This Panhandle School Is the Tiniest Girls Basketball Powerhouse in Texas
The Nazareth Swiftettes have won 25 state championships in less than fifty years—and they just hung another banner for 2023.
Sports
March 24, 2023
The Team Might Deny It, but Houston Wants Texas in the Elite Eight
A potential all-Texas grudge match between the Cougars and Longhorns could determine who goes to the NCAA Tournament's Final Four.
Arts & Entertainment
March 23, 2023
“ ‘Hamilton’ With Breasts” Is a Very Dallas Musical Experience
'cleaVage: the front story' is the world’s first musical about silicone breast implants. Do we need a punny goof-fest about the saga of fake boobs? Yes.
Film & TV
March 16, 2023
In ‘Swarm,’ the Beyhive Is Out for (Literal) Blood
The new Beyoncé-inspired, must-watch TV show explores what happens when fan culture goes too far.
Film & TV
March 15, 2023
Eva Longoria Is a Flamin’ Hot Movie Director
The Corpus Christi native’s directorial debut is a self-assured, joyful ode to inclusivity and snack foods.
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Sports
March 15, 2023
The Texas Versus Everybody Guide to March Madness
How a renowned football state became a college basketball hotbed, with five top-25 teams looking to make noise in the NCAA tournament.
Film & TV
March 14, 2023
Why 1980 Was the Year Texas Went Worldwide
The current Yellowstone-fueled “Westerncore” aesthetic is little more than a cultural blip compared to what Dallas and Urban Cowboy unleashed in 1980.
Sports
March 10, 2023
This Panhandle School Is the Tiniest Girls Basketball Powerhouse in Texas
The Nazareth Swiftettes have won 25 state championships in less than fifty years—and they just hung another banner for 2023.
Sports
March 9, 2023
How Rodney Terry and Texas Basketball Saved Their Season
After Chris Beard’s firing, fans assumed the season was over. Then the remaining coaches and the roster took control of their destiny.
Music
March 9, 2023
Willie Nelson’s Faithful Rendition of a Harlan Howard Classic
A deep dive into Nelson’s cover of “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail,” from his 150th album, ‘I Don’t Know a Thing About Love.’
Books
March 7, 2023
Texas’s “Safety Net Hospitals” Are Better Than You Think
In his first book, Houston physician and writer Ricardo Nuila argues that these publicly funded institutions don’t deserve their awful reputation—and offer a model for mending our broken health-care system.
Music
March 7, 2023
The Stars Aligned for This Writer’s Classic Portrait of Leon Bridges
Author Casey Gerald reflects on the creative process behind his August 2021 cover profile of the Fort Worth R&B singer.
Film & TV
March 7, 2023
When Texas Took Over the Oscars
Forty years ago, a crop of films led by ‘Terms of Endearment’ and ‘Tender Mercies’ reimagined the way we see Texas.
Sports
March 6, 2023
Mark Adams’s Unforgivable Comments Wrap Up Tech’s Nightmare Season
Texas Tech suspended the men’s basketball coach after Adams used “unacceptable and racially insensitive” language with a player.
Film & TV
March 6, 2023
How Christy Carlson Romano Lost Her Disney Money and Founded an Empire
Ren Stevens and Kim Possible led the early aughts star to the role she was always meant to play—content strategist—in the place she was always meant to live.