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January 21, 2013
Johnny Football’s Going to Win Heisman
Update: The Stiff Arm Trophy website calls it for the Texas A&M QB, its earliest ever projection. The Tyler/Kerrville native will take the home the Heisman Trophy Saturday.
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January 21, 2013
Book ’Em Horns: Get Ready for Finals Edition
The newest, drunkest crimes from Campus Watch, the University of Texas police department's blotter.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Raider Red: The Best Mascot in the Country?
Guns up! Texas Tech's red-headed Yosemite Sam-doppelganger is one step away from winning the Capitol One Mascot Challenge. And he's joined the “Gangnam Style” craze.
Sports
January 21, 2013
VIDEO: Kerrville High Schooler’s Illicit Johnny Football Haircut
Rob the Original, San Antonio’s infamous hair artist, strikes again, paying tribute to Texas A&M star quarterback Johnny Manziel on the scalp of Kerrville teen Christian Chavez.
Sports
January 21, 2013
The Houston Dynamo for Dummies
An abbreviated primer on the most successful sports franchise in Texas this side of the Spurs. (Update: the Dynamo lost to the LA Galaxy, 3-1, in the 2012 MLS Cup Final.)
Sports
January 21, 2013
Why the Cowboys Should Go Socialist
Hey Jerry, want to win another Super Bowl? Sell the team to its own fans a la Green Bay Packers, says Dallas Cowboys author Joe Nick Patoski.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Meet Johnny Football
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel finally speaks, UT-TCU, the Cotton Bowl, UTSA-Texas State and other highlights from the college football week that was.
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January 21, 2013
Hamilton Wins U.S. Grand Prix; U.S. Grand Prix Wins Over Austin
Formula 1 stakes its claim to join SXSW, ACL, and UT football in the Austin event pantheon.
Sports
January 21, 2013
The Anxieties of Royce White
AWOL Houston Rockets rookie Royce White, who suffers from generalized anxiety disorder, is at odds with the team over how to best manage his illness.
Sports
January 21, 2013
10 Things to Know About Formula 1
Vroom-vroom! Austin becomes an alternate universe this weekend, as the United States Grand Prix debuts.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Six World Records Set in Texas…and Four More That Need to Be
World's biggest Frito pie? Check. Most consecutive back handsprings? Got it. Largest pecan pie? Indeed. But when it comes to some truly important Guinness records, Texas is playing second enchilada.
Sports
January 21, 2013
DKR Honored by Willie, Mack Brown
Texas and the University of Texas said goodbye to Longhorns coaching legend Darrell K. Royal at a public memorial service at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Book ’Em Horns: November Edition
The latest, greatest crimes from Campus Watch, the University of Texas police department's blotter.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Will Mike Leach Walk the Plank in Pullman?
The Pac-12 Conference is investigating charges of abusive player treatment made against the former Texas Tech and current Washington State coach. Leach denies the allegations.
Sports
January 21, 2013
The Aggies’ Stunning Win Dominated College Football News
The Aggies own the college football weekend, upsetting top-ranked Alabama. Plus: UT's DKR tribute, Tommy Tuberville's ill temper, and the latest UT-A&M conspiracy theory.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Tim Duncan Gives Fan the Finger
The Spurs forward expresses his profane displeasure with a stalker fan at CVS in typically low-key fashion.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Darrell K. Royal, 1924-2012
The best college football coach the state has ever seen died early Wednesday morning at the age of 88. Memories & tributes from the Texas Monthly archives and around the state and country.
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January 21, 2013
Billion Dollar Battle of the Twitter Twerps
Mark Cuban and Donald Trump go at it on Twitter.
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January 21, 2013
New Astros Logo a Blast From the Past?
Rumors have been swirling about the new Astros logo, set to be officially revealed tomorrow. Here's a look at the team's style through the years
Sports
January 21, 2013
Lance Armstrong To Be Burned In Effigy
The disgraced cyclist will be "honored" Saturday by the English town of Edenbridge, which famously picks a celebrity villain each year for its "Bonfire Night" celebration.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Mack Brown Doesn’t Like the Longhorn Network Either
"I didn't ask for it," the UT football coach said before adding that the ESPN channel gives opposing coaches too much information on his football program.
Arts & Entertainment
January 21, 2013
Lance Armstrong’s Image Blows Another Tire
On the same day Armstrong stepped down as chairman of Livestrong, Nike ended its relationship with the cyclist.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Beyoncé to Perform at Super Bowl XLVII
The superstar is playing the halftime show at the Super Bowl this season, and Reliant Stadium is one of two contenders to put on the game again in 2017. All that's missing now? The Texans.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Mack Brown: I’m Not Going Anywhere
Saturday's loss to Oklahoma had nearly every columnist in Texas speculating about the Longhorns football coach's future, but he dismissed such talk this afternoon.
Sports
January 21, 2013
NCAA Smacks Texas Southern With Five Years Probation
And as a "double repeat violator" going back two decades, the Tigers may be considered the most lawless college sports program since SMU.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Book ’Em Horns, Take Two
With OU weekend and another Longhorns home game now behind us (sigh), it's time to check in once again with Campus Watch, the University of Texas police department's blotter.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Aggies Up, Longhorns Down?
UT may still have the better team, but Texas A&M is doing better than expected in the SEC.
Sports
January 21, 2013
UT and A&M Resume Hostilities This Weekend
If you thought the rivalry between the University of Texas and Texas A&M was currently on ice, you are correct. Tonight in College Station, the two schools face off in, you guessed it, hockey.
Sports
January 21, 2013
No Wins, No Glory Hole
Cowboys fan and Grantland writer Bryan Curtis ponders Jerry Jones as the contemporary version of the Texas oilman while wondering if the team will ever hit a gusher.
January 21, 2013
Jerry’s Secret? Cowboys Stadium Goes “PINK”
Give me a W! Give me a T! Give me an F! The Dallas Cowboys become the first National Football League team to have its very own in-stadium Victoria's Secret PINK boutique.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Ten Things to Know About New Astros Manager Bo Porter
Who is the man who will take the Astros into the American League era?
Sports
January 21, 2013
New York Can Keep Martellus Bennett
The irrrepressible but often disappointing Katy native, Aggie, and former Dallas Cowboy, feels more at home as a New Yorker and a member of the New York Giants.
Sports
January 21, 2013
You Can’t Go Home Again?
The rise and rise and fall and fall of former UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Texas Tech basketball coach Billy Gillispie.
Sports
January 21, 2013
How ’Bout Them Cowboys?!
The ones at Cowboys.com, that is. A URL the Dallas Cowboys failed to buy is now a "an online dating community for men who enjoy the same country living lifestyle."
Sports
January 21, 2013
Call Lance Armstrong Maybe?
Did Lance Armstrong accidentally give his phone number to his 3.7 million-plus Twitter followers? No. Which only makes his mystery-tweet more puzzling.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Book ’Em Horns
Highlights from two football weekend's worth of UT Campus Watch, the University of Texas police department's blotter.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Will He or Won’t He?
Roger Clemens says won't be pitching for the Astros, but owner Jim Crane won't let the rumors die.
Sports
January 21, 2013
A&M Billboard Near Austin Gets a UT Makeover
The rivalry continues off the field: A "This is SEC Country" billboard in North Austin was defaced with University of Texas colors over the weekend.
Sports
January 21, 2013
A&M and Texas State Make History While Losing
The universities both lost big games, but they celebrated new football eras.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Old Navy Gives the Houston Texans Its First Championship
Old Navy confused the Houston Texans with the American Football League-era Houston Oilers, proclaiming the team to be the "1961 AFC Champions."
Sports
January 21, 2013
Andy Roddick Gracefully Exits Competitive Tennis
The Austin resident announced at a surprise press conference that this year's U.S. Open would be his last tournament.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Lance Assistant Tells All in ‘Outside’
Armstrong's former assistant Mike Anderson recounts his two years with the cyclist, whom he characterizes as a man frequently motivated by "a combination of self-interest and spite."
Sports
January 21, 2013
UTEP Prez Says Miners Can Take Oklahoma
At last weeks UT system Board of Regents meeting, University of Texas at El Paso president Diana Natalicio told UT-Austin president Bill Powers that the Miners plan to soften up OU on Saturday.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Jerry Jones Will Rap For Pizza
A new Papa John's commercial reveals that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is every bit as good at rapping as he is at being an NFL general manager.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Call It a Comeback
Five reasons why Roger Clemens should pitch for the Houston Astros this year.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Lance Armstrong Stops Fighting Doping Charges
The seven-time Tour de France champion and Austinite, facing a lifetime ban from cycling, will be stripped of his titles.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Carthage to Boast Largest High School Stadium Jumbotron
Carthage ISD is putting the finishing touches on a $750,000 scoreboard for its high school stadium, complete with a record-setting 1,200-square-foot video screen.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Texas Olympians in London: A Recap
Texan Olympians brought home some 26 medals from the 2012 London Games.
Sports
January 21, 2013
You Can Stop Tweeting About Destinee Hooker’s Name Now
The San Antonio-native's star performance for the silver medal-winning U.S. Olympics volleyball team was accompanied by two weeks of cheap Twitter jokes.
Sports
January 21, 2013
The Astros’ Season, Summed Up in 21 Seconds
How much can go wrong trying to field a single bunt? Earlier this week against the Nationals, your 36-77 "Lastros" put on quite the (gong) show.