Breaking news, stories and updates for the Brazos Valley and Texas A&M University from journalists at The Bryan-College Station Eagle (theeagle.com).
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George Strait's concert at Kyle Field on Saturday night drew 110,905 people and broke a 47-year-old record for highest-attended ticketed concert in United States history. theeagle.com/news/a_m/george…
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.@tamu rabbi @aggiehillel asks Spencer if he would study the Torah with him
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FINAL: Texas A&M 34, Arkansas 22
Jimbo Fisher and Jerry Jones exchange words as Jones also presents the Southwest Classic trophy to the Aggies.
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Despite not having a coaching staff on hand following Jim Schlossnagle's departure to Texas, Texas A&M baseball kicked off its summer camp season on Wednesday night. theeagle.com/news/a_m/aggies…
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Chris Lee said he has been doing his “bourbon voodoo hex” at Texas A&M baseball games since he was a student in the 1990s. He’s continued to try and mess with opposing pitchers by waving his hand over his fist,… theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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Texas Tech's Gavin Kash said he chose Texas A&M as his new baseball home, due to the coaching prowess of Michael Earley and the program's home-field environment.
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Police: Texas A&M student crashed into patrol car while sending topless photo to boyfriend
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#TAMU "If you want to spew hate... this is the last campus on Earth you want to do that," A&M chancellor John Sharp said at #AggiesUnited
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Good news: Fuego Tortilla Grill buys University Drive Pizza Hut for additional parking
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Gallery: Alex Caruso Youth Basketball Camp
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HOUSTON — A 22-year-old Texas A&M University senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston has died, the family’s lawyer said Thursday, making her the ninth fatality from the event. theeagle.com/news/a_m/attorn…
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Bryan WR Tyson Turner commits to Texas Tech theeagle.com/sports/high-sch…
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is partnering with Texas A&M University’s Corps of Cadets to give military service academy applicants an alternative path for admission into the Corps.
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Texas A&M's longtime play-by-play radio announcer Dave South has officially announced his retirement.
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The @AggieCorps are lined up along Barbara Bush Drive at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
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Sen. Ted Cruz discusses controversial topics for podcast at Texas A&M.
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All five living former U.S. presidents expected to attend Oct. 21 hurricane relief concert at Texas A&M
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Michael Compton, 74, has a résumé longer than many @TAMU seniors. A Marine veteran and a retired four-term sheriff, Compton will graduate sometime in 2020, likely in August. He will receive his Aggie ring in April. @AggieNetwork Read more: buff.ly/2uYtjMv
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Texas A&M, Aggieland say goodbye to former football player, coach Terry Price theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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An "alt-right" supporter from Houston, William, speaks to the media #TAMU
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TRAFFIC ALERT: @BryanPolice are responding to a man doing push-ups in his underwear in traffic lanes at 29th and Briarcrest.
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#TAMU Holocaust survivor and #AggieUnited speaker Max Glauben received a standing ovation after telling his story.
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Rudder hires Bailey Deramus as new head baseball coach theeagle.com/sports/high-sch…
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Emergency crews in College Station are working to rescue a horse trapped in water at University Drive and Texas 6.
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Texas A&M graduate chosen to serve as Blue Angels pilot
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Texas A&M students, charity help University Police Department add third K-9 officer
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Texas A&M’s Aggie ACHIEVE program has received a $2.2 million federal grant that will help fund the program and its expansion over the next five years.
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It hasn't been an easy road lately for Houston police K-9 T-Rex, but on Friday, he'll head to the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, where he'll lose a leg but get an extension on life.
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A&M grad and presidential enthusiast @RobertEarlKeen1 is excited to play tonight's hurricane benefit at Reed Arena. bit.ly/2xVOx9T
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#TAMU The Texas A&M football team files into stands at Kyle Field for "Aggies United" event. Whole team is in attendance.
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Bryan senior wide receiver Hunter Vivaldi has signed with Texas A&M as a preferred walk-on, he announced Wednesday on Twitter. Vivaldi played for his grandfather Ross Rogers, who retired as the Vikings’ head coach after the season. theeagle.com/sports/high-sch…
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Union Pacific's Engine 4141 returned to College Station on on Sunday, destined for the George H.W. Bush Presidential Museum. theeagle.com/news/local/unio…
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Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp has pledged to donate $100,000 toward a statue honoring Matthew Gaines, a former slave who settled in Texas after emancipation and became Washington County’s first black state senator.
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Trevor Knight, Myles Garrett added as speakers at tonight's #AggiesUnited event: bit.ly/2g2dpDH
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New Bryan-College Station comedy club to feature big names, local talent; @OllyiConix is hosting its grand opening today
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A fond farewell: President George H.W. Bush is laid to rest at his library at Texas A&M @Bush41Library @Bush41 #Remembering41 #Bush41 #Bush41Funeral
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The Aggies may have lost, but Von Miller was in the crowd and cheered fans up by posing for pictures in Anaheim.
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Cadet Jayton Rainey stands alone after the crowd dissipates. He said he will stay til the victims families have left
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Texas A&M pitcher and Brenham High School product Chandler Jozwiak was selected by the Miami Marlins in the 13th round (389th overall) of the MLB draft on Tuesday. theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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Multiple reports say Texas A&M is expected to hire Michael Earley to be its next baseball coach.
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Lyle Lovett — Texas A&M Class of 1979, Grammy winner and now 2015 Distinguished Alumni. (@LyleLovett)
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College Station voters said yes to the school district’s two propositions as part of its $53 million bond package. Results became final after Saturday’s special election.
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Miller: A&M Consolidated made best hire possible in new football coach Brandon Schmidt theeagle.com/sports/high-sch…
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ICYMI: A statue of Aggies @RobertEarlKeen1 and @LyleLovett could be featured in #Northgate
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Waffle House considering College Station visit in September
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Texas A&M's Jordan Nixon walks away from basketball to a bigger challenge theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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It's been revealed that Dolly Parton helped fund Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, which in preliminary results appeared more than 90% effective. theeagle.com/news/national/d…
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College Station senior football player Adam Bolline continues his cancer battle with melanoma, but has been able to return to the field to suit up with the Cougars this fall. #txhsfb theeagle.com/sports/high-sch…
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On the final day at a very loud Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium, it was Miller time. theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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Former Texas A&M defensive back Devin Morris is joining the staff of recently hired head football coach Boone Patterson at Caldwell. theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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Texas A&M left-handed reliever Jacob Palisch and outfielder Dylan Rock made the D1Baseball.com?utm_medium=so… All-America second team announced Friday. theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett now singing their trademark song from their days at A&M, "The Front Porch Song." #OneAmericaAppeal
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Alabama now on stage at Reed Arena, playing "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)." #OneAmericaAppeal
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Midnight yell before Ball State @TAMUyell @TAMU @AggieFootball @KyleField_12th @Aggie_Sports @AggieNetwork @SEC
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'We had to win it': An oral history of the 1999 'Bonfire Game' between Texas and Texas A&M
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EUGENE, Ore. — The U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials came to a halt Sunday afternoon with temperatures reaching 108 degrees. The trials resumed at 10:30 p.m. with the temperature reading 99 degrees, and Texas A&M’s Annie Kunz locked up… theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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Lady Gaga now onstage at Reed Arena, sitting at the piano, singing "Million Reasons." #OneAmerica
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College Station linebacker Harrison Robinson commits to Blinn theeagle.com/sports/high-sch…
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A team at Texas A&M developed an alternative mask for health care professionals to use that performs like an N95 mask using supplies such as air-conditioning filters, sheer curtains, staples and yarn.
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WATCH: A&M Chancellor Sharp presents Jimbo Fisher with dateless national championship plaque
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Aggie Bonfire collapse anniversary: An open letter to Texas A&M students from survivor John Comstock
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The College Station High School football team won the state football championship Saturday, beating Aledo 20-19 for the title. theeagle.com/brazos_sports/c…
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College Station’s Braden Fowler is having the kind of senior year every baseball player envisions. He’s batting .361 and playing a key role for the Cougars, who play the New Caney Porter Spartans this week in a best-of-3 Class 5A… theeagle.com/sports/high-sch…
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.@TAMU says Sul Ross statue will remain; "Without Sul Ross, neither @TAMU nor @PVAMU would likely exist today."
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"This is my home." Texas A&M baseball standouts Jace LaViolette and Gavin Grahovac announced they will return to the Aggies in 2025 on Tuesday after entering the transfer portal. theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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EUGENE, Ore. — Former Texas A&M All-American Maggie Malone earned her spot in the Olympics in style Saturday, winning the women’s javelin throw with a U.S. Track & Field Trials record toss at Hayward Field. theeagle.com/sports/college/…
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Almost a year ago, College Station safety Kyle Walsh wasn’t sure if he’d ever play football again after suffering a season-ending concussion in the final minutes of the Cougars’ 61-21 win over Waller. theeagle.com/sports/high-sch…
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Happy 72nd anniversary to President @GeorgeHWBush and Barbara. Photos of them through the years: m.theeagle.com/gallery/happy…
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.@AMCPMC is on their way to Pasadena, California to march in the 130th @RoseParade on New Year’s Day! You can read more about their journey at bit.ly/PMCroseparade @tamu @AggieCorps
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More than 1,000 people came to the Bonfire Memorial on the Texas A&M campus early Monday to honor and remember the 12 people who were killed when the Bonfire collapsed Nov. 18, 1999, at 2:42 a.m. Read more about the 20th anniversary memorial: buff.ly/2qnFnFf
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A team of Texas A&M University veterinarians recently removed a mass growing on the spine of Baylor mascot Judge Lady, an 18-year-old American black bear. theeagle.com/news/a_m/a-m-ve…
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Houston @astros fans in College Station flocking to @Academy for #WorldSeries Champ gear. Opened at 11:30. Line a block long.
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Texas A&M community tops Anti-Defamation League list of top inspirational moments of the year: bit.ly/2hjJuwj
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Sources tell The Eagle that the proposal to rename A&M's Academic Building has been dropped. bit.ly/1ALjuce
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A&M Consolidated girls basketball standout Sarah Hathorn will continue her playing career at Cornell. theeagle.com/sports/high-sch…
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We messed up -- big time. We've also apologized. From our editor, Kelly Brown: theeagle.com/news/local/apol…
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