Around Austin-MOTOGP at the CIRCUIT of the AMERICAS (COTA) Friday morning March 27th 2026. #10 Luca Marini (Honda) leans through turn 15. MOTOGP event culminates with Sunday's race. See https://www.motogp.com for detail on MOTOGP. See https://www.circuitoftheamericas.com for detail on COTA. See more snapshots below. #73 Alex Marquez in turn 15. #36 Joan Mir (Honda) in turn 15. #33 Brad Binder (Red Bull) out of turn 15. #89 Jorge Martin (Red Bull) gets air out of turn

Around Austin-MOTOGP Free Practice Friday March 27th 2026 at the CIRCUIT of the AMERICAS (COTA). Above Raul Fernandez coming through Turn 15. The all time lap record is 2'00.864 (164.2 km/h) during qualifying by Maverick Vinales (2024) and best race lap time is 2'02.221 by Marc Marquez (2025). Vinales also holds the top speed record of 221.5 MPH (2023). COTA for MOTOGP is 3.426 miles/lap, the main MOTOGP race length is 19 laps 65.094 miles. (Source Google AI). Leaning mo

Around Austin-COTA-Some MOTOGP Drivers. Friday morning March 27th 2026. Alex Marquez. Diogo Moreira, Team LCR, Brazil. Johann Zarco, Team LCR, France. Raul Fernandez, Trackhouse Racing Team, Spain. Franco Morbidelli, Team VR46, Italy. Alex Rins, Yamaha Factory Racing, Spain. Leo Rammerstorfer, FloorBridge, Austria.

Around Austin-Morning Road Ride crossing the intersection of Barton Creek Boulevard and Texas RM2244. Saturday March 14th 2026.

Around San Antonio-Views along the Riverwalk from the Westin. Saturday March 7th 2026. View from the Westin Riverwalk lobby floor. Outdoor dining-Westin Riverwalk. View from the Westin Riverwalk.

Texas 6A Basketball State Semi-Final-Mumford High School, Bryan, Texas, Tuesday March 10th 2026. Westlake led for good with 7:39 remaining in the first quarter against Cypress Falls. Score by Quarter Westlake 15-7, 29-14, 49-24, 59-27. Westlake will face Little Elm in the 6A Division II Finals. See selected snapshots below. Above #5 Bo Odgen puts Westlake ahead for good with a three for a 3-2 score at 7:39 in the first quarter. #23 Alex Allen boxing out. #1 Powell Fri

Texas Girls High School 6A Division II Championship-Alamodome-Saturday March 7th 2026. Above #15 Tamia King controlled the Jump Ball and #1 Texas-Ranked Westlake jumped out to a 6-0 lead but fell behind for good to #2 Texas-Ranked Lancaster with 8.8 seconds remaining in the first quarter 11-12. Score by Quarter Westlake 11-13, 18-31, 23-38, 37-51. Westlake battled back 5-7 and 14-13 in the third and fourth quarter respectively. The 2025-2026 Lady Chap team demonstrated gr

Texas 6A High School Basketball-Hays High School, Bales Gym, Buda, Texas, Friday evening March 6th 2026. Above Westlake #5 Bo Ogden controls the opening tip from Judson #23 Franklin Ihama. Westlake jumped out early 12-4 which narrowed to 12-7 after the first quarter. Score by Quarter Westlake 12-7, 24-19, 38-32 and 49-46 for the final. Westlake by virtue of the Regional victory advances to the State "Final Four." See more images below. Westlake's #24 Mack Martin with the

39-0 Lady Chaparral's Advance to the 6A Division II State Semifinal against Shadow Creek Texas Girls High School Basketball-Hays High School Gym-Saturday afternoon February 28th 2026-Westlake (38-0) and Judson (31-6) faced off for the UIL-6A Division II Regional Final. Westlake jumped out quickly 9-2 prompting a timeout at the 6:15 mark of the first quarter. After that Westlake went on a 14-4 run prompting another timeout at the 2:19 mark with the score being 23-6. Scoring

Texas 6A Basketball-Area Playoff-New Braunfels Texas-NB Long Creek High School, Friday Evening February 27th 2026. Westlake took an early lead on a three from #24 Mack Martin, then fouled on a three Mack completed three Free Throws for a 6-0 Westlake lead. End of Q1 Westlake 13 Harlan 12. Westlake then outscored Harlan 13-7 in Q2 to lead by 7, 26-19 at the intermission. Westlake widened the margin to 15 with a 17-9 Q3 for the 43-28 lead. In control and with the clock bec

Travel-Iconic Los Angeles Venues-Background left "The Forum" and center SOFI Stadium-the venue for the 2027 NFL Superbowl. Image Wednesday February 4th 2026. The Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades. Nearly 1500 trees were lost at the Villa in the Palisades Fire January 7th 2025.

Travel-UCLA Campus-Above the Janss Steps, Left Royce Hall and Right Powell Library. Saturday afternoon February 7th 2026. See more below. 42 Jackie Robinson John R. Wooden John Wooden Center for student recreation John Wooden Center for student recreation John Wooden Center for student recreation. Not much pickup basketball on Saturday evening. Pauley Pavillion-UCLA defeated visting Washington 77-73. Above #0 Trent Perry scoring in the second half. Joesphine with young fa

Around Austin-ATX Open-WTA-250 Women's Professional Tennis at Westwood Country Club Monday morning February 23rd 2026. Above, from the deuce court, left-hander Oksana Selekhmeteva serves to Alycia Parks in their match. Oksana won nearly seventy percent of her first serve points to defeat Alycia Parks 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. See another image below. From the ad court.

Around Austin-ATX Open-Women's WTA-250 at Westwood Country Club-Monday Morning February 23rd 2026. Above Alycia Parks serves to left-hander Oksana Selekhmeteva in their match. Oksana prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to advance. See more images of Alycia below. Alycia served with speeds up to 113 MPH Watching a lob return from Oksana Backhand. The tournament continues through Sunday March 1st 2026. Details at https://wwwatxopen.com

Around Austin-ATX Open, WTA-250 Professional Women's Tennis at the Westwood Country Club, Monday morning February 23rd 2026. Above Anna Bondar with a forehand return to Kamilla Rakhimova. Kamilla prevailed 6-3, 7-5. See another image below. Anna Bondar with a backhand return against Kamilla Rakhimova. The ATX Open continues with the finale on Sunday March 1st 2026. See https://atxopen.com for details.

Around Austin-Westlake Girl's High School Basketball-Area Championship New Braunfels Texas, Friday evening February 20th 2026. With the 3rd quarter running down and leading 32-12, Coach Vickie Benson calls for one shot. See the perfect result below. In the waning seconds #30 Geralynn Byers-Veal heads to the hoop being fouled on the successful shot. Geralynn, who hit all her free throws in the game, made the "1" leaving 0.8 seconds for Sotomayor. Looking on for Sotomayor i

Texas 6A Girl's High School Basketball-Burger Gym-Tuesday evening February 17th 2026. Vista Ridge, second in their district matched up for the Bi-District Championship with Westlake-first in their district and 35-0 overall. Back on November 21st 2025, visting Westlake captured a 55-38 win in Cedar Park. Tonight's game by final score seems similar, 53-38, but scoring by Quarter suggests a closer game early on. It was a slow start initially for both teams but then Westlake

Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026. "That's What Friends Are For" gathering on the Ann Richards Bridge before sunrise readying for the Austin Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K event.

Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026-Spectators cheer on their runner. The vibe touches the soul. The humanity of the Austin Maraton cannot be understated. See another image below. Supporting those that invest themselves in distance running at all levels.

Around Austin-Sunday morning February 15th 2026-Two of the three Wheelchair racers made the starting line on time. Another under his own power joined just a bit later. The elite corral behind: #88 Kellyn Taylor went on to win the Women's division shaving nearly two minutes off the course record. #12 Joey Whelan went on to win overall with a course record pace of 5:06 per mile.