Jim Vertuno
@JimVertuno
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AP journalist for 29 yrs. Reporting Texas sports & full-contact politics: Longhorns, Legislature, F1, guns, mayhem and the SEC. Florida A&M grad '92
Austin, Texas
Joined August 2009
I lost my big brother Eddie to cancer Friday. He taught me how to play sports, catch snakes, jump curbs on a bike and the finer points of rock-n-roll (KISS, Led Zep . )Music was his passion, fronting Tallahassee’s finest hair metal bands to his career as sound engineer. He was 61
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You should ask about it. 😉.
Oh that red zone.
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RT @kherman: So sad to hear of Dave's passing. Among the all-time greats of Texas political journalism. RIP, Moose. .
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Texas governor signs new voting map pushed by Trump to gain 5 GOP seats in Congress in 2026.
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RT @ByTimReynolds: Carson Beck hoped to be facing Notre Dame last season. He gets his chance Sunday with Miami.
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Carson Beck's one-year era as Miami's quarterback is set to begin. The Georgia transfer will start his time with the Hurricanes on Sunday night when Notre Dame visits for a matchup of teams that...
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RT @quorumreport: Former Texas Rangers (and Yankees) baseball star Mark Teixeira files paperwork to run for the seat in Congress being vaca….
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RT @AP: BREAKING: Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, base says. .
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The Trump administration has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdown to other cities.
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RT @ademillo: Not surprising and I know it's just the print product, but still a bit of a gut punch for someone who grew up and spent colle….
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RT @_dannydavis: Texas has games against Ohio State (2026), Michigan (2027) and Notre Dame (2028, 2029) on the books. But with the SEC sche….
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RT @baylisswagner: For anyone else who did a double-take during RFK Jr.'s #txlege press conference today: American girls are going through….
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Girls in the U.S. are getting their first menstrual period about 6 months earlier on average than they did in the 1950s and '60s. And the number of girls starting their period before age nine has...
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RT @FAMUAthletics: Remembering Coach Mickey Clayton — a true Rattler legend. The only coach in FAMU history to win championships in both me….
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RT @shaneharris: Turns out you can’t indict a ham sandwich. via @NYTimes.
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It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump’s move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.
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RT @NBCNews: A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Trump as he tried to overturn h….
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Heather Honey, a conservative election researcher, was appointed to the new role amid Trump's push to restructure how elections are run.
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Mom’s bowling scores today: 193(!), 102 and 167. I told her even Arch Manning throws the occasional INT.
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RT @rgilliescanada: The Israeli military said that its double strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people targeted what it believed was….
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RT @dwil: No one could stop the noise around Arch Manning amid a fascination with the first family of American football: “He ain’t even pis….
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