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From England to Kansas to Fort Worth, Luke Swan’s journey to Big 12 prowess started while watching his older sister.

The tennis world, for the uninitiated, revolves solely around grand slams and Sunday afternoon singles matches between millionaires with household names like Federer, Williams, Djokovic, and Nadal. For the rabid felt heads, there’s so much more to it. Somewhat quietly last weekend, TCU men’s tennis became the first

David Roditi, who coached Briton at a Texas university, says he could not be prouder of Wimbledon semi-finalist

She was the first TCU volleyball player on scholarship during the Horned Frogs’ inaugural season in 1996

Fort Worth Weekly By BY BUCK D. ELLIOTT - Charles Kings eight-inning shutout wasnt enough to stave off the Wildcats in the Frogs last regular season game. Courtesy TCU Sharing with friends and family is admirable. Sharing amongst rivals and enemies blows, yet the spring men’s sports at TCU seem to be doing a lot of that lately. It started with men’s tennis in late April. The Frogs, who had been undefeated during conference play to that point, had already clinched a shar...

Fort Worth Weekly Buck U: Swinging for the Fences Frog baseball paces the Longhorns to lead the conference while Tennis washes out during a commendable effort in the Bears’ den. By Buck D. Elliott Sander Jong remained unflappable, winning his third singles match this season against Baylor during their Big 12 tournament meeting. Courtesy TCU Athletics Many weren’t aware, but a brawl occurred in Waco over the weekend. The most polite of scraps, as tennis is a gentle sport compared...

Fort Worth Weekly By BY BUCK D. ELLIOTT - It’s been two weeks since Buck U recapped Spring TCU sports so we’ll dive headlong into women’s soccer which is the closest to concluding their season. Sadly, our ladies suffered their first loss of the season when visiting the Ags in College Station two Saturdays ago. They bounced back during their final regular-season game by beating Notre Dame 2-1 at the Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium. The United Soccer Coaches poll places our l...

Fort Worth Weekly By BUCK D. ELLIOTT Luc Fomba proved flawless during singles play at the ITA indoor championships, dashing opponents from Virginia, Tennessee, and USC last weekend. Courtesy TCU I’m not confident whether I should applaud or chastise my online readers this week for wasting valuable kilowatt hours reading my ramblings. But, if you’re anything like me, you welcome the distraction as you time your rolling blackouts so you can boil potentially hazardous water. It was...

Fort Worth Weekly Tennis notches a huge road win while basketball stalls in overtime. By Buck D. Elliott Forward Jaedon LeDee helped provide an essential spark from the TCU bench that helped the Frogs force overtime against Mizzou. Courtesy TCU Results were mixed on respective courts this weekend for TCU. I’ve always been a bad-news-first person, so we’ll start there. The Big 12 v. SEC Challenge commenced between the two conferences, and the final results are essentially a wash....

Fort Worth Weekly By Buck D. Elliott Sophomore Luc Fomba and teammates are swinging to bring the Big 12 title back to Fort Worth. Courtesy TCU/Gregg Ellman TCU men’s basketball broke their quarantine on Thursday against No. 15 Kansas after more than two weeks of cootie jail and three game postponements due to a COVID spread within the West Virginia and TCU programs. Coach Jamie Dixon announced via Twitter that he tested positive and was beginning to self-isolate. Despite how inse...