Jason Cohen
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Not Your Average Joe
With local roasters all over the state, there’s no reason you have to drink coffee that’s been in a warehouse for two months.
Because San Antonio Is a Football Town! Well, Almost.
Starting a major college program from scratch in a city that’s never had one of its own is a tricky business. Good thing the UTSA Roadrunners hired a national champion to help them kick off.
Lone Stars
The ten greatest TV Texans.
Who's Next?
San Antonio's Marshevet Hooker is not just any old high school sprinter; she's an Olympic gold medalist in the making. Meet her and nine other women we're betting will lead the new Texas—and the world.
Face • Shannon Elizabeth
American cutie-pie.
The Gospel According to Sixpence None the Richer
For the hottest Texas band that isn’t the Dixie Chicks, the path to the top of the pop charts led through the Christian- music scene—and Dawson’s Creek.
Film • Henry Thomas
Comeback kid.
Media • Marjorie Scardino
London calling.
Ice Guys Finish First
Hockey in Texas? And the team is good? Don’t laugh. The Dallas Stars could win it all this year, and sports fans across the state could soon be drinking Shiner Bock from the Stanley Cup.
Secret Agent Men
Why are Randy and Alan Hendricks the only people in Houston who are glad Roger Clemens didn’t end up with the Astros? Hey, it comes with the job.
Just Say Snow
Breathtaking scenery, tons of runs, and pillowy, powdery white stuff: If you need a lift this winter, New Mexico skiing won’t leave you cold.
Running Right
Forget about the hair (and the tattoos). Ricky Williams has his head screwed on straight, which is why he’s still playing football at the University of Texas.
FILM • Jennifer Love Hewitt
Teen screen queen.
The Subversive—Mike Judge
Could he be Texas film’s new king of the hill?
The Family That Played Together
Ty and Koy Detmer were South Texas high school football heroes. Now they’re NFL quarterbacks. They owe it all to their father, a coaching whiz everybody calls Sonny.
Film • Renée Zellweger
Ready for her close-up.
Sleepless in Fredericksburg
Like it says on her newly acquired bumper sticker, movie mogul Lynda Obst is “Texan By Choice.” But while you can take the girl out of Hollywood …
5,707 Schmoozers, 750 Bands, 29 Musical Cars, and 250 Gallons of Cream Gravy
That was the recipe for this year’s South by Southwest Music and Media Conference. Here’s how it all cooked up.
The Ice Bats Cometh
Even when they’re not winning games, minor league hockey teams like Austin’s are winning fans by the thousands. Who’d have thought skaters would score in Texas?
Radish
The Kids Are Alright
Fourteen-year-old country prodigy LeAnn Rimes is singing a Blue streak. But she’s not the only Texas teen tearing up the music scene.
His Time to Kill
He shone in Lone Star; now he’s thrilling ’em in A Time to Kill. How talent and timing made native Texan Matthew McConaughey Hollywood’s hottest leading man.
Publishing • Christy Haubegger
Pitching to a rich niche.
Columns | Miscellany
Cold Play
The Astros couldn’t quite make it. The Cowboys have hit the skids. No wonder the state’s attention has turned to . . . hockey?
Yes in My Backyard
To say that the private prison in Eden doesn't creep out the locals is an understatement. They're downright thankful for the place.
Lost in Translation
Hollywood often fumbles the sports movie—but it could get back in the game right here in Texas.
Don’t Look Yao
Led by the NBA’s most inadvertently colorful coach, this year's Houston Rockets are so much more than an excuse to see a certain ninety-inch-tall Chinese import.
Miner Threat
Why would a mere mortal want to step into the outsized shoes of UTEP's Don Haskins, the only Texas college basketball coach ever to win a national championship? To win another NCAA title—and Billy Gillispie thinks he can.
Play Bawl!
Yes, yes—come playoff time, the Houston Astros have a history of reducing grown men to tears. But thanks to Jeff Kent, this season could be different.
The Joy of Sacks
Drew Brees's parents don't look forward to seeing him get thrown to the ground on national TV each week. But they sure do love having an NFL quarterback for a son.
Ice on the Block
If your goal is to own a pro hockey team, Tom Hicks has a deal for you: He'll sell you the Dallas Stars for a mere $300 million—and throw in the prospect of an NHL-destroying lockout at no extra charge.
Feature Presentation
Coming soon to a radio near you: El Paso's At the Drive-In, the best new rock band in America.
Grumpy Old Man
Dan Jenkins has just published his eighth novel. It’s called Rude Behavior. Spend a few hours with him and you’ll know why.
A Stand-up Guy
Plano’s Steve Harvey has been a successful comedian for years. Now he’s a sitcom star too.
True Believer
Few Austin musicians have been as close to stardom, and unable to reach it, as Alejandro Escovedo. But for him, fame has never really been the point.
What a Hall!
Rock, don’t run, to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where Texas greats from T-Bone Walker to Sly Stone get their due.
The Hole Story
Austin’s Butthole Surfers have always been very strange. But these days, the strangest thing about them is their mainstream respectability.
Doubting Thomas
Leaving the popular sitcom Wings for his own show on the Fox network seemed like a risky move, but it’s paying off for native Texan Thomas Haden Church—so far.
Girls Can Tell
Tired of Adventures
Reporter
F for Fantasy
Down with hypothetical football! Three cheers for the real thing!
Being a Homesick Texan
Lisa Fain on arguing with people about why Texas chili is superior to all others, serving chicken-fried steak to some New York friends, and starting to think that maybe her blog was more than a hobby.
Bowl-O-Rama
Remember the Alamo Bowl!
Bully for You
Rooting for Goliath.
Season on the Brink
Politics as sports (and sports as politics).
Empty Netter
The puck stops here.
Ticket to Ride
The case against the case against ticket scalping.
2028: The Year in Sports.
College Try
Does it matter if college athletes graduate?
Sports
A West Texas road race, the Super Bowl of six-man football—and, arguably, the world's first rodeo.
The Houston Kid
Lights Karma Action
Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited: For Mickey Newbury
All the Falsest Hearts Can Try
Band Aid?
Austin’s major-label bands-of-the-moment
Hurricane
A couple of indie film producers.
Punkytonk
The state prison name game; Dallas alternative-country band the Old 97’s is feeling no depression.
Teen Idol
The career of Austin young-adult writer Rob Thomas is going through a growth spurt.
Sundance Across Texas
Kick-Ash
An Austin filmmaker hopes to be the next Sundance kid.
Hill Bent
Mike Judge plays King of the Hill .
Shocking
The gospel according to Michelle Shocked.
Renée Zellweger
Mr. Clean
Steve Earle feels alright.
Abra Moore
Web Exclusives
Why Mack Brown Won’t Lose His Job
Because DeLoss Dodds, the University of Texas's athletic director, has a long memory.
The “Dublin Dr Pepper” Legacy Lives On
After a disappointing settlement with Dr Pepper Snapple Group, the family that owns Dublin Bottling Works, Inc. continues to thrive using the same ingredient that fans have enjoyed for years—pure cane sugar.
Cowboys 52, Texans 10
After ten seasons as a major NFL franchise, the Houston Texans are picking up some fans, but the blood of Texas still pumps Cowboy blue.
Winning Halftime
When the Rice MOB marches, stodginess scatters.
The Eyes of Texas Aren’t Upon It
As questions swirl about the future of UT and the Big 12, the Longhorn Network is now on the air. Sort of.
SECession?
Texas A&M is fixin' to get out of the Big 12. Good news for Texas?
Successful Formula?
Even in this year of massive budget cuts, Texas will likely spend $25 million to help bring a Formula One race to a newly constructed track in Austin’s backyard. Why?
Designated Rivalry
Should the Astros join the Rangers in the American League West?
Dead Men Walking
Coach Tom Penders and Houston’s Moment of March Madness in Spokane.
Rockets Man
Houston Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson on new head coach Jeff Van Gundy, Yao Ming, and the game.
Hoop It Up
Texas basketball legend Don Haskins on his 38 years courtside with UTEP and the Miners' prospects under new head coach Billy Gillispie.
A Dinger
Astros general manager Gerry Hunsicker talks about second baseman Jeff Kent and a budget like the New York Yankees'.
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