Vital analysis and news unpacking the world of Texas sports
They faced a shortened season filled with cancellations and uncertainty. It didn’t stop some of the state’s top athletes from finding new ways to keep working.
Authors Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson say it's time for sports fans to grapple with the industry's systemic injustices.
The Texas team is playing in the final for the first time in 20 years. Here’s a few things to know.
In the first film for our new Being Texan docuseries, three pint-size cowboys make their inaugural rides on flesh-and-blood steers.
The Houston Astros owner decided to defend every bad PR move his organization has made.
Plus, William Jackson Harper of “The Good Place” gets an Emmy nod, Joe Rogan is moving to Texas, and Miranda Lambert is number one again.
The ‘30 for 30’ production details the former coaches’ legacy of Olympic success and abusive practices.
In 1990, Longhorn student athletes marched through campus united against racism. Their movement continues through players still calling for change today.
The new Arlington baseball stadium has an approach that's, well, out of left field.
The five-part Showtime docu-series avoids the worst pitfalls of the true-crime genre, favoring character over sensationalism.
Should he have won it back in 2005? Maybe. But he wasn’t going to take it after the fact.
Student athletes wrote a letter urging officials to change the tune, which was first performed in a minstrel show.
A Rio Grande Valley native, Morrow returned to a quiet life of farming after winning three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics.
Uri Geva is hoping that his Collegiate Summer Baseball Invitational proves that it is—but experts are skeptical.
A high school competition in Levelland brought fans from across the Panhandle and South Plains in March. Seven would come down with COVID-19.
How do you sack a quarterback from six feet away?…
A year after charming the Cannes Film Festival, Austin director Annie Silverstein's feature debut has been released on VOD.
The promising start to the league is one of the endless disappointments of 2020.
The team traded away their star receiver for a running back and a second-round draft pick.
The former player racked up his first win temporarily coaching the San Antonio team.
It’s part of a bigger plan to make the North Texas city a destination.
Baseball has its own way of enforcing the rules.
The annual journey to the Houston Rodeo offers a corrective to the reductionist narrative that pop culture has long perpetuated.
In 2018, the cavernous, old-school Doug's Gym closed after 55 years in business. A new book of photos recaptures the space in all its gritty, unchanging glory.
A former McKinney North pitcher’s lawsuit alleges that the sign-stealing scandal ended his career.
The Houston cheerleader talks about her surprising return to the Navarro College squad and her future plans.
The face of the Houston Texans says he achieved a ‘lifelong dream’ in hosting ‘Saturday Night Live.'…
Two burning questions answered in one post.
There’s been no shortage of hype and huge names in Texas college football, but there’s only one Mahomes.
The Permian Basin is the birthplace of Friday Night Lights. But the historic oil boom threatens beloved high school football traditions.
The Astros’ cheating scandal, coming on the heels of the Texans’ meltdown in Kansas City, is a low point in the city’s long history of sports failure.
The new show follows members of Navarro College’s cheer team as they prepare for a big competition.
LSU may have won the national championship, but we’d rather focus on arguing over which college football team was the best in Texas.
As a man of the people, he belongs on the airwaves—not on mediocre cable games.
A modest proposal for new leadership.
Jason Garrett is finally out—and Jerry Jones replaced him with the Jason Garrett of Wisconsin.
The Texans quarterback won his first playoff game in spectacular fashion.
Some of our favorite conversations from our second season, featuring Willie Nelson, Ted Cruz, and Brooklyn Decker.
The Dallas Stars face off against the Nashville Predators at the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day. Here's what you need to know.
The university has implemented a measure that prohibits athletes who’ve committed sexual violence from playing sports there.
This year saw no shortage of impactful sports news, from Dirk Nowitzki’s retirement to Art Briles's return.
The San Antonio basketball team has been known for its consistency for years. Now, it's hardly recognizable.
Two 7-5 teams renewing a rivalry that’s never really coming back is what this season deserves.
A new Hollywood film, 'Ford v Ferrari,' sees Texan automobile developer Carroll Shelby in the driver’s seat.
Are the college football powers that be underestimating the 9-0 Bears ahead of Saturday’s game against Oklahoma in Waco?…
Coaches have a lot of discretion, and Wells decided not to use it.
Leukemia never had a chance.
He’s basically Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach rolled into one, in cat form.
Galveston’s Johnny Romano, the youngest professional skateboarder in history, passed away from leukemia.
