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June 15, 2021
Simone Biles’s NFL Safety Boyfriend: “I Didn’t Know Who She Was”
The Houston Texans’ Jonathan Owens on falling for the Olympic gymnast during the pandemic and watching her compete in person for the first time.
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Vital analysis and news unpacking the world of Texas sports
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June 14, 2021
No Joy at Minute Maid Park
Lingering anger over the Houston Astros cheating scandal has turned a day at the ballpark into a powder keg of fan misbehavior.
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June 8, 2021
New Book Shows Astros Kept Cheating After 2018
In ‘Cheated,’ Andy Martino reports that Houston’s sign-stealing scheme continued through the 2019 MLB playoffs.
Sports
June 4, 2021
For Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys, Hope Springs Eternal
And for the state's other NFL franchise, the Houston Texans, hope looks like the AFC South basement and a prolonged rebuild.
Sports
June 1, 2021
East Texas’s John Wooten on His NFL Career and Social Activism, From 1967 to Today
Fifty-four years ago this week, the offensive lineman stood shoulder to shoulder with Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali at the historic Cleveland Summit.
Sports
May 28, 2021
Houston’s Most Fireworks-Prone Lawyers Face Off in the Deshaun Watson Cases
Tony Buzbee, who is representing the plaintiffs, and Rusty Hardin, who is defending the Texans quarterback, are trying to navigate deftly in the #MeToo era.
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Mimi Swartz
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May 26, 2021
Luka Dončić and Dirk Nowitzki Had a Moment Last Night
A photo of the Mavs' past and present superstars during Dallas's win over the L.A. Clippers captured an NBA passing of the torch.
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Dan Solomon
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May 25, 2021
Is Texas Ready for a Third MLB Franchise?
With the league eyeing expansion, the stars could be aligning for big-league baseball to set up shop between Austin and San Antonio.
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May 21, 2021
How the Dallas Stars Went From the Stanley Cup Final to Missing the Playoffs
COVID-19, injuries, and the winter storms made it a bumpy season—with far too many overtime losses. Will the Stars be back in 2022?
Best Thing In Texas
May 18, 2021
Eat ’Em Up, Kats! Sam Houston Wins First Football Championship
The Bearkats are the state’s first FCS winner since the tournament began, and its first NCAA Division I champ since the University of Texas in 2005.
Sports
May 14, 2021
In the WNBA’s Early Days, Houston’s Comets Came Around Every Year
As the WNBA begins its twenty-fifth season, the league’s first dynasty still resonates in Texas and throughout the world of women’s basketball.
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May 13, 2021
Meet the Team of South Korean Pro Gamers Who Moved to Dallas to Play ‘Overwatch’
Scarfing team meals, exploring Carrollton's K-town, training nonstop, and speaking out to #StopAsianHate with the Dallas Fuel.
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May 7, 2021
Why Team Canada’s Under-18 Hockey Coach Can’t Seem to Quit Texas
From the Dallas Stars to the Houston Aeros to this week's world title with Team Canada, the Toronto native can't quit our state.
Sports
May 4, 2021
From a Private Harris County High School, Three Players Appear to Be NFL-Bound
From 1983 to 2020, Houston’s Episcopal High School produced just two NFL players. In 2021, Jaylen Waddle, Walker Little, and Marvin Wilson are all on their way to NFL careers.
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April 30, 2021
Texas’s Biggest College Football Game of the Season Is Sunday in Huntsville
The Sam Houston Bearkats are hosting the defending FCS champions from North Dakota State in the national quarterfinals.
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April 29, 2021
Is That a Rejected Pixar Character on a Three-Day Bender? No, It’s Mavrello, the Dallas Mavericks’ New Mascot!
Meet Mavrello, the NBA franchise's latest attempt to engage Gen Z fans and inspire a million memes along the way.
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Dan Solomon
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April 29, 2021
A New Sports History Book Shows How Texas Athletes Have Always Fought for Equality
In ‘The Sports Revolution,’ Frank Guridy revisits the 1960s and ’70s, when Black, Latino, and female athletes pushed for change.
Sports
April 29, 2021
Where Did All the NFL Draft Prospects From Texas Schools Go?
With only TCU's Trevon Moehrig projected to go in the first round, Thursday's draft won't bring much home-state pride to fans.
Sports
April 26, 2021
Kim Mulkey Made Texas Fall in Love With Women’s College Hoops
After 21 years in Waco, the coach who led Baylor to three NCAA titles is headed to her home state of Louisiana to take over at LSU.
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April 23, 2021
“You Can’t Fake the Real”
An interview with the outgoing Longhorns quarterback touches on playing through the pandemic and learning to be vulnerable with teammates.
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Dan Solomon
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April 19, 2021
The Dallas Cowboys NFL Draft Mantra: ‘Jerry Is Going to Get it Right This Year …’
It's a tradition unlike any other: rookies, free-agent signings, and convincing football fans their team is on the upswing.
Sports
April 13, 2021
Texas Amateurs Shake Off Ring Rust at USA Boxing National Championships
El Paso’s Kayla Gomez and Houston’s Jarvis Winn returned to the ring after COVID-19 upended amateur boxing for nearly all of last year.
Sports
April 12, 2021
Hey, Astros: Get Ready for a Full Season of Raining Trash Cans and “Houston Asterisks” Signs
From tossing trash cans to renaming the Astros the “Houston Asterisks,” baseball fans won’t let Houston forget the 2017 cheating scandal.
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April 8, 2021
Look at How Many Fishy Crackers Boban Can Hold in His Hand
The cracker company’s new promotion determined that the 7’4” NBA player can hold 301 Goldfish in one handful.
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Dan Solomon
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April 7, 2021
A Player on Scott Drew’s First Baylor Team Watches the Bears Win It All
Matt Sayman reflects on Baylor’s challenging 2003–04 season, and how it helped lead to the school’s NCAA Championship win Monday night.
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April 6, 2021
Texas’s Best (and Weirdest) Minor League Baseball Team Names, Ranked
We salute the Sugar Land Lightning Sloths, the Amarillo Sod Poodles, and their compatriots.
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Dan Solomon
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Sports
April 5, 2021
Chris Beard Could Have Had a Statue in Lubbock, but He Chose UT Instead
Leaving a near-perfect situation at Texas Tech is an enormous risk for the once-beloved basketball coach, but Beard just might be good enough to succeed where other Longhorns coaches fell short.
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April 2, 2021
Behind the Scenes of UT’s ‘The Eyes of Texas’ Controversy
In interviews with dozens of football coaches, athletic department officials, university administrators, and current and former Longhorn players, we found that the athletes were largely left to navigate the turmoil by themselves.
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April 1, 2021
Sports Media Is Blowing the Coverage of Deshaun Watson
From local papers to national NFL media, reporting on the allegations against Watson reads like something from another generation.
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Dan Solomon
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April 1, 2021
Can New GM Chris Young Steer the Texas Rangers Back to the MLB Playoffs?
It's Opening Day, and the 6'10" journeyman pitcher and former Ranger has a tall task ahead of him as general manager.
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April 1, 2021
“I Pray for Them to Lose”
Why some El Pasoans root for every Texas basketball team that isn’t UTEP to lose during March Madness.
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March 25, 2021
“Some People Didn’t See This as a Championship Program”
Inside the University of Houston's basketball rebuild, as coach Kelvin Sampson and the Cougars prepare to face Syracuse in the Sweet 16.
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March 25, 2021
Simone Biles on the Tokyo Olympics and the Outrageously Difficult Vault She Might Try There
She’s been practicing a Yurchenko double pike—a technique no woman has ever landed in competition.
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March 23, 2021
2021 March Madness: Can Three Texas Teams Make the Women’s Final Four?
Texas, Texas A&M, and Baylor are still alive—and in separate regions—with a chance to make the national semifinals in San Antonio.
Sports
March 19, 2021
Meet All Seven Texas Teams in the 2021 Men’s NCAA Tournament
Can Baylor beat Gonzaga? Can UT or Houston make the Final Four? Will Abilene Christian or North Texas spring an upset?
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March 15, 2021
Scott Drew Has Baylor Poised to Make Its First Final Four Since 1950
Despite Friday's loss to Oklahoma State, the Bears are still arguably the most experienced, versatile, and battle-tested team in the nation.
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March 12, 2021
Believe It or Not, It’s Still College Football Season in Texas
FCS is the underdog division you should be following. Here's a handy guide.
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March 12, 2021
How Austin FC Became Texas’s Most Popular Soccer Team—Before Ever Playing a Match
Sports fans in the capital city have long clamored for a pro team. Savvy marketing helped too.
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March 10, 2021
The Texas Rangers Plan to Fill Their Stadium, Pandemic Be Damned
The team finished in last place in front of cardboard fans in 2020, but it’s the first in American pro sports to reopen to full capacity.
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Dan Solomon
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Sports
March 7, 2021
A University of Texas Report Will Find That ‘The Eyes of Texas’ Has “No Racist Intent”
Texas Monthly has learned that the report, to be released Tuesday morning, attempts to offer a nuanced history of the school’s alma mater, which some have criticized for its origins in a minstrel show.
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February 3, 2021
Who Had the Better College Football Career, Sam Ehlinger or Kellen Mond?
The next time we’ll see the Longhorn and Aggie quarterbacks is at the NFL draft. How will fans remember them?
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January 29, 2021
The Texans’ New Head Coach Deserves Better Than the Mess He’ll Inherit
David Culley’s arrival should inspire hope; instead, with a Deshaun Watson trade looming, there is no such thing as good news in Houston.
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January 26, 2021
The Heck With Football, Texas Is a College Basketball State Now
With powerhouse teams in men’s and women’s hoops, maybe basketball is no longer just a way to pass time between fall and spring football.
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January 21, 2021
Nobody Mattered to the Houston Astros Quite Like George Springer Did
The All-Star outfielder is headed to Toronto, and however the team tries to replace his production on the field, they won’t be able to replace Springer’s presence.
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January 20, 2021
Broken Pelvises, Collapsed Lungs, and Decades of Winning: Barrel Racing’s Martha Josey Has Seen It All
Karnack’s “Queen of Sequins” brought style, success, and unprecedented longevity to her legendary rodeo career.
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January 13, 2021
Houston Is America’s Saddest Sports City, Part Infinity
The curse of Houston is a curse of management, which makes it the saddest of all.
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Dan Solomon
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January 12, 2021
The Houston Texans Can’t Afford to Squander Another Year of Deshaun Watson’s Career
Maybe Deshaun Watson has had enough of the Houston Texans. Enough losing, enough playoff meltdowns, enough dumb trades, enough physical beatdowns. Maybe it’s as simple as that.He may see J.J. Watt as a cautionary tale, a great player who wasted his best years on losing teams, and Watson doesn’t want
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January 7, 2021
Texas’s Newest Wrestling Venture Elevates Women Inside the Ring and Behind the Scenes
“We can sell. And we need to be respected.”
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January 7, 2021
What Was the Point of UT Hiring Steve Sarkisian to Replace Head Football Coach Tom Herman?
Six questions to ponder about the Longhorns' coaching switcheroo, while we wait for Sarkisian to arrive in Austin.
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January 5, 2021
The Texans Can Go Ahead and Retire J.J. Watt’s Number Now
The superstar defensive end has probably played his last game for the Houston Texans. They should remember him properly.
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Dan Solomon
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