Jan. 26, 2012

Longhorn Network's spring slate of Texas Baseball and Softball coverage commences in a big way with the annual Baseball Alumni Game on Saturday, Jan. 28. Former Longhorns Roger Clemens, Huston Street, Drew Stubbs, Brandon Belt, James Russell and others will be coached by Clemens and Brooks Kieschnick, two-time National Player of the Year at UT in 1992-93 and the first inductee to the College Baseball Hall Of Fame.

Clemens is scheduled to pitch the first inning for the Texas Exes. First pitch is 1:30 p.m.

This spring, LHN is set to exclusively televise 32 games featuring Texas Baseball and 30 games of Texas Softball, which has appeared in the NCAA Women's College World Series on four occasions.

The games, stretching from January through May, comprise more than 124 hours of live event programming for the 24/7 University of Texas network.

Baseball opens its regular-season slate with a three-game series against Duke. In late March, the Longhorns face California from the Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas. LHN will also televise the last conference rivalry game vs. Texas A&M before closing out the season with a home series against Baylor.

Kevin Dunn and Carter Blackburn, college sports commentator for ESPN, will handle play-by-play duties for the network, and former UT great and 17-year Major League veteran Greg Swindell will serve as analyst.

In addition, Texas GameDay hosted by Lowell Galindo from UFCU Disch-Falk Field provides comprehensive pregame coverage of seven games including interviews with players and coaches, analysis and features. Beginning in March, legendary Texas coach Augie Garrido hosts a weekly 30-minute coach's show from Longhorn Network's Austin studio.

For softball, Longhorn Network airs 30 exclusive game telecasts, 16 of which feature UT against 2011 NCAA Championship participants and seven against 2011 Women's College World Series participants. The first game will be televised Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. when the Longhorns get a visit from Cal State Fullerton. All-American and two-time Olympian Cat Osterman shares analyst duties with former NFCA first-team All-American and Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Year Amanda Scarborough from Red & Charline McCombs Field.

The Longhorns concluded the 2011 season with a 46-10 record, placing them 7th in the NCAA Women's Softball RPI. The team returns seven positional starters, three pitchers and 12 total letterwinners from a team that reached the NCAA Austin Regional a season ago.

Where to Watch
Longhorn Network is available on Verizon FiOS TV, Grande Communications, Consolidated Communications, En-Touch Systems, E-Tex Communications, Bay City Cablevision, Mid-Coast Cablevision and Texas Mid-Gulf Cablevision. Longhorn Network is now available online to Verizon FiOS subscribers at LonghornNetwork.com. It will be available on tablets and on smartphones to fans with an affiliated video subscription in the near future.

About Longhorn Network
ESPN has a 20-year agreement to own and operate a year-round, 24-hour network dedicated to Texas athletics in partnership with UT and IMG College. Longhorn Network offers a variety of content, highlighted by more than 200 exclusive events annually from 20 sports, original series and studio shows, historical programming and academic and cultural happenings. Additionally, the LonghornNetwork.com broadband companion to the TV network offers extensive content, particularly live games not carried on the linear TV network due to scheduling conflicts.