Austin Burnett
Sports Director
Odessa
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As a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University Austin Burnett learned how to cover a variety of stress-filled sporting events. As the Sports Director at CBS 7, Austin #localizes sports at all costs and loves giving athletes and coaches a platform to tell their stories.
Education
Updated: Jul. 6, 2020 at 1:24 AM CDT
|By Austin Burnett
Midland BJJ offers free training to law enforcement officers every day to teach them how to defend themselves in a physical altercation.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 2:44 PM CDT
|By Austin Burnett
Major League Baseball cancels Midland RockHounds 2020 season
Updated: Jun. 28, 2020 at 12:41 AM CDT
|By Austin Burnett
Midland High Alum Daviin Davis plays professional basketball overseas to fulfill lifelong dream.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 1:58 PM CDT
|By Austin Burnett
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas has surpassed 5,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2020 at 1:49 AM CDT
|By Austin Burnett
Midland residents celebrate Juneteenth.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2020 at 7:44 PM CDT
|By Austin Burnett
Chase Shores is a junior at Lee High School who plays baseball for the Lee Rebels and is now committed to play for Oklahoma State University after tweeting video of himself throwing bullpen.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2020 at 6:33 PM CDT
|By Austin Burnett
Oklahoma State offers Lee baseball player scholarship after posting pitching video on Twitter
Updated: Jun. 18, 2020 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Austin Burnett
The University Interscholastic League announced today that they will allow live broadcasts during high school football games this fall.