at the sports year in Aggieland and ranked the top five transfer portal additions that made an immediate impact. No. 5: Zhuric Phelps and Pharrel Payne Texas A&M men’s basketball guard Zhuric Phelps transferred from SMU to fill the hole left by Tyrece Radford. He did just that as A&M’s second-leading scorer, averaging 13.6 points per game.
Texas A&M volleyball advances to national championship with sweep of Pitt
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KBTX) - Texas A&M head coach Jamie Morrison and his squad have fought through the postseason for the ability to practice together one more time, he said. This edition of Aggies will get the maximum number of practices a team can hold. Thursday, third-seeded A&M swept No. 1 seed Pitt (29-27, 25-21, 25-20) to punch its first-ever ticket to the NCAA Tournament national title game inside Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center.
Game Recap: How Texas A&M completed a record-breaking comeback against South Carolina Original
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M rattled off 28-straight points in the second half against South Carolina to complete the largest comeback in program history. KBTX senior A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown and sports director Tyler Shaw break down how the Aggies were able to pull off the historic rally from Kyle Field. Copyright 2025 KBTX. All rights reserved.
Film Study: Texas A&M rushing offense opens up against Auburn
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M opened Southeastern Conference play with a 200-yard rushing attack, putting A&M’s running backs on feature for the first time this season. Former Texas A&M offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey broke down how the Aggies were able to spark the rushing game in this week’s Film Study. Copyright 2025 KBTX. All rights reserved.
Game Recap: Texas A&M defense, rushing offense takes center stage against Auburn
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Texas A&M managed a 16-10 win over Auburn Saturday, despite racking up 119 penalty yards in the game. KBTX senior Texas A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown and sports reporter Erin Patterson break down the Aggies’ fourth win of the season from Kyle Field.
A&M Consolidated drops six OT heartbreaker to Austin Anderson
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - In a battle of District 12-5A Division I undefeated teams, A&M Consolidated couldn’t complete a comeback effort, losing 42-40 to Austin Anderson at Tigerland Stadium. Why did Anderson win? A late third-quarter touchdown by Anderson running back Caleb Crenshaw pulled momentum back to the Trojans, giving his team a 21-14 lead.
Aggie Gameday Extra Podcast: Could Auburn be a breakout game for Texas A&M’s running backs?
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Teams have film of Texas A&M’s offense over three games. Can Auburn do anything to slow down the Aggies’ speedy receivers? Or will the Aggie running backs steal the show Saturday? KBTX senior Texas A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown and chief meteorologist Max Crawford set the stage for A&M’s SEC opener against Auburn. Copyright 2025 KBTX. All rights reserved.
Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: Coyotes
Justin Long faces off against a relentless pack in Colin Minihan’s Coyotes, premiering at Fantastic Fest 2025. Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Colin Minihan returns to the genre space with Coyotes, premiering at Fantastic Fest 2025, a sharp, feral thriller that leans into the classic animal-attack subgenre while layering in humor, gore, and family drama. Minihan, best known for What Keeps You Alive and earlier collaborations under the Vicious Brothers banner, directs from his own script this time.
Travis Brown
Brown is director of operations for Legacy Ag and Brookfield Pork. A first-generation pork producer, he began his career in 2009 while attending North Carolina State University, where he earned degrees in livestock and poultry science and agricultural business management. He and his family now live in Minnesota.
The Listening Black: A Sci-Fi Horror Novella of Shadows and Signal
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New Texas A&M AD Trev Alberts prepared for vast change in college athletics reality
Six weeks into his first athletic director position, the ever-competitive Trev Alberts approached then Nebraska-Omaha Chancellor John Christensen with a question. What would define victory for Alberts in his new position? He knew what wins looked like in his previous careers, as an NFL linebacker and a sports media personality. But, beyond raising money and hiring and firing coaches, what does winning look like for an athletic director?
Jimbo Fisher joins ACC Network as studio analyst
(KBTX) - Former Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher is trying his hand at television as a part of the ACC Network, parent company ESPN announced in a release Tuesday. Fisher will be an analyst for the network’s Saturday morning pregame show “ACC Huddle,” which will travel to a marquee game each week for the first time in the show’s history. “I’m looking forward to joining ACC Network and the Huddle team this season,” Fisher said in a statement.
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Teenage Darkness and Desire: A Deep Dive into Crushing Little Things
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Texas A&M baseball enters New Mexico State series with added defensive work
Share COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - After Texas A&M baseball’s Tuesday loss to UTSA, where the Aggies committed five errors, head coach Michael Earley decided they needed a more aggressive approach to rectifying their defensive struggles. In a portion of the season where games can make up the vast majority of the week, Earley said he is calling his players back to the diamond in the morning for intensive defensive workouts. Game reps simply haven’t been good enough.
Prep softball: Rivals Bettendorf, PV earn MAC split to remain tied for second
In a blink of an eye, eighth-ranked Pleasant Valley jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening game of Thursday’s Mississippi Athletic Conference doubleheader with visiting Bettendorf. Three batters, three Spartan runs. But once Bulldog starting pitcher Emily Rigdon settled in, she scattered two hits the rest of the way. PV didn’t score again, and Class 5A 10th-ranked Bettendorf battled back to win the opener 4-3.
Texas A&M center TJ Shanahan to miss Arkansas game
Share COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M center TJ Shanahan will be out for the Aggies’ Southwest Classic matchup with Arkansas this weekend. Head coach Mike Elko confirmed the change Wednesday on the Southeastern Conference coaches teleconference. Shanahan injured his leg early in the Aggies’ win over Bowling Green on Saturday and needed a cart to take him from the sidelines to the Aggie locker room. He returned to the sidelines for the second half, but did not return to the game.
Game Rundown: Texas A&M soccer misses the mark in 3-2 loss to Denver
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – On first blush, the shot off the boot of Denver’s Michaela McGowan a few yards outside the box seemed speculative, at best. And yet, it was that mid-first half shot that did what the Texas A&M soccer team couldn’t do with consistency throughout Tuesday’s 3-0 loss to the Pioneers — find the back of the net with pinpoint accuracy. The Aggies produced 19 shots, many of which came from inside the penalty box, but produced six shots on goal and two goals.
Texas A&M running back Rueben Owens 'most likely' out for full season
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M running back Rueben Owens will most likely be out for the rest of the season with a foot injury he suffered during the Aggies’ scrimmage last week, head coach Mike Elko confirmed Saturday. “He’s going to be out for an extended period of time, most likely the season,” he said. “There’s an outside chance that if the season extends beyond the regular season, we’ll have a chance to get him back for something.
Texas A&M executive associate AD Joe Fields leaving for Tulsa
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Texas A&M executive associate athletic director for internal operations Joe Fields is leaving his post at A&M to join former A&M deputy athletics director Justin Moore at Tulsa. Moore and A&M athletics director Trev Alberts confirmed the move with KBTX Tuesday. Fields will serve as deputy athletic director in Tulsa. In July, Tulsa hired Moore as the new athletic director of the Golden Hurricane. “It’s a loss for the department,” lamented Alberts.
Texas A&M RB Owens suffers injury in fall camp scrimmage
Texas A&M sophomore running back Rueben Owens injured his “lower leg” during the Aggies’ fall camp scrimmage Saturday, according to a statement released by head coach Mike Elko. The extent of the injury will be addressed at Elko’s next media availability Saturday, he said in the statement. ESPN first reported the injury Sunday. As a freshman, Owens saw action in all 13 games and collected 385 yards on 101 carries. He called three touchdowns.
SEC Football Previews: Georgia Bulldogs hope to return to glory
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - As the SEC team with the most promise, Georgia’s schedule does them no favors in the new 16-team conference slate. Here is a short preview of the Bulldogs: COACH — Kirby Smart 94-16 overall (94-16 in eight seasons at Georgia). 2023 SEASON — 13-1 overall, 9-0 in SEC (1st, East); Beat Florida State in the Orange Bowl. RETURNING STARTERS — 17 (9 offensive, 6 defensive, 2 special teams).
SEC Football Preview: Vanderbilt Commodores search for QB
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - With an influx of support coming to Nashville from New Mexico State, the Vanderbilt Commodores look to Aggie transfer Diego Pavia and Utah transfer Nate Johnson to fill a void at Quarterback. Here is a short preview of the Commodores: COACH — Clark Lea: 9-27 overall (9-27 in three seasons at Vanderbilt). 2023 SEASON — 2-10 overall, 0-8 in SEC (7th, East). RETURNING STARTERS — 9 (4 offensive, 5 defensive).
SEC Football Previews: Missouri Tigers a playoff hopeful? Original
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - On paper, Missouri has everything it needs to make a run at the College Football Playoff in the first year of the 12-team field. Led by quarterback Brady Cook, can the Tigers find enough consistency to run through the SEC? Here is a short preview of the Tigers: SEC Football Previews: Missouri Tigers a playoff hopeful? News 3 at Six COACH — Eli Drinkwitz 40-22 overall (28-21 in four seasons at Missouri). 2023 SEASON — 11-2 overall, 6-2 in SEC (T-2nd, East).
Texas A&M's Ryan Prager returning for redshirt junior season
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - After Texas A&M left-handed starter Ryan Prager’s final outing of the season, a 9-5 Aggie victory over Tennessee in the College World Series finals, he relished the performance. After all, he didn’t know what the future would hold for his team that season, or for himself. “[I] just competed, kind of left it all out there, because, in the very end, you don’t know when your last outing is going to be,” Prager said after that CWS win.
Texas A&M football picked ninth in SEC preseason poll
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In the first year that 16 teams will represent the Southeastern Conference, Texas A&M was projected to finish ninth in the conference, according to a preseason poll of media at this week’s SEC media days. The Aggies received 1,684 points, 338 points behind eighth-place Oklahoma, a conference newcomer, and 302 ahead of 10th-place Auburn. Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, LSU and South Carolina all received first-place votes.
Context is key in penalizing 'Horns Down' gesture in SEC
DALLAS, Texas (KBTX) - The steely gaze of Southeastern Conference Coordinator of Officials John McDaid softened when asked the first question in a small media scrum on the second day of SEC Media Days. For at least a year, the head of officials has fielded one particular question more than any other, which produces a well-rehearsed, almost robotic answer.
Texas A&M to send Turner, York, Zuhn to SEC Media Days
The Texas A&M football team will be represented by defensive lineman Shemar Turner, linebacker Taurean York and offensive lineman Trey Zuhn III at Southeastern Conference Media Days next week in Dallas, the conference announced on Monday. The Aggies will take the stage Thursday, the fourth and final day of press conferences, alongside Arkansas, Auburn and Kentucky. Turner, a senior, finished third on the team in tackles for loss (10.5) and second in sacks with six in 2023.
Teaxs A&M baseball transfer Wyatt Henseler bookends standout college career at Blue Bell Park
Blue Bell Park is where Wyatt Henseler first learned he truly loved college baseball, while taking two out of three from the Texas A&M baseball team as a second-year third baseman for Penn. Three years later, he’ll close out his college career with that same Blue Bell Park experience, playing for the Aggies in his final year of eligibility.
New Texas A&M baseball coach Michael Earley landed job with help from players
Not 24 hours after the Texas A&M baseball team returned to Blue Bell Park from a trip to the College World Series finals, the team sat in an emotion-filled clubhouse without a coaching staff. Instead, it was athletic director Trev Alberts and A&M President Mark A. Welsh III who addressed the squad, with a question posed from Alberts on what the team desired in the Aggies’ 21st head coach. “They wanted somebody who loves them. They want somebody who pours into them.
Texas A&M AD Trev Alberts details days leading up to Jim Schlossnagle's departure
After his bolt west to the University of Texas, former Texas A&M baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, without providing much context, that new A&M athletic director Trev Alberts made a comment about his future with the program. “[Alberts] said to me, ‘You know, Jim, if you ever don’t feel like this is the place for you, that’s OK, and it’s OK to move on,’” Schlossnagle told the newspaper.
A&M's Jim Schlossnagle rebuffs speculation he'll leave for Texas job
OMAHA, Neb. — Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle offered an angry rebuttal to speculation that he could be a target for the open Texas baseball head coaching position after the Aggies lost in Game 3 of the College World Series final series in Charles Schwab Field Monday. “I left my family to be the coach at Texas A&M,” Schlossnagle said, when asked about his future.
Tennessee rallies past Texas A&M to set up a deciding Game 3 in CWS finals
OMAHA, Neb. — Through four games at the College World Series, Texas A&M had yet to feel the sting of falling behind an opponent. Sunday, a win away from clinching the program’s first national title, the Aggies fell behind on a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the seventh and suffered their first loss of the postseason, 4-1, in Game 2 of the College World Series finals. The deciding Game 3 will be played at 6 p.m. Monday at Charles Schwab Field.
Tennessee rallies past Texas A&M to set up a deciding Game 3 in CWS finals
OMAHA, Neb. — Through four games at the College World Series, Texas A&M had yet to feel the sting of falling behind an opponent. Sunday, a win away from clinching the program’s first national title, the Aggies fell behind on a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the seventh and suffered their first loss of the postseason, 4-1, in Game 2 of the College World Series finals. The deciding Game 3 will be played at 6 p.m. Monday at Charles Schwab Field.
Historic A&M baseball teams of the past pushing current squad to first national title
OMAHA, Neb. — Approximately 40 years after a season that seemed destined for the College World Series, Mike Easley and Terry Taylor are making their first trip to Omaha. As soon as the Texas A&M baseball team clinched a spot in the best-of-3 College World Series championship series with a semifinal win over Florida, Easley and Taylor connected and planned out the trip to college baseball’s promised land together. The chance to watch A&M bring home its first national championship was too tempting.
Historic A&M baseball teams of the past pushing current squad to first national title
OMAHA, Neb. — Approximately 40 years after a season that seemed destined for the College World Series, Mike Easley and Terry Taylor are making their first trip to Omaha. As soon as the Texas A&M baseball team clinched a spot in the best-of-3 College World Series championship series with a semifinal win over Florida, Easley and Taylor connected and planned out the trip to college baseball’s promised land together. The chance to watch A&M bring home its first national championship was too tempting.
With her father's Aggie ring around her neck, former student makes trek from Alaska to CWS Original
OMAHA, Neb. — In the middle of a crowd gathered at the base of the escalator of the Hilton Omaha, Stephanie Burgoon and her son, Austin Duffus, walked through the route they had established twice before over the last week. Stationed next to the family of Texas A&M pitcher Chris Cortez, everyone assumed the same standing positions as the Monday and Saturday prior, as not to upset the baseball gods that have smiled upon the Aggies this year in Omaha.
Texas A&M advances to first College World Series finals with win over Florida
OMAHA, Neb. — For the first time in approximately 130 years of Texas A&M baseball, the Aggies are headed to the championship series. Texas A&M with a 6-0 victory over Florida on Wednesday at Charles Schwab Field advanced to the College World Series best-of-3 championship series against the top-seeded Tennessee Volunteers starting Saturday. With the win, A&M exceeded its previous longest run in the CWS, which was a semifinal appearance in 2022.
Texas A&M's four returners from 2022 CWS relish being first Aggies to make a return trip
OMAHA, Neb. — When the Texas A&M baseball team first arrived at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, a group of teammates gravitated towards each other for a picture along the first base side of the field. With arms around each other, standing in a semicircle, Ryan Targac, Brad Rudis, Ryan Prager and Chris Cortez were captured laughing and seemly revising fond memories of the last time they were standing on that field.
Texas A&M baseball adds Fairfield transfer first baseman Matt Bergevin
When Kaeden Kent’s 2-2 Sunday swing landed several rows deep in Blue Bell Park’s right field Section 12, shirtless, beer-tossing revelry ensued at various locations in the stadium and outside the left field wall in Aggie Alley. The seventh-inning super regional clinching shot effectively booked plane tickets for the Texas A&M baseball faithful to the Midwest diamond that is Omaha. Those jubilant reverberations were also felt hundreds of miles away in Arizona.
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