Action: The University of Texas agreed to settle a race and sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by former women's track coach Bev Kearney.
Reaction: From the standpoint of the University of Texas, the Bev Kearney gender and race discrimination lawsuit against the school is over.
Finally, nearly five years after it was filed.
The Associated Press was the first to report that the school had agreed to a settlement with Kearney, its highly successful women’s track coach who was fired in 2012 after a decade-old affair with one of her UT athletes became known.