Sanya Richards has resoundingly rebounded from her recent setbacks.  Her early track season was marked by disappointment and illness, and she won't be representing the U.S. in the World Championships in Osaka because of her 4th-place finish in the U.S. championships (despite her recent dominance and setting of the American 400 record in 2006, she is not the defending world champion, which would have given her an automatic berth).  Despite these early setbacks, Richards has responded like a true champion and Longhorn (much like her boyfriend, Aaron Ross): she qualified for the World Championships in the 200 (where she is arguably the second fastest woman in the world behind fellow U.S. athlete Allyson Felix).  Also, she is on pace to repeat as Golden League champion in the 400, which would secure her a share of the $ 1 million Golden League jackpot, with 3 victories down and 3 more to go.

Despite the uninspiring setting of Oklahoma City, Cat Osterman powered the U.S. Softball team to another World Cup victory over Japan with stifling pitching:  the U.S. won 3-0, and Osterman pitched 13 strikeouts.

ESPN Article on the Softball World Cup

I would like to introduce myself: I graduated from UT just recently (the year that VY and co. won the championship), and I now live in New York.  I've noticed that many of the posters here are lawyers, law students, or future law students, so I must disclose that I'm a law student about to start my 2nd year.  Although I follow all UT sports, my favorites are football and track/XC.  As I closely follow professional track competitions, which are, thankfully, heavily populated by Texas Exes, I hope to keep BON informed of UT's ongoing successes (for example, current Longhorn Leo Manzano recently qualified for the World Championships in the 1500, beating the highly-decorated, Kenyan-American Bernard Lagat in the process).  In general, thanks to you all for the high quality of discussion and collegiality on the board - I hope to contribute to both where possible.