Sports
February 26, 2024
Everyone Johnny Manziel Blames in His Interview With Shannon Sharpe
Turns out, everyone from former Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin to the ghost of Mickey Mantle helped cause Johnny Football’s downfall.
Quarterbacks
Sports
January 9, 2024
C. J. Stroud, DeMeco Ryans, and the Houston Texans’ Turnaround
How a first-year head coach and rookie quarterback led Texas’s second NFL franchise out of the AFC South basement and into the playoffs.
Sports
December 15, 2023
The Too-Small Texas Quarterback Who Broke Big Records
Division I schools thought John Matocha was too small, so the former Magnolia West star went to Division II and wrote his own legend.
Sports
October 24, 2023
A High School Football Fairy Tale Unfolds in Southeast Texas
Thanks to second-year coach Trent Miller and five-star senior quarterback DJ Lagway, 8–0 Willis High School has become an “addict” for winning.
Sports
October 10, 2022
Is Quinn Ewers Texas’s Best Big-Game Quarterback Since Vince Young?
In his return from injury, Quinn Ewers and his burnt-orange mullet led UT to a 49–0 blowout win over the Oklahoma Sooners.
Sports
June 24, 2022
Arch Manning Might Be Good Enough to Save Texas Football From Itself
No team does less with more quite like the Longhorns do, but even UT shouldn’t be able to spoil the next great Manning quarterback.
Sports
January 30, 2020
Who Would Have Guessed Patrick Mahomes Would Be the Best Texas Quarterback of the 21st Century?
There’s been no shortage of hype and huge names in Texas college football, but there’s only one Mahomes.
Best Thing in Texas
September 27, 2019
The Best Thing in Texas: Tony Romo Is a Legit Professional Golfer
He’s good at everything!*
Sports
September 27, 2019
Is Kyle Allen’s NFL Debut What You Expected, Aggies and Cougars?
The Panthers backup quarterback is only the second in NFL history to throw for six TDs and no interceptions in his first two games.
Sports
August 26, 2019
Andrew Luck’s Retirement Reveals the Uglier Side of NFL Fandom
The alum of Houston’s Stratford High School suffered criticism for his decision to call it quits, but players like Cowboys legend Troy Aikman have got his back.
Sports
September 11, 2016
The Last Best Hope of Tony Romo
After a decade of hard-won victories and brutal setbacks, the 36-year-old quarterback—and every Cowboys fan—knows this: 2016 is the year he will write his legacy.
Sports
June 17, 2015
Johnny Football Is Dead. Long Live Johnny Manziel, Backup Quarterback.
The Browns’ #2 quarterback gave an on-field press conference this afternoon in which he retired the Johnny Football persona in favor of being plain ol’ Johnny Manziel, the NFL’s highest-profile second-string quarterback.
Sports
January 20, 2013
Tony Romo Is the Greatest Cowboys Quarterback Since…
Die-hard fans of America’s Team are debating that very question as we speak—and also wondering if the kid from Wisconsin with the buxom distraction can take them to the Super Bowl any faster than, say, Gary Hogeboom did.
Sports
January 20, 2013
The Real Troy Aikman
His dreams. His fears. The truth about his love life. A candid chat with Texas’ most misunderstood sports hero.
Sports
September 30, 1977
The Aging of the All-American Boy
Roger Staubach is one Cowboy who always wears a white hat.