Sports

August 13, 2015

He’s the best defensive player in the NFL but writes his own Christmas cards. He has thousands of fans who’d love to party, but he goes to bed at seven-thirty. He could be the league’s next MVP but enjoys buying his own groceries. Is Houston’s J. J. Watt for real?

By Skip Hollandsworth

August 12, 2015

Seven Things We Learned From The First Episode Of The Texans’ Hard Knocks

J.J. Watt and friends had their HBO debut last night. Here’s what you might have missed.

August 4, 2015

Is The Dream of The San Antonio Raiders Still Alive?

San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley seems to think so.

July 29, 2015

The Astros Are Moving The Date Of That Taylor Swift Concert After All, Haters

When the team tweeted last December that they’d reschedule a concert booked at Minute Maid Park if they needed the field for the playoffs, fans mocked them mercilessly. Well, who’s laughing now?

July 27, 2015

Tony Romo Is The New Rob Lowe In DirecTV Commercials

With DirecTV, he’s five-interceptions-in-two-different-games Tony Romo. With cable, he’s arts-and-crafts Tony Romo who bakes brownie cupcakes. We’re not sure what this ad is getting at.

July 27, 2015

Could San Antonio Host The College Football Playoff National Championship?

The Alamo City is one of six vying for the 2019 or 2020 game. Does it have what it takes?

July 21, 2015

Becky Hammon Just Coached The Spurs To A Summer League Championship

Becky Hammon coached the Spurs to a Summer League title, but some people seem surprised she wasn’t writing plays in lipstick.

July 20, 2015

Jordan Spieth Missed Out On The Grand Slam, But He’s Still Twitter’s Bae

Jordan Spieth didn’t win the British Open, but he did win the Internet’s heart.

By Abby Johnston

July 14, 2015

What Would The Cowboys Look Like If Dez Bryant Sits Out?

If the Cowboys’ top receiver makes good on his threat to sit out the start of the season, where does that leave the team?

July 13, 2015

Two Houston Dash Teammates Married Each Other Last Week

Houston Dash players married two recent headlines: women’s soccer and same-sex marriage.

July 2, 2015

You Can Buy Tom Landry’s Old House For $800,000

Talk about a Cowboys souvenir.

June 29, 2015

J.J. Watt Scored on the St. Louis Blues Goalie in a Charity Hockey Event, Because He Can Do Everything

Next week: he makes a hole in one, beats you at Mario Kart, and bakes a better pie than your mom.

June 22, 2015

Troy Aikman Spent His Saturday Morning Hanging Out With a 100-Year-Old Fan for Her Birthday

She was 45 years old when the Cowboys were founded, and Troy has always been the star quarterback of her heart.

June 17, 2015

Johnny Football Is Dead. Long Live Johnny Manziel, Backup Quarterback.

The Browns’ #2 quarterback gave an on-field press conference this afternoon in which he retired the Johnny Football persona in favor of being plain ol’ Johnny Manziel, the NFL’s highest-profile second-string quarterback.

June 17, 2015

Why the St. Louis Cardinals May Have Hacked the Houston Astros

Major League Baseball would like you to believe that it’s a low-level employee of the team looking for revenge against his boss, but the real story will be determined by the FBI.

June 11, 2015

The Full Nowitzki

In a new documentary, the Dallas Mavericks’ legendary power forward lets down his guard.

By Paul Knight

June 11, 2015

The Three Burials of Tony Ayala Jr.

The long, unstoppable decline of the most fearsome boxer to ever come out of San Antonio.

By Eric Benson

June 8, 2015

Houston Slighted Once Again As America’s Most Miserable Sports City

According to a New York Times blog, our mid-seventies hockey prowess elevates us to only eleventh among cursed sports towns.

June 4, 2015

The New UT President Wants to Sell Beer at Football Games

UNT and SMU are among the handful of schools in the country where fans can get drunk while they’re at the game—and new UT President Greg Fenves wants Darrell K. Royal Stadium to join them.

June 3, 2015

The Astros Are Still Good?

Two months into the MLB season, we’re checking in on baseball’s most surprising team.

May 28, 2015

Hakeem Olajuwon, the Rockets Star Who Valiantly Fought to End Sneaker Violence

As Houston basketball fans mourn the end of the Rockets season, we remember the efforts of one of the team’s all-time greats.

May 22, 2015

Bucky the Bronc Rode off Into the Sunset With His Honorary Diploma From UT-Pan American

Farewell, sweet bronc.

May 19, 2015

Is It the Rockets’ Time?

The last Texas team standing has their work cut out for them in a series against the white-hot Golden State Warriors. But it just may be time for a relaunch of Clutch City.

May 7, 2015

Suggested New Name: The Nolan Ryan Return to Cinder Grill

A newly installed nacho-cheese-melting machine at Round Rock’s Dell Diamond burst into flames the night before opening day. Though no one was injured in the conflagration, it did $200,000 worth of damage to the stadium’s eatery, the Nolan Ryan Fireball Express Grill.

By Rich Malley

April 30, 2015

The Houston Rockets Fired Their Social Media Manager for Being a Sore Winner

He had one job.

April 28, 2015

Against All Odds, the Astros Are Off to a Hot Start

Nobody expected much out of the Astros this year, but a month into the season, the team is sitting pretty atop the AL West, five games above .500. How did that happen?

April 24, 2015

Every Minor League Baseball Mascot in Texas, Ranked

How does Chico the Chihuahua stack up against Ballapeño the anthropomorphized jalapeño? How about Swatson & Moe versus Rocky the Hound?

April 23, 2015

The Complicated Simplicity of Fandom

When the U.S. and Mexico soccer teams played last week, it proved that fandom is more a state of mind than a state of place.

By Jeff Beckham

April 23, 2015

The “Friday Night Lights” Parody on “Inside Amy Schumer” Is Basically Perfect

“Full hearts, clear eyes, don’t rape” is a motto worth shouting.

April 20, 2015

How the NFL Should Handle Players With a History of Off-Field Violence

With the Cowboys aggressively pursuing Adrian Peterson—and with Greg Hardy already in the fold—now is a good time to consider how the NFL could try to resolve its domestic violence problem.

April 14, 2015

Here Are Some Things That J.J. Watt Could Jump Over

The best player in the NFL filmed himself doing a 61-inch box jump. How high is that, really?

April 10, 2015

When Texans Play Quidditch

The magical game played by wizards in the Harry Potter series is now real sport. And a bunch of Texans are its best players.

By Jessica Luther

April 9, 2015

Ben Crenshaw’s Final Round

His legacy, his old friend Harvey Penick, and his remarkable play at Augusta National twenty years ago.

By Kevin Robbins

April 3, 2015

Shaka Smart Signed on to Coach the Texas Longhorns Basketball Team

Meet the Longhorns’s erudite, innovative, and fatherly new hoops coach.

April 1, 2015

A Salute to Earl Campbell, Who Recently Celebrated 60 Years

We still luv ya blue.

March 24, 2015

Bacon Cotton Candy, Fried S’mOreos, and Chicken-Fried Bacon Now Available at Texas Rangers Ballpark

Finally, a reason to visit the park this season.

March 23, 2015

Celebrate the Spurs (in Haiku)

Having grown up on the South Side of San Antonio, I know that the Spurs aren’t just a team, they’re a way of life. To show my support, I did what any fan would do: make like Bashō and pen five haikus, one for every NBA title.

By Texas Monthly and Nicki Longoria

March 23, 2015

The Ultimate Game

An ode to the national sport of Texas.

By Texas Monthly and Brian D. Sweany

March 19, 2015

The Cowboys Probably Would Not Sign a Player Who Supports ISIS

But they would—and did—sign Greg Hardy, the great pass rusher, who has a history of domestic violence and who spent the 2014 season suspended from the league. A SXSports panel discusses.

March 12, 2015

Dallas Woman Desperately Wants a Visit From Troy Aikman for Her 100th Birthday

She welded wings onto airplanes in World War II, visited Soviet Russia to argue about airplanes, and modeled for a Lawrence Welk-affiliated clothing shop—but the most talked-about moment in her life was the day twenty years ago that Troy Aikman knocked on her door by mistake.

March 4, 2015

It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Andre Johnson

The best player in franchise history is done in Houston. Let’s wish him well.

February 26, 2015

Dallas Sportscaster Dale Hansen Is a Viral Sensation Again

The WFAA sports reporter made national headlines last year when he spoke out impassionedly for Michael Sam’s right to play in the NFL. Now, he’s taking on racism in North Texas.

February 26, 2015

How Those Rumors About Dez Bryant Started

The Cowboys star wide receiver is the subject of some unverified rumors being reported by the mainstream sports press regarding a video that may or may not exist. How does a story with no corroboration end up being discussed everywhere?

February 25, 2015

Whatever Happened to the San Antonio Raiders?

The writing is on the wall for the Alamo City’s latest bid for an NFL team, and it’s not great news.

February 12, 2015

She Got Game

Becky Hammon didn’t get hired as the Spurs’ assistant coach because she’s a woman. She got the job for the same reason everyone gets a job with the Spurs: to keep the team winning.

By Jan Jarboe Russell

February 4, 2015

Lance Armstrong Does It Again; Enhances Position Among Texan Sports Disgraces

With the cyclist attempting to let his girlfriend take the blame for an alleged Aspen hit-and-run, he distances himself from the pack of fallen athletic heroes.