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Remembering Bobby Morrow, the Texas Sprinter Who Was Once the World’s Fastest Man

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Is It Possible to Safely Hold a College Baseball Tournament in Bryan Right Now?

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The exterior of the Texan Dome at South Plains College in Levelland on May 9, 2020.

The West Texas Basketball Tournament at the Center of a Coronavirus Outbreak

By Leif Reigstad

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By Releasing Their Schedule, the NFL Wants to Will a 2020 Season Into Existence

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A Requiem for the XFL’s Houston Roughnecks and the Undefeated Season Without a Conclusion

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Why the Texans Trading DeAndre Hopkins Feels So Bad

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The Best Thing in Texas: Tim Duncan Is Undefeated as Head Coach of the Spurs

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The Texas Rangers’ Shiny New Stadium Embodies the ‘New Arlington’

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People Are Now Placing Bets on How Many Astros Will Get Hit by Pitches This Season

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Through a Historic Trail Ride, Black Cowboys and Cowgirls Take Ownership of Their Role in History

By Cat Cardenas

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Doug’s Gym was recognized, if at all, by its vintage sign with the out-of-step promise of “reducing & weight gaining.” It was this sign, in fact, that originally caught Diamond’s eye. But when he first walked up the gym’s sagging steps, the last thing on his mind was building muscle and losing weight. The truth is, Diamond was feeling a little lost. He’d recently retired from a career as a doctor specializing in interventional radiology and was, in his words, “still coming to grips” with thirty years of seeing people in terrible and often incurable situations. The gym’s peeling paint and dark corners spoke to him—about years passing by, about mortality, and our ability to change. And so three times a week for six months he photographed a gym tinged with cigar smoke and sheltered from time.

The Dallas Gym That Time Forgot

By Bill Shapiro

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Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Mike Bolsinger, left, walks off the mound as Houston Astros' Marwin Gonzalez, right, rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Houston.

Everything Feels Rigged These Days, and the Astros Aren’t Helping