QB Young looking to make a comeback

Texas legend Vince Young has hired an agent and is attempting a football comeback.

Sports agent Leigh Steinberg, the inspiration for the movie “Jerry Maguire,” tweeted Wednesday that Young was his new client.

Young had not played in a NFL game since 2011 and announced his retirement in 2014. The hero of the 2005 BCS National Championship team that won the 2006 Rose Bowl works for the University of Texas as a development officer in its division of diversity and community engagement.

Young could give his comeback a nice push at the “Spring League,” which reportedly has expressed interest in him and other available players. The league is an independent four-team football league made up of free agents that begins in April. It’s run by investors with no connection to the NFL and will play six games.

Softball: Texas hosts the Texas Invitational this weekend, which includes two undefeated teams in Louisiana Tech (5-0) and South Carolina (5-0). Indiana (3-2) also is in the field. The Longhorns and Hoosiers got things started Thursday at 6 p.m. The game ended too late for this edition. The Gamecocks are the closest thing to a ranked opponent, having received 10 votes in this week’s NFCA/USA Today poll. It will be a homecoming for Indiana sophomore pitcher Emily Kirk, who’s a graduate of Stony Point.

All games will be televised on the Longhorn Network, while Texas games will also be broadcast on 105.3.

Four games will be played Friday, beginning with Louisiana Tech taking on Indiana at 10 a.m. The Longhorns will face Louisiana Tech at approximately 12:30 p.m. before taking on South Carolina at 3 p.m. Indiana and South Carolina will close out the day’s action at 5:30 p.m.

Texas opens Saturday’s action against Indiana at 10 a.m. South Carolina and Indiana follow that game before Texas takes on Louisiana Tech once again at approximately 3:30 p.m. South Carolina and Louisiana Tech will close out the Invitational at 6 p.m.

The Texas vs. Louisiana Tech game will be tape-delayed to air at 10 p.m. on the Longhorn Network.

Women’s basketball: Five members of the Longhorns were named to the Academic All-Big 12 team Thursday.

Khaleann Caron-Goudreau, Kelsey Lang, Brooke McCarty and Brianna Taylor were named to the first team. Ariel Atkins took second team honors. This was the third time Lang and Taylor were named to the Academic AllBig 12 team.

First-team members maintained a GPA of 3.20, while those named to the second team have held a GPA between 3.00 and 3.19.