Burkablog »
And now a discussion that really matters (Fri Nov 20 at 5:02 PM)
In the Pink »
The Wrecking Coup (Fri Nov 20 at 1:33 PM)
Page Break »
Supreme Court to Rehear Exxon Case. Yes, That Exxon Case. (Sat Nov 21 at 1:45 PM)
Eat My Words »
Talking Tamales (Thu Nov 12 at 11:12 AM)
Alan says: I am in favor of limiting the governor to two consecutive terms. But blacklisting someone after eight years altogether, regardless of how good or bad they did their job, can needlessly force an effective public official out of public service. Many state governors throughout history have served well over eight years without their constituents regretting it. I would point out that such a system is wholly unworkable in twenty-first century America: we live in the era of the permanent campaign and the 24-hour news cycle. A governor facing re-election every other year would essentially do nothing but fundraise (which is close to what most do anyway even with four-year terms). (November 19th, 2009 at 11:09pm)
Stories on Sports
The Manual 2.0 »
A cowgirl and the experts at WWS Stables teach Andrea Valdez how to barrel race.
[December 2009]
Covering Football »
Dave Campbell on covering football.
Interview by Brian D. Sweany [November 2009]
The Real McCoys »
Following in his brother’s footsteps, Case McCoy is looking to become the next quarterback for the Texas Longhorns.
by Jeff Beckham [November 2009]
Don’t Back Down »
Why can’t TCU seem to break into the national sports consciousness?
by Jeff Beckham [November 2009]
Jerry Jones »
Jerry Jones’s high hopes for his new stadium.
Interview by Evan Smith [October 2009]
Snap Judgment »
Raise a Pearl beer to our ten greatest college football plays. Ever.
[October 2009]
Get in the Game »
Lions and tigers and bears. And cardinals and eagles and pirates. Good sports from schools across Texas get into character. (Adapted from the October 2007 issue.) Photographs by Jeff Minton
[October 2009]
Texas Tailgate »
For some University of Texas football fans, getting together with friends to eat, drink, and rally before a game is a ritual that they wouldn’t miss for the world. Photographs by Kristin Ellertson
by [October 2009]
The Champs »
How mixed martial arts went from what one senator called “human cockfighting” to an event that draws record crowds and millions of pay-per-view buyers.
by Jeff Beckham [October 2009]
Dove Hunting »
How to dove hunt.
by Andrea Valdez [September 2009]
Mike Leach Is Thinking ... »
And you would be too if you were an itinerant Rollerblader with a passion for pirates who’d reinvented the game of college football, brought joy to Lubbock, beaten UT, and narrowly missed a shot at a national champi- onship. And what you’d be thinking is, “Gangway!”
by S.C. Gwynne [September 2009]
Life Coach »
The long-time coach of the Texas A&I Javelinas looks back on his twenty-one years of football.
by Casey Wheeless [August 2009]
Game Over »
Sure, sure, the newspaper business is dying, and this is bad for freedom, accountability, and democracy itself. But worst of all is what’s happened to sportswriting.
by Gary Cartwright [June 2009]
Cecil Cooper »
Astros skipper Cecil Cooper on life in baseball.
Interview by Evan Smith [June 2009]
Game On? »
A sports columnist disputes Gary Cartwright’s assertion that sportswriting is dead.
by Richard Justice [June 2009]
Still Life »
A violent tackle in a high school football game paralyzed John McClamrock for life. His mother made sure it was a life worth living.
by Skip Hollandsworth [May 2009]
Game Changers »
How Lamar Hunt and Clint Murchison Jr. cooked up the first Super Bowl.
by Bryan Burrough [February 2009]
She Got Gamed? »
On January 13, the girls’ basketball team for the Covenant School of Dallas, an elite private Christian school in upscale North Dallas, demolished its opponents from the Dallas Academy, a lesser known East Dallas school that focuses on students who face a variety of learning problems.
by Skip Hollandsworth [February 2009]
Bowl-O-Rama »
Remember the Alamo Bowl!
by Jason Cohen [December 2008]
False Start »
Vince Young, off his game.
by Bryan Curtis [November 2008]
Come Early. Be Loud. Cash In. »
How did the University of Texas build the most successful college sports program in history? One visionary coach at a time. One world-class athlete at a time. One state-of-the-art stadium at a time. And with an ambitious, aggressive business model that’s the envy of its rivals everywhere.
by S. C. Gwynne [November 2008]
Bully for You »
Rooting for Goliath.
by Jason Cohen [October 2008]
Blazing Saddles »
Guns up! Way up!
by Bryan Curtis [September 2008]
Bass-O-Matic »
How a fish called Ethel (seventeen pounds, ten ounces) caught by a fishing guide named Mark (Stevenson, in 1986, on Lake Fork) revolutionized a once-sleepy sport.
by Katy Vine [August 2008]
Season on the Brink »
Politics as sports (and sports as politics).
by Jason Cohen [August 2008]
Sprinting »
Jeremy Wariner on being an Olympic sprinter.
Interview by Brian D. Sweany [August 2008]
A Loss for Words »
Where have you gone, Yogi Berra?
by Bryan Curtis [July 2008]
Empty Netter »
The puck stops here.
by Jason Cohen [June 2008]
Sportswriter High »
Three cheers for Sportswriter High.
by Bryan Curtis [May 2008]
Avery Johnson »
Avery Johnson on how to be an NBA coach.
Interview by Evan Smith [April 2008]
Ticket to Ride »
The case against the case against ticket scalping.
by Jason Cohen [April 2008]
Untitled Mike Flynt Project »
A veteran Hollywood screenwriter couldn’t have come up with a better narrative arc: Seeking redemption, 59-year-old reenrolls at university he was once asked to leave, tries out for football team, makes it, becomes one of oldest-ever players in NCAA history. Or at least that’s how the hero wants it to be told. The full story may not be quite so neat and tidy, but . . . aw, hell, roll cameras anyway!
by John Spong [March 2008]
Once More Unto the Breach »
The miserable lives of Texas Rangers fans.
by Bryan Curtis [March 2008]
Dave Stephenson »
42, sports marketer, Dallas
[February 2008]
2028: The Year in Sports. »
by Jason Cohen [February 2008]
Cat Osterman »
24, pitcher/coach, Houston/Chicago
[February 2008]
The Old Bowl Game »
I wish I were in the land of Cotton (Bowl).
by Bryan Curtis [January 2008]
That Championship Season »
Long before the BCS, long before anyone thought to publish insider newsletters for boosters, the Aggies were the best college football team in the nation—for the first and only time. The long-gone glory days remembered.
by Stacy Hollister [December 2007]
College Try »
Does it matter if college athletes graduate?
by Jason Cohen [December 2007]
Above the Norm »
Why Norm Hitzges matters.
by Bryan Curtis [November 2007]
Endless Summerall »
What the double-breasted buffoons in today’s broadcast booths can learn from a legend of the game.
by Gary Cartwright [October 2007]
The Natural »
Why all the fuss about Craig Biggio?
by Paul Burka [October 2007]
Playola »
Cheating then and now (and not just at OU).
by Bryan Curtis [September 2007]
Go! Fight! Win! »
The twenty best Texas high school football programs of all time.
by Drew Webb [September 2007]
Jody Conradt »
Jody Conradt at the buzzer.
Interview by Evan Smith [August 2007]
Bronx Cheer »
In hate with Roger Clemens.
by Bryan Curtis [July 2007]
Go Fire Yourself! »
It’s the best thing Jerry Jones could do for the Cowboys.
by Gary Cartwright [March 2007]
EEEEEEAAAAOOOOWWW!!! »
On November 5, 181,500 people crowded into a former cow pasture north of Fort Worth to watch 43 race cars drive really, really fast for five hundred miles. That day, the Texas Motor Speedway would be, measured by population, one of the largest cities in the state. Welcome to NASCAR, Texas.
by Michael Hall [February 2007]
Check Mates »
Fernando Spada and Fernando Mendez are the Karpov and Kasparov of Brownsville: chess champions whose lifelong competition has produced a rivalry every bit as fierce as those of Ali and Frazier, McEnroe and Borg, or Nicklaus and Palmer. Did I mention that they’re in the fourth grade?
by Katy Vine [February 2007]
Par Excellence »
The best golf holes in Texas, according to the legends of the game.
Interviews by Drew Webb [January 2007]
