Sports
August 31, 1995
Texas Twenty: Ben Crenshaw
Back in the swing.
Sports
Vital analysis and news unpacking the world of Texas sports
Sports
May 31, 1995
Of Mats and Men
At the 1995 state high school wrestling championships, pinning wasn’t everything. It was the only thing.
Sports
May 31, 1995
Big Wheel
Once he raced cars; now he builds them. Even at 72, it seems, Carroll Shelby can’t slow down.
Sports
March 1, 1995
Rudy Awakening
As Houston Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovich is discovering, it's one thing to win the MBA title—and quite another to play like champions.
Sports
February 1, 1995
Big
In heavyweight boxing—and in the glare of media lights—it helps to be larger than life. Ask George Foreman, 1994’s comeback kid.
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Jan Reid
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Sports
September 1, 1994
Hakeem Olajuwon
All-star, MVP, and now champion.
Sports
August 31, 1994
A Good Sport
By all rights, Oilers coach Jack Pardee should be the most respected Texan in football. Instead, his days may be numbered.
By
Jan Reid
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Sports
July 31, 1994
Empty Cup
To Dallas, the World Cup meant gearing up for riots, a crime wave, and—of course—real football.
Sports
May 31, 1994
Vain Glory
Jerry Jones may have the biggest ego in football, but don’t bet against him. Even without Jimmy Johnson, he still has the best team.
Sports
April 30, 1994
Seasons to Remember
The end of the Southwest Conference was predictable, but for eighty years it gave Texas fans a brand of football that was anything but.
Sports
April 1, 1994
Once Upon a Green
Carrying someone else’s golf bag used to be the best way to learn about the game. Now caddying is a lost art.
Sports
February 1, 1994
The Crying Game
When Houston’s pro sports teams collapse late in the season—as they may do this year—faithful fans like me are never surprised. We’ve almost come to expect it.
Sports
December 1, 1993
The Old Man And the Tee
How 89-year-old Harvey Penick turned life’s lessons into a best-selling book—and followed it up with another master stroke.
Sports
November 1, 1993
Belle of the Balls
By speaking softly and carrying a custom made stick, san Antonio’s Vivian villarreal is breaking pro pool’s gender barrier.
Sports
April 30, 1993
Linksmanship
Far away from the crowded urban courses, there’s an older, saner game. Welcome to the pleasures of nine-hole golf and sand greens.
Sports
September 30, 1992
A Yen to Golf
Can the desire to win transform Japan’s gung ho golfers into pros?
Sports
August 31, 1992
The Hungriest Coach
Three years after he replaced Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson is giving Dallas Cowboys fans something to cheer about—and his critics are eating their words.
Sports
July 31, 1992
The Puffy Taco
HIS HEAD IS A TOMATO CHUNK. HIS tortilla shell is surprisingly furry. His feet look like jalapeño peppers. And when kids tackle him during the sixth-inning footrace at the San Antonio Missions’ home games at V. J. Keefe Field, they sometimes send his shredded lettuce and grated cheese flying. What’s
Sports
June 30, 1992
Gold Star
One of the state’s strongest contenders for a gold medal at the Summer Olympics will be San Marcos high jumper Charles Austin. That’s assuming that the 24-year-old Austin, the reigning world champion in the high jump, makes the team at the Olympic trials in late June. He is one of
Sports
March 1, 1992
Rodeo, Texas, U.S.A.
Rodeo, rodeo, wherefore art thou rodeo? Mary Ellen Mark went to small towns all over Texas to find out.
Sports
February 1, 1992
Rubén, Rubén
The Texas Rangers have been thinking: Can they afford to keep Rubén Sierra, their best player ever?
Sports
February 1, 1992
Shock Jock
Whether on the field or on the tube, Steve McMichael’s roughhousing grabs fans.
Sports
February 1, 1992
Border Brawlers
Quick: Name the Laredo brothers who were world bantamweight champs at the same time.
Sports
December 1, 1991
“I Have Made Their Lives Miserable”
Young girls who want to win an Olympic gymnastics medal have to pay the price, and Bela Karolyi makes sure that they don’t get off cheap.
Sports
November 1, 1991
Bummin’ Around
The most satisfying part of being a Houston Oilers fan isn’t their record this season or quarterback Warren Moon’s command of the run-and-shoot offense or the way the home crowds get so worked up that they threaten to blow the roof off the Astrodome. No, it’s that distinctive drawl on
Sports
September 30, 1991
Unsung Hero
Austin’s Kevin Schwantz is one of the world’s most famous and highest-paid athletes, and no one in Texas knows who he is.
Sports
August 31, 1991
New Ball Game
Introducing the Wild West Conference, the ideal league for Longhorn and Aggie football.
Business
August 31, 1991
Sales Pitcher
Whenever sports–souvenir companies look at Rangers ace Nolan Ryan, they see dollar signs.
Art
July 31, 1991
Earl Campbell on Mount Bonnell, Austin
Photograph by Michael O’BrienMichael O’Brien put the legendary Heisman trophy winner on the highest available pedestal for this shot. Campbell joins the trio of other famous Texans —Nolan Ryan, George Strait, and former Miss USA Gretchen Polhemus—who have posed looking spiffy for Wrangler’s “Western originals” advertising campaign, created by
Sports
July 31, 1991
Getting My Kicks
How I learned that the toughest job in sports is umpiring girls’ kickball.
Sports
May 31, 1991
The Real Deal vs. The Real Meal
Boxing caught its second wind when George Foreman went the distance with the champ, Evander Holyfield.
Sports
May 1, 1991
Armed and Considered Dangerous
The only thing scarier than facing a great pitcher is facing a hothead like Roger Clemens.
By
Jan Reid
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Sports
April 30, 1991
Hall of Fame
With racing legend Jim Hall back on the fast track, Texas is primed for the Indy 500.
Arts & Entertainment
April 30, 1991
The Cheerleader Murder Plot
To understand Wanda Holloway’s dark and desperate story, you have to start with where she came from.
By
Mimi Swartz
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Sports
December 1, 1990
Mr. March
By running-and-gunning down opponents in the NCAA tournament, Tom Penders has jump-started UT basketball.
Sports
October 1, 1990
To the Brilliant Victor
Southwest Conference trophies, commemorating long-forgotten triumphs, are still winners.
Sports
November 1, 1989
Hotter’n Hell
Cycling a hundred miles is a hard enough way to spend a Saturday. It’s even harder in Wichita Falls in August.
Sports
November 1, 1989
Can’t Win for Losing
When San Antonio’s Memorial Minutemen took on a crosstown rival, all they had to lose was their chance to go down in history as Texas’ worst high school football team.
Sports
September 30, 1989
Texas Primer: The Herkie Jump
Three cheers for Lawrence Herkimer and his leap to fame.
Sports
May 1, 1989
The World’s Greatest Poker Player
Johnny Chan became a champion through nerve and dedication—and every now and then a few good hands.
Sports
March 1, 1989
The Boys of Spring
You probably think that the main reason to go to the Texas Rangers’ Florida training camp is to watch baseball. You’re probably wrong.
Sports
January 1, 1989
Two-Point Conversion
The question wasn’t whether my son was tough enough to play high school football. It was whether I was tough enough to watch him do it.
Sports
December 1, 1988
Kick ‘Em Back! Kick ‘Em Back! Waaay Back!
SMU’s fall socer season had cheerleaders; it had a band; it had pom-pom girls. What it didn’t have was excitement.
Sports
November 1, 1988
Mojo Madness
The Permian Panthers provide the best entertainment between Dallas and El Paso, and nobody enjoys the show more than Jerry Swindall.
Sports
September 30, 1988
Texas Primer: Football Hand Signals
From “Hook ‘em, Horns” to “Peck ‘em, Owls,” the Southwest Conference is football’s most hospitable habitat for hand jive.
Sports
September 1, 1988
Football? What’s the Big Deal?
As much as I hated playing football, I hate watching it more.
Sports
June 1, 1988
Hope and Glory
A salute to Texas athletes trying young: seven hearts set on the Summer Olympics.
Sports
January 1, 1988
Texas Primer: The Cotton Bowl
The ghosts of bowl games past recall an era when cotton and the Cotton Bowl were king in Texas.
Sports
November 1, 1987
Spur of the Moment
San Antonio put a full-court press on basketball superstar David Robinson in hopes that he wouldn’t forget the Alamo City.
Sports
October 1, 1987
The World According to Coach
Never say Kant, Socrates it to ’em, and other collected wisdom from Texas’ Friday-night philosophers.