In Taylor Sheridan’s New Miniseries, Bass Reeves Gets the Blood-and-Suds Treatment
The bingeable ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ takes one of Texas’s most deserving legends and imbues it with a pulpy sensibility.
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Music
November 29, 2023
The Philadelphia Eagles Covered Willie Nelson’s “Pretty Paper” for Christmas. We Regret to Inform Cowboys Fans That It Slaps.
With Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield singing harmonies, to boot.
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Sports
November 28, 2023
Can Mike Elko Bring Stability to Texas A&M Football?
Few programs can recruit or raise money as well as the Aggies. This week, A&M hired Elko to coach the team to its championship potential.
Music
November 24, 2023
What Nanci Griffith Knew About Texas
Two years after her death, reissued records and a tribute album remind us to revisit Nanci’s remarkable voice, which could only ever have been from Texas.
Sports
November 22, 2023
Let UT and A&M Have Football. UT Dallas Is Texas’s E-sports Powerhouse.
How the North Texas commuter school, which competes in Division III sports, built one of the top e-sports programs in the country.
Sports
November 21, 2023
So Long, Longhorn Network
The Longhorn Network will go off the air next July. But the University of Texas’s pursuit of its own channel changed college sports forever.
Film & TV
November 19, 2023
In Taylor Sheridan’s New Miniseries, Bass Reeves Gets the Blood-and-Suds Treatment
The bingeable ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ takes one of Texas’s most deserving legends and imbues it with a pulpy sensibility.
By Josh Alvarez![Josh Alvarez's Profile Photo]()
Film & TV
November 16, 2023
Four Reasons December Will Be a Great Month in Texas Culture
The Von Erichs get the Hollywood treatment, Tomball raises its stein, Beyoncé resurrects the Renaissance tour, and a Houston artist is golden.
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Sports
November 14, 2023
What Else Could Texas A&M Afford With Jimbo Fisher’s Buyout Money?
The $77 million the university will pay Jimbo Fisher to not coach football could fund 1,666 full-tuition scholarships—or buy 17 billion Goldfish crackers.
By Dan Solomon![Dan Solomon's Profile Photo]()
Sports
November 14, 2023
The Pioneering, Barnstorming Women’s Basketball Stars of the Texas Cowgirls
The Texas Cowgirls weren’t all from the state, but the groundbreaking women’s pro team promoted itself with loads of Texas mystique.
Sports
November 13, 2023
Texas A&M Had to Fire Jimbo Fisher, Even With a $77 Million Buyout
At a program that covets football greatness—and whose donors will pay almost anything to attain it—firing Jimbo Fisher was an easy call.
Film & TV
November 10, 2023
The Time Has Come for a ‘Real Housewives of Austin’
Andy Cohen, please heed this modest proposal.
Music
November 9, 2023
Mickey Guyton Is Still Finding Her Way in the Country Music Industry
The Arlington native has earned four Grammy nominations, performed at the Super Bowl, and toured with Shania Twain. But is she “Nashville” yet?
Music
November 6, 2023
The Mountain Goats Have Returned to West Texas
On the new album ‘Jenny From Thebes,’ the indie band revives the characters from ‘All Hail West Texas,’ its seminal 2002 exploration of life in the Lone Star State.
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Books
November 6, 2023
Elizabeth Crook’s Thrilling New Western
‘The Madstone,’ a sequel to 2018’s ‘The Which Way Tree,’ is a compelling read on its own terms.
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