Sports

January 14, 2015

The Fight of His Life

Half a century ago, Terry Daniels was an SMU undergrad majoring in political science who had taken an interest in boxing. Then he found himself in the ring with the heavyweight champion of the world.

By Jeff Miller

January 13, 2015

New Technology By AT&T Will Make Watching a Game at AT&T Stadium More Like Watching a Game at Home

Whether you’re in the nosebleeds or the luxury boxes, the experience you’re really competing with is your living room.

January 12, 2015

#JeSuisDez, Marinelli Moving on, and Other Notes From the Last Cowboys Game of the 2014 Season

So much for that, then.

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January 9, 2015

The Texanist, Special Reporter Edition

Advice for Tiger’s new swing coach.

By David Courtney

January 6, 2015

Finally, Thanks to Craig Biggio, a Cooperstown Bust Will Rock an Astros Hat

On his third attempt, former Astros catcher, second baseman, and center fielder Craig Biggio has gained entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

By John Nova Lomax

January 5, 2015

Picked Up Flags, Chris Christie, and a Trip to Green Bay: the Cowboys Won Their First Playoff Game Since 2009

Our schadenfreude-obsessed culture is focused on the Governor of New Jersey’s embrace of Jerry Jones and the pass interference penalty that wasn’t—but after winning their first playoff game in half a decade, the Cowboys are focused on the Packers.

December 23, 2014

The Case For J.J. Watt As NFL MVP

The best player in football plays defense for the 8-7 Houston Texans. That’s the only reason he won’t be the 2014 NFL MVP.

December 19, 2014

Every Playoff Scenario For the 2014 Dallas Cowboys

The ten-win Cowboys could take the top seed in the NFC and homefield advantage in the playoffs, or they could miss the post-season all together.

December 10, 2014

What Can We Expect From From Johnny Manziel’s First NFL Start?

Johnny Football officially becomes Johnny Cleveland on Sunday. What sort of situation is he walking into?

December 8, 2014

Why Aren’t TCU and Baylor in the College Football Playoff?

Texas teams—and the Big 12—aren’t going to be competing for a National Championship.

December 5, 2014

The Last Hole

Goodbye to Glen Garden.

By Jeff Miller

November 24, 2014

Is Robert Griffin III The Next Vince Young?

The two iconic quarterbacks who played their college ball in Texas have a few things in common—not the least of which is the way that they've been treated by their coaches.

November 20, 2014

Is Texas A&M Really Trying to Duck UT in a Possible Bowl Game?

Talk of reprising the ol' A&M-Texas rivalry in a bowl game has led to reports that the Aggies might be avoiding the Longhorns in such a scenario.

November 13, 2014

The Star, the Dallas Cowboys’ New Facility in Frisco, Is Jerry Jones’s Latest Monument to His Team

Here's the shiniest new thing in Jones' collection of shiny new things.

November 12, 2014

Texas A&M Students Shouted Down a Westboro Baptist Church Demonstration With Yell Practice

The 101-year-old Aggie tradition found a new purpose on Monday morning.

November 10, 2014

Texas, Let’s Get to Know Flower Mound High School’s Lauren Cox, the Top Women’s Basketball Prospect in the Country

The six-foot-four junior has already made a fan of LeBron James.

November 7, 2014

Why You Should Root For Booker High School’s Football Team to Win the State Championship

Unless you’re an opponent, of course.

By Jeff Beckham

November 6, 2014

What’s The Matter With The Houston Texans?

With a new QB under center, the number-one overall pick in this year's draft on the mend, and the bye week coming, now is the time to examine why the Texans have been so underwhelming this season.

November 6, 2014

The UT-RGV Mascot Saga Ends with The Vaqueros and Apparently Nobody Is Happy

After an absurdly divisive process, the UT-RGV mascot debate has ended with an absurdly divisive name.

November 3, 2014

Could What Marshall Junior High Is Doing with Its Football Program Save the Game?

The existential threat to football comes from parents who are terrified of their children suffering from CTE in their thirties and forties. In the East Texas small city of Marshall, a coach is trying to mitigate that concern.

October 28, 2014

Colt McCoy Somehow Made a Triumphant Return to Texas Last Night, Much to the Cowboys’ Chagrin

The Cowboys fell to 6-2 in a loss that, to a lot of UT fans watching the game, still felt a little bit like a win.

October 23, 2014

Apparently Even Jerry Jones Didn’t Expect the Cowboys to Be Playoff Contenders this Season

If he did, he'd probably have reconsidered turning over his stadium to the NCAA for the college football championship when the Cowboys could still be hosting a home playoff game.

October 22, 2014

UT’s Football Program Is the Most Profitable in the Country. By a Lot.

You can make jokes about the team's 3-4 record, but $109 million in revenue has Texas football laughing all the way to the bank.

October 20, 2014

A&M Fans Went Through the Five Stages of Grief on Saturday

How else do you react to a 59-0 thumping?

October 17, 2014

Deion Sanders’ Palatial North Texas Estate Is For Auction Next Month

If you've got an eight-figure house-hunting budget and a need for a place with goalposts in the backyard, give it a look.

October 16, 2014

Everything Is Looking Pretty Rosy for the Cowboys*

*Except the shoplifting running backs, declining national popularity, opponents preparing for Ebola, etc.

October 10, 2014

Why Are the 4-1 Cowboys a Nine-Point Underdog Against the 3-1 Seahawks on Sunday?

Are the 2014 Dallas Cowboys for real?

October 9, 2014

BEARS AND FROGS, OH MY!

Seven reasons why the TCU-Baylor rivalry is the state's best.

September 29, 2014

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Met with Charlie Strong in Austin to Talk “Core Values” this Weekend

As the NFL attempts to clean up its image, the first college coach they met with was the no-nonsense new head of the Longhorns.

September 25, 2014

Hindsight is +20: Looking Ahead (and Back) at College Football’s Early Gambling Lines (UPDATE)

Last year, Baylor was an eight-point underdog against the University of Texas prior to the season. Which lines will completely change this year?

September 21, 2014

Tommy Maddox’s Life After Football

The retired NFL quarterback from Hurst on being the comeback kid.

By DW Gibson

September 18, 2014

The Debate Over What The Mascot For The New UT-RGV Campus Is Getting Heated, Y’all

Residents and alumni hate all the suggestions, Valley cities are passing resolutions to call their neighbors out, and somehow "Bears" is still a viable option.

September 15, 2014

Why We Can’t Celebrate the Great Performances By the Cowboys and the Texans With a Clean Conscience

These days, no matter how much you love pro football, it's hard to like the NFL.

September 4, 2014

The Blind Boys of Summer

How a team of blind men and women from Austin became the champions of beep baseball.

By David Wanczyk

September 4, 2014

It’s Come to This. Greg Abbott and Wendy Davis Are Bickering About Favorite Football Teams

Yesterday, Davis told a radio station that she's a Cowboys fan, which led the Abbott campaign to call her a flip-flopper, in one of the sillier press releases of this campaign season.

September 3, 2014

Michael Sam Is A Dallas Cowboy*

*Practice squad member—which still makes Jerry Jones the most progressively-minded person in the NFL.

September 2, 2014

The Texas Quarterback Shuffle

Ryan Fitzpatrick's leash just got a whole lot shorter, Tony Romo's former backup just got a whole lot richer, and Texans fans who shudder the names "Schaub" and "Carr" just got a whole lot more reasons to laugh at the potential San Antonio Raiders.

August 25, 2014

What Do the Betting Odds Tell Us About the Cowboys and the Texans?

Spoiler: They tell us that the bookmakers think that the Cowboys are even less likely to be good than the Texans.

August 21, 2014

UT-RGV Has Narrowed Its Search For a New Mascot Down to the Final Ten Contenders

Let's break down the pros and cons to each of them.

August 20, 2014

The State’s Next Heisman Winner?

A conversation with quarterback Bryce Petty of the defending Big 12 champion Baylor Bears.

August 13, 2014

Clear Eyes, Full Wallets

Say what you want about their crumbling $60 million high school stadium. The people of Allen would build it all over again.

August 11, 2014

How Psyched Are You About the Ryan Fitzpatrick Era, Texans Fans?

The middling journeyman quarterback made his preseason debut over the weekend, earning a 19.2 quarterback rating in limited action.

August 6, 2014

Charlie Strong Knows What You’re Thinking

And the Longhorns head football coach is ready to get out there and play ball.

August 6, 2014

Can Steve Patterson Fill This Stadium?

It was just last year—amid spectacular losses and dramatic resignations—that the University of Texas saw its sports program go up in flames. As the new athletics director knows, a return to glory now rides on one person: him.

By S. C. Gwynne

July 30, 2014

The Oakland Raiders Are in Talks to Move to San Antonio

So what does that actually mean?

July 11, 2014

Will Andre Johnson Be a Texan Next Year?

The long-suffering wide receiver wants the chance to earn a championship while he can still play at a high level—and he's not sure that opportunity will come in Houston.

July 9, 2014

12 Ways to #VoteKeuchel

Houston Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel is one of five American League players vying for the last spot in the All-Star Game. And for six hours on Thursday, all tweets count as votes.