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June 27, 2014
Should the Rockets, Spurs, or Mavericks Sign LeBron James?
Who's that? Just kidding.
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June 24, 2014
Tim Duncan Is Going To Be A Spur Again Next Year
Well, he's a Spur for life, but reports are that he'll exercise the final year option on his contract and be a uniform-wearing, on-court, potential-championship-winning member for the 2015 season.
The Daily Post
June 20, 2014
The NFL-Style Developmental Football League Launching This Fall Will Base Its Texas Team in Austin
Or maybe Cedar Park, or Round Rock—there are still a few TBD's for the just-announced team.
The Daily Post
June 17, 2014
Austin and El Paso Would Both Like to Have Major League Soccer Teams
World Cup fever is spreading!
Sports
June 16, 2014
Spurs Spurs Spurs Spurs Spurs
Spurs!
Sports
June 16, 2014
The Lost Days of El Texano
The rise and fall of David Renk, one of the few Americans to become a matador.
Sports
June 10, 2014
Mack Brown’s Resignation Impacted at Least 103 Coaching Jobs Around the Country
That's at 47 colleges, 4 NFL teams, and 2 high schools, according to some exhaustive reporting from ESPN. What, no CFL?
Sports
June 10, 2014
Subterranean Homesick Briles
Not only has Art Briles made Baylor’s football program successful, he’s made it hip.
Sports
June 9, 2014
The Amazing Catch That Helped Send Texas Tech to the College Baseball World Series
The diving play of his life from Devon Conley preserved a 7th inning lead and, ultimately, a trip to Omaha.
Sports
June 6, 2014
Could The NFL Bring Football To San Antonio?
ESPN thinks the time is right for a developmental league for the NFL, and any list of prospective homes for that league's teams would have to include the Alamo City.
Sports
June 5, 2014
There Is an Epic Rap Song About Johnny Manziel and the Cleveland Browns Already
Just one?
Sports
June 5, 2014
How ’Bout Them Spurs?
Maybe it's because Tim Duncan is the anti-LeBron, but it's pretty clear that during this year's NBA Finals, San Antonio’s team is America’s Team.
Sports
June 4, 2014
The Gambling Odds Favor the Spurs
America loves the Spurs these days, but so do the offshore bookies that put their money where their love is.
Sports
May 22, 2014
San Antonio’s Campaign To Prove Charles Barkley Wrong Kind Of Reinforces Why What He Said Was Offensive
The problem with Barkley's statement wasn't that it ignored the young hotties, it's that he dismissed the city because there were women he wasn't attracted to there.
Sports
May 15, 2014
Get to Know the A&M Rookie Quarterback the Cowboys Have on Their Roster
Dustin Vaughan from West Texas A&M impressed the hell out of everybody with the viral hit YouTube video that showed off his skills.
Sports
May 15, 2014
Hell on Wheel
Only in Texas can you make football even rougher.
Sports
May 12, 2014
Michael Sam, Case McCoy, the Dallas Cowboys, and More From Saturday’s Agonizing Draft Day
It took until the final minutes of the 2014 NFL Draft for Michael Sam—the Texas native who, as the first openly gay player to attempt to enter the NFL, made history this weekend—to hear his name called. The league, and a few prominent football players, have some growing up to
Sports
May 9, 2014
Bloodless Sport
Every year, some of Mexico’s very best matadors travel to a remote South Texas bullring—one of the few in this country—for no-kill fights. Their pageantry draws spectators by the busload.
Sports
May 9, 2014
The Best Quarterback on the Board For the Texans in the Second Round of the Draft Is David Carr’s Little Brother
How psyched are you right now, Texans fans?
Sports
May 9, 2014
The Eyes of East Texas Are Upon Him
UT fans meet Charlie Strong.
Sports
May 8, 2014
Player Notes: Sanya Richards Ross
The Olympic gold medalist tells us about her sports-watching—and playing—habits in a new recurring feature.
Sports
May 7, 2014
What Does The Draft Have In Store For Johnny Football And The Houston Texans?
The most intriguing quarterback prospect to come out of Texas in years has a big day ahead of him, and his local team has the very first pick.
The Daily Post
May 5, 2014
Dallas Has Big Plans If It Gets To Host The Olympics In 2024
And by "big plans," they mean, "better rent a car, international visitors."
Arts & Entertainment
April 29, 2014
Master Nelson Receives His Black Belt
Willie, who turns 81 today, proves that age is just a number.
Sports
April 29, 2014
A Certain Cyclist You Might Know Is Aiming For Some Public Image Redemption
A once-great, now-disgraced cyclist whose name we're not going to type here because you might still be sick of seeing it is in a video intended to go viral poking fun at his image. Is this part of a path to redemption?
Sports
April 28, 2014
Texas Three-Pointers FTW
All three Texas NBA teams had at least one game end with a massive three-point shot to steal the lead.
Sports
April 25, 2014
The Stars Are Bright
The Dallas hockey team is winning games—and thereby fans—again.
Sports
April 16, 2014
Houston ISD Is Spending $250,000 to Change Culturally Insensitive Mascot Names
Welcome the Wolf Pack, the, uh, Texans, and the... Huskies? That can't be right—wait, no, it's the Huskies.
Sports
April 14, 2014
Did the El Paso Chihuahuas Pull Off the Best Clubhouse Prank in Recent Memory?
Jeff Francoeur hit the first home run in El Paso Chihuahuas history earlier this month—but if it's up to his teammates, he'll go into the history books as "idiot."
Sports
April 11, 2014
Will Johnny Go Marching Home?
Can JFF save the Texans?
Politics & Policy
April 10, 2014
Squeeze Play
How Comcast SportsNet Houston could doom the Astros. A cautionary tale.
Sports
April 9, 2014
Diamonds Are Forever
Catch a day game, snag a foul ball, and yes, go for that third hot dog.
The Daily Post
April 8, 2014
Brittney Griner’s Memoir Drops Today
The former Waco basketball star now adds "author" to her list of impressive accomplishments.
Sports
April 4, 2014
A Tornado Snuck Up On The Frisco RoughRiders Baseball Game Last Night
Today in "wow, that's a crazy photo..."
The Daily Post
April 3, 2014
Texas Athletic Director Steve Patterson Is Cool With Abandoning The Three-Year-Rule For College Football Players To Enter The NFL
Patterson's desire to take the UT brand to China and Dubai may have grabbed the headlines, but the bigger deal could be that he's comfortable dropping the three-year-rule that requires college football players to wait to enter the NFL Draft.
Sports
March 31, 2014
It’s Opening Day, And San Antonio Got A Baseball Preview Over The Weekend
Spring is in the air, and baseball is on the diamond once again—though the final preseason games between the Rangers and the Astros took place in the musty confines of the Alamodome.
Sports
March 28, 2014
You Shall Know His Velocity
Tyler Kolek is a hard-throwing high school senior from Shepherd. And he just may be the first pick in the Major League Baseball amateur draft.
The Daily Post
March 24, 2014
Mark Cuban Thinks That The NFL Is Going To Implode
The Maverick NBA owner issued some cautionary words for the people who run America's most popular sports entertainment.
Sports
March 7, 2014
The Tire Blowout Will Be Televised
A Jumbotron Arms Race.
Sports
February 27, 2014
The Best Coach in Texas Works for SMU
Larry Brown on March Madness, Allen Iverson, and being an eyewear trendsetter.
Sports
February 20, 2014
This Minor League Basketball Team From the Valley Is Going to Transform the NBA
If there’s ever a tamal shortage in McAllen, it might be the Rio Grande Valley Vipers’ fault. The Houston Rockets’ minor league affiliate has always made a fair amount of three-point shots, so before the current season, local institution Delia’s Tamales sponsored a promotion: any time the Vipers hit
Sports
February 12, 2014
Not Just Semi-Opinionated
The legendary Dan Jenkins has been covering sports since the forties. Things have not improved.
Sports
February 10, 2014
Why Do Sports Fans Hate on Athletes So Much?
In the wake of the incident between Oklahoma State basketball star Marcus Smart and Texas Tech "superfan" Jeff Orr, the question of why fans spend half of their time idolizing athletes and the other half treating them like dirt is one worth asking.
Sports
February 10, 2014
Texas-Raised SEC Football Star Becomes the Biggest NFL Draft Story in Years by Coming Out
Michael Sam, the SEC's reigning defensive player of the year and sack leader went from promising prospect to Jackie Robinson overnight—a transition that says a few things worth saying about the places he came from.
The Daily Post
February 4, 2014
What Does It Mean that the Astrodome Has Been Added to the National Register of Historic Places?
It doesn't mean that they're not going to tear it down.
Sports
January 31, 2014
Could Austin Ever Host the Super Bowl?
Sports Illustrated thinks that Austin should be in the mix to host the game.
Sports
January 21, 2014
If NFL Fans Had a Problem With Richard Sherman, What Will They Think of Johnny Manziel?
Johnny Football, Future Role Model?
The Daily Post
January 14, 2014
Everything About the Arian Foster Lawsuit Is Pretty Terrible
Brittany Norwood, a twenty-year-old undergrad at the University of Houston who claims she is pregnant with the Texans' running back's baby, is taking him to court in pursuit of a restraining order and accusing him of pressuring her to have an abortion.
Sports
January 9, 2014
The Former Home of the Cowboys Could Be Your Future Home
That is, if the mixed-use development plans for the Texas Stadium site currently before the Irving City Council come to pass.
Sports
January 7, 2014
Jameis Winston’s Future Is in . . . Texas?
The Florida State quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner, and MVP of last night's BCS Championship Game has a standing offer from a team in Texas. But it's not what you think.