Sports
June 22, 2023
Seriously, Could the San Antonio Spurs Be Any More Lucky?
They've won the NBA draft lottery three times. The first two landed David Robinson and Tim Duncan—now it's Victor Wembanyama's turn.
Red McCombs
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News & Politics
February 20, 2023
Red McCombs Turned Old San Antonio on Its Head
The larger-than-life, redheaded émigré from Spur, Texas—who died at 95—seemed intent on making the town his own. And he did.
Sports
February 12, 2014
Not Just Semi-Opinionated
The legendary Dan Jenkins has been covering sports since the forties. Things have not improved.
Politics & Policy
January 10, 2014
Red McCombs Is Sorry
Red McCombs proves that money doesn't buy brains when it comes to UT football.
Business
January 20, 2013
Wheels of Fortune
For automakers in the U.S. and overseas, Texas is the very best market for the pickup truck. And for Texans, the pickup truck is the very best vehicle—if only for what it says about who we are. Or who we'd like to be.
Object Lesson
January 20, 2013
Red McCombs’s Office Mini-Fridge
The word “retirement” isn’t in Billy Joe “Red” McCombs’s vocabulary. The 82-year-old businessman, whose entrepreneurial ventures have ranged from owning car dealerships and the San Antonio Spurs to co-founding media conglomerate Clear Channel Communications, typically works sixty hours a week, Monday through Saturday, at his office in San Antonio.
November 15, 2011
Is Austin’s Formula One future already out of gas?
Construction halts on track outside of Austin after state treasurer Susan Combs withdraws previously promised Major Events Trust Fund bucks.
Sports
July 31, 2011
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?
Eat My Words
April 14, 2011
Cook Like a Texan: More Last Meals
Our April “Home Plates” package included “Last Meals” from Jim Lehrer (“no dessert or coffee” – with good reason), Willie Nelson, Jason Moran (who takes up for mac-and-cheese as a vegetable), Charles Butt, Karen Hughes and Governor Rick Perry (bing-cherry congealed salad with cream cheese and pecan topping –
Business
September 30, 2005
Red McCombs
“I’ve had my failures and my mistakes. I don’t dwell on them. So I don’t have anything dragging me down at any given time.”
Business
March 1, 1999
How I Made It
What Drives Red McCombs
Sports
March 1, 1998
Team Player
Red McCombs, still on the sidelines