Larry King

Stories

The Book on Willie Morris

The former editor of the Daily Texan and the Texas Observer was a good ol’ boy, a haunted soul, and my greathearted friend. A remembrance.

By Larry King
May 2001
Texas Movies: Hollywood, TX

How Hollywood sees us—and how Hollywood got us wrong.

By Larry King
Jul 1991
Vanishing Texas

Searching for tourist courts, fillin’ stations, and other relics of a Texas that is no more.

By Larry King
Nov 1990
Cowboys and Iranians

What do Odessa beer joints and the Iran-contra hearings have in common? Everything.

By Larry King
Sep 1987
Friday Night Ringers

Why do the towns that have oil also have the best football players?

By Larry King
Jan 1986
Lone Star Shtick
By Larry King
Jan 1986
The Passions of the Common Man

That’s what country music is, and that’s why it plays in Peoria.

By Larry King
Aug 1976
The Beer Joint

A long overdue homage to a cornerstone of Texas culture.

By Larry King
Mar 1976
Bringing Up Lyndon

First the boy made the man—then the man re-made the boy.

By Larry King
Jan 1976
The Best Sportswriter in Texas

Hint: his initials are B.S.

By Larry King
Dec 1975
Who’s Number One in the Permian Basin?

Midland and Odessa are only seventeen miles apart, and that’s too close for comfort.

By Larry King
Jun 1975
The Only Game in Town

The world’s best Domino player reveals his biggest secret — his identity.

By Larry King
Mar 1975
Coming of Age in the Locker Room

What football does to its people.

By Larry King
Sep 1974
Redneck!

Being a Redneck is a lot of things, but it ain’t fun and it ain’t easy.

By Larry King
Aug 1974
Leavin’ McMurtry

Leaving Cheyenne, which may be Larry McMurtry’s best novel, is made into a miserable movie. This is how it happened.

By Larry King
Mar 1974