Simone Biles on the Tokyo Olympics and the Outrageously Difficult Vault She Might Try There
She’s been practicing a Yurchenko double pike—a technique no woman has ever landed in competition.
Hey, Astros: Get Ready for a Full Season of Raining Trash Cans and “Houston Asterisks” Signs
From tossing trash cans to renaming the Astros the “Houston Asterisks,” baseball fans won’t let Houston forget the 2017 cheating scandal.
When the Political Gets Personal
Veteran Austin journalist Bill Minutaglio’s latest book is a crowd-pleasing account of heated political battles in Texas over the past 150 years. But does it get the big picture right?…
Look at How Many Fishy Crackers Boban Can Hold in His Hand
The cracker company’s new promotion determined that the 7’4” NBA player can hold 301 Goldfish in one handful.
Demi Lovato’s New Album Confronts Her Demons and Looks to the Future
The singer sheds her painful past on ‘Dancing with the Devil . . . the Art of Starting Over.’…
UTRGV Just Won Its Third Consecutive National Chess Championship
Bow down to the greatness of the Vaqueros, who are the best in the nation (again).
Texas’s Best (and Weirdest) Minor League Baseball Team Names, Ranked
We salute the Sugar Land Lightning Sloths, the Amarillo Sod Poodles, and their compatriots.
Sesame Street’s Newest Muppet Is Played by a 22-Year-Old Texan
As a kid in Brownsville, Bradley Freeman Jr. taught himself puppeteering. Now he’s educating preschoolers about race through his role on the beloved PBS show.
Chris Beard Could Have Had a Statue in Lubbock, but He Chose UT Instead
Leaving a near-perfect situation at Texas Tech is an enormous risk for the once-beloved basketball coach, but Beard just might be good enough to succeed where other Longhorns coaches fell short.
Film Buffs Are Fighting to Save Houston’s Historic River Oaks Theatre
"We have to do whatever it takes" to preserve the 82-year-old indie cinema, Richard Linklater said in a panel event this week.
Can Woody Harrelson Bring Good Vibes to Nazi Germany?
Plus: Lizzo and Megan Thee Stallion headline Bonnaroo, the Austin Film Festival puts the pandemic behind it, and Jason Statham shoots Post Malone in the head.
Can New GM Chris Young Steer the Texas Rangers Back to the MLB Playoffs?
It's Opening Day, and the 6'10" journeyman pitcher and former Ranger has a tall task ahead of him as general manager.
“I Pray for Them to Lose”
Why some El Pasoans root for every Texas basketball team that isn’t UTEP to lose during March Madness.
The Larry McMurtry I Knew
I caught my first glimpse of the 'Lonesome Dove' author on the streets of Archer City when I was a teenager. It was an encounter that shaped the rest of my life.