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As the man known to the world as Dallas's J. R. Ewing fends off throat cancer, he gears up to reprise the role that turned him into an icon and looks back on one of the most extraordinary—and eccentric—lives in show business.

In the southeast corner of Texas, more people get cancer than anywhere else in the state. Why?

Oil patch old-timers said to stay away from the Austin chalk. But a few feisty newcomers refused to listen and cashed in for millions.

You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.

Columns | Miscellany

I grew up playing alongside some of the best Texas golfers of my generation. Then I started to lose my grip.

It doesn’t matter that his most famous pupil was shark- bitten at the Masters. Butch Harmon is still Texas’ hottest golf pro since Harvey Penick.

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