Jordan Mackay

Jordan Mackay

Features

Two-four-six-eight, who do we appreciate? San Antonio businessman Jack DeVere, whose collection of Texas football memorabilia evokes a simpler, more innocent time.

Producing results.

From a boutique hotel in hip South Austin to a bed-and-breakfast across the Mexican border, from fly fishing on the Llano River to bathing in the Chinati Hot Springs, 33 getaways the guidebooks don’t tell you about, courtesy of our intrepid staff of weekend warriors.

The places, people and stories behind Texas music.

Meet the senior class of what might be called Texas Music U. — four up-and-coming acts that should graduate to the big time.

A fraternity, a bid-night party, a random act of violence, an unnatural end: the life and death of Southwest Texas State University junior Nick Armstrong.

This year’s model.

Hot hurdling in Giddings, super six-man football in Gordon: Ten towns that got game.

Their film festivals are one of the state’s feature presentations.

Columns | Miscellany

Sixteen years after a car crash ended his football career, former Cowboys star Drew Pearson is a team player again—in the XFL.

The Dallas Mavericks have a new owner and a new attitude, but they have no real plan to make themselves the kings of the court. I do.

Cedric Benson of the Midland Lee Rebels has a cause: He may just be the greatest running back in Texas 5A history.

For nearly 25 years the state's wineries have struggled to mature. Will Texas wines ever go well with anything?

Rashard Lewis may have left his Texas hometown for the NBA at a frighteningly young age, but he's no Leon Smith.

What two college track coaches in Houston are teaching speedsters there—and everywhere—about going for Olympic gold.

Laugh not, wretch, at the man in the tights: Twenty-five years after George Coulam founded the Texas Renaissance Festival, it hath been a big success.

He’s no Seinfeld. He’s not even Jeff Foxworthy. But Galveston native Bill Engvall is a successful stand-up comic, and one day, just maybe, he’ll get a sitcom of his own.

Bruce McGill played D-Day, the biker with the handlebar mustache, in the classic comedy Animal House. Twenty years later, he’s still a character.

Can SMU football come back from the dead by building a $56 million stadium?

Reporter

Why Troy Aikman shouldn't retire.

Baylor University gets sued by one of its own.

The New York Times takes on Texas—again.

Soft drinks in our public schools.

Brian Benben goes after men-men for CBS

Things get woolly for the state’s mohair producers.

The best Texas CEOs.

A suburban mom’s patience is tested by drug testing.

A new sports bar inspires Abilenians to get something off their chest.

Web Exclusives

Assisitant editor Jordan Mackay charts the Dallas Mavericks season - visit every week for updates and commentary.

Test assistant editor Jordan Mackay's knowledge of Texas wine—his piece, "Sour Grapes," about the state of the Texas wine industry, ran in this issue.

Texas Monthly Biz

Texas high school coaches rush ahead for the big bucks.

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