Jessica Luther

@jessicawluther

Investigative journalist, mainly sports. Wrote a couple books. PhD in Sports Studies. Dissertation on U Texas women's bball team in the 1970s. Co-host @burnitalldownpod.com. Tall. Tired. She/Her. Austin, TX

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Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Jun 9

I had to read these garbage sentences three times to make sure I wasn’t not hallucinating his argument. “Which isn’t all bad”?????????

Unsold hotel rooms indicate that many will unload their seats on the secondary market. That also tells us that many overseas supporters either can’t get into the United States or fear Donald Trump’s draconian immigration policies. As a result, maybe more Americans will be able to afford to take their kids to a World Cup match, which isn’t all bad.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· May 13

I googled "I once saw one baby give another baby a tattoo! They were so drunk!" because I posted it without context on FB many years ago. It's from 30 Rock (of course). Google's AI response:

AI Overview
That sounds like an incredibly surreal and, thankfully, fictional scene—perhaps from a movie or a dream!
While it makes for a wild story, it's important to remember that babies cannot consume alcohol and are certainly not capable of giving tattoos.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· May 6

Joining YouTube has been FUN!

Screenshot of a YouTube comment: @Trippenzoid 2 days ago Women should't have opinions on F1.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· May 6

I WONDER WHERE THEY COULD FIND THE $1.5 million SAFE NEEDS!? HARD TO SAY

Screenshot of the City of Austin budget for 2026. It's a pie graph that shows that Austin Police receives 35.8% of the city's general fund, totaling $534.39 million.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 30

You have to tune in for this moment alone.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 28

I know it's too easy to take shots at these people and also WHAT what WHAT what WHAT

John, 62, Md., white, Republican, packaging specialist. "He did initiate the ending of the penny, silly as that is. And he initiated getting us out of the World Health Organization and the Paris climate agreement. Two positive things, I guess, if you really look at it on the whole. I mean, that was accounting for a lot of our budget money."

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 24

Random 1986 article I saw today. are so many famous men shit that the odds of this kind of comparison are actually high or what

Joe Paterno cited by Gentleman's Quarterly? The next thing you know, Woody Allen will be up for the lead in the next Rambo movie.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 24

Here my little dog, Sam, sleeping in his bed, which he somehow managed to get onto the bed of his big brother, Ralph.

A small black and white dog is curled up in a gray, fuzzy circular bed that is on top of a larger rectangular gray bed. There are toys and blankets on the ground around him.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 22

🐯💄

Screenshot of newspaper article that reads "BATON ROUGE — It was "Maree Jackson Night" in the LSU Assembly Center Friday night and it was sweet revenge for the LSU Ben-Gals."

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 21

Poor Kittens, the Kittens are Poor!!

Clip from a newspaper with the title "Kittens' Poor Play Continues." Then it reads: "Jackson, Miss. - Coach Carolyn Spears can't explain the sudden play of her Louisiana College Kittens, but she would like to play a game at home some day to see if the familiar surroundings of West Fieldhouse would as a cure."

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 21

Incredible scientific graph from 1977

A black and white drawing of a girl on the left dribbling a basketball. On the upper right is a basketball hoop. On the right side of the image it says "Girls' Basketball Popularity" and underneath is a graph of sorts that reads from left to right "60s, early 70s, today" and there's a bouncing basketball going along the graph. It's high above "60s," very low over "Early 70s," and then in the middle over "today."

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 18

I made Aaron take this twice so you could see the brat and not just the bun lol

Jessica standing in a field, wearing a puffy coat, tights, and cap, race number on her hip, finisher medal around her neck, smiling and holding a brat in one hand, a beer in the other.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 4

Also, saw this puppy on our run today

Puppy with tan, brown, and white coloring up against a fence that is a metal grid to prevent them escaping. The puppy has her face and front paws through a couple of the grid squares and is looking up at us.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Apr 1

From Aaron's dad in Daytona Beach

Artemis II streaking across the bright blue sky on takeoff, with a big white trail of smoke behind it

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Mar 31

It's only a 15-hour drive. I could do it........

Screen shot of Google Map directions showing a driving route from Austin, Texas, to Phoenix, Arizona. Says it is 15 hours, 6 minutes and 1,006 miles.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Mar 28

Best sandwich?????? Me in between @juliekliegman.com and @reveleth.com. Video and audio for @burnitalldownpod.com coming soon!

A screenshot of (from L): Julie Kliegman, Jessica Luther, and Reo Eveleth recording a podcast. It says 58:54 in the bottom right indicating they talked for a long time.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Mar 23

Here’s @danny-davis.bsky.social’s write-up www.statesman.com/sports/colle...

While making 14 of her 21 shots and 10 of her 11 free throws, Booker led the Longhorns with her 40 points. With that offensive effort, Booker became just the sixth Longhorn to score 40 points in a single game. She also beat what had been the school's tournament-record totals of 32 points that Clarissa Davis scored in a 1986 game against Western Kentucky and that Heather Schreiber produced against LSU in 2003.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Feb 4

When we were deciding on the rewards for @burnitalldownpod.com's Kickstarter, I said that I would happily read 4,000 people's names if 4,000 people wanted to give us $100 each. We aren't close to 4,000 but it's still looking nice. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

A screenshot that reads "Light a Torch $100. Backers 69. Estimated delivery Jun 2026."

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Jan 23

*zooooooooming in*

A protest sign reading "Trump can oligargle deez nutz"

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Jan 16

Look at this picture! This is from USC's visit to UT at the beginning of the 1985-1986 season. UT won, 94-78. They'd beat USC one more time that season, in the final.

"USC superstar Cheryl Miller soars over the pack, including UT's Kamie Ethridge." Miller is going up for a layup with her right hand. You can see every muscle in her arms. She looks like she's two feet off the ground. The players and the ref around her can only just watch.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Jan 16

trying to see what the final photograph ended up looking like:

Bursting magazine's bubble, Lady Longhorn center rejects Sports Illustrated's offer to pose in tub

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Jan 16

In early 1985, the UT women's basketball team moved into the #1 ranked spot. The local paper in Austin asked locals for their reactions and most of them were people who follow women's basketball who were excited about the new ranking. And then there's Frank:

FRANK FRERICKS, 27, marketing rep: "I don't follow women's athletics; I follow men's athletics somewhat. But it's great because it matters to them."

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Jan 9

What a world we’ve built. Getting emails like this… I don’t have words.

Dear Austin ISD Families and Staff,

This week, the FBI notified the Austin ISD Police Department of a threat to 14 Texas schools, including three schools that shared names with Austin ISD schools. We immediately began working with our campus leadership to ensure the safety of our students and staff and we are staying in constant contact with the FBI.

Today we received information that the threat appears to originate from outside the country. Still, out of an abundance of caution, Austin ISD Police will provide close support to Andrews, Baranoff and Barrington elementary schools.

This was a stressful event for many of our families and we understand the need for additional districtwide communications in instances that receive this level of media attention.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Dec 12

There are workers in what appears to be missile control (there are radar screens and the words ALERT and LAUNCH). The caption reads, “Hey, What’s that clown think he’s doing?” One of the workers is pointing at a circus clown who is about to push a launch button.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Dec 12

I sent this text like 10 minutes ago

Text exchange. Me in blue: “NOT T.A.T.U.” Friend in gray: “I KNOW.” Me in blue: “OMG THE WAY THE SONG SHIFTS JFC this show is so well done.”

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Dec 10

An email just now from the Austin American-Statesman, my local paper. I hate when headlines or email subject lines or whatever from news outlets should be sentences and not questions, but instead they chicken out.

Is the push to expand Turning Point USA to all campuses a political move?

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Aug 30

Screenshot showing book is price at $3.99 on Kindle

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Aug 23

In addition to this thread of our work, here is the best award @dansolomon.com and I have ever received (scatx is my old, old, old Twitter handle)

Screenshot of a tweet from Oakman_Rules, written on August 23, 2015 at 9:50pm. The tweet reads: "The shitty journalism award for 2015 goes to Texas Monthly dan solomon and scatx" (the latter referring to Jessica's old Twitter handle)

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Jun 25

The Organization of American Historians (OAH) sent out an email re: the message that appeared on the National Archives’ site yesterday about access to the NA’s collections:

Yesterday, Tuesday, June 24, the National Archives at College Park, Maryland, announced its closure to the public, starting July 7, except for those with “legitimate business interests.”

The head of Research Services responded to an email query about continued access to the College Park facility saying: “Onsite research is a legitimate business need to access the facility. There is additional information on the Visitor Requirements section of the National Archives at College Park webpage."

As of 9pm last night, NARA switched the page back to what it was prior to the announcement. The banner and all the changes to the wording online had been removed.

OAH will continue to monitor the situation and share what we learn. We encourage you to contact your Congressional representatives to voice your support for NARA and continued access to NARA research facilities.

Jessica Luther@jessicawluther· Jun 5

This is as close as the article gets. Sure.