All posts by Jim Atkinson
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Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I: Candy Montgomery’s Affair
Urban refugees fleeing high-tech Dallas have created ersatz rural communities in the nearby countryside. This isolated, pastoral life sometimes erupts into adultery and murder.
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Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part II: The Killing of Betty Gore
Candy Montgomery thought her affair with Allan Gore was over, until she found herself fighting for her life against Allan’s wife.
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The Race of His Life
When a world-class athlete like Austin’s Lance Armstrong gets cancer, it’s a shock—for him, and for every man who has ever considered himself invincible.
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Health • Lance Armstrong
The ride of his life.
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Who’s Next?
San Antonio's Marshevet Hooker is not just any old high school sprinter; she's an Olympic gold medalist in the making. Meet her and nine other women we're betting will lead the new Texas—and the world.
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Playing for Keeps
The truth—what we can discern, anyway—about Tom Landry’s leukemia.
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Sober
More than a decade ago I wrote about the virtues of the drinking life and the comforts of what I called a “bar bar.” Then I hit rock bottom. It’s been eight years now since I took my last drink—and I’m finally ready to tell the rest of the story.
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This Is for Wheel
The hybrid of my dreams.
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State of the Heart
Bypass surgery with almost no pain, and you get to go home three days later? Don’t have a coronary: It’s happening right now, in Texas.
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Socket to Me
A plug for new appliances.