Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
Texas Football’s Greatest Rivalry Will Return—But at What Cost?
With the Texas Longhorns set to join the Southeastern Conference no later than in 2025, UT will play Texas A&M for the first time in more than a decade.
22 Articles
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
One of the Greatest Programs in Texas High School Football History Faces Its Final Season
With the city consolidating its school district, Wichita Falls High—and the six-time state champion Coyotes—will be no more.
Sports
June 13, 2022
At 88, Poker Legend Doyle Brunson Is Still Bluffing. Or Is He?
The Texas gambler has been winning at poker for seventy years—long enough to become an icon and watch an outlaw’s game become an industry.
Sports
February 10, 2022
Joe Burrow’s Clutch Legend Was Born in Texas
Before leading the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl, the former LSU quarterback arrived on the national scene by icing the Longhorns in 2019.
Sports
December 20, 2021
A Storybook Ending for Westlake Football Coach Todd Dodge’s Legendary Career
In his last game before retirement, Dodge led the Chaparrals to a third straight state championship with a win over Denton Guyer High School.
Sports
November 10, 2021
Westlake High School Football Coach Todd Dodge Might Be the Best Who Ever Did It
Good luck finding a Texan who’s lived a more complete football life than Westlake High School coach Todd Dodge. Now in his final season before retirement, the six-time state champion is looking to add one more trophy to his mantel.
Sports
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.
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.
Sports
July 28, 2020
Thirty Years Ago, UT Student Athletes Fought for Racial Justice
In 1990, Longhorn student athletes marched through campus united against racism. Their movement continues through players still calling for change today.
Sports
June 17, 2020
The Damning History Behind UT’s ‘The Eyes of Texas’ Song
Student athletes wrote a letter urging officials to change the tune, which was first performed in a minstrel show.
Books
October 21, 2019
Why Earl Campbell Matters
A new biography of ‘The Tyler Rose’ demonstrates that the legendary running back’s insistence that he wasn’t a transformative racial figure was too modest by half.
Sports
August 20, 2019
What This Lifelong Longhorns Fan Learned From the New Earl Campbell Biography
Asher Price’s book about the legendary UT running back is full of surprises.
Music
August 19, 2019
How Explosions in the Sky Became the Sound of Film and Television
Twenty years on, the band is Texas’s most subliminally recognizable export.
Border & Immigration
July 3, 2019
Q&A with a Texas Attorney on the Frontlines of Migrant Child Detention
“We’re definitely seeing a race to the bottom in terms of the dehumanization of immigrants,” the lawyer said.
News & Politics
June 11, 2019
‘Say Yes to the Scary’: The Best Advice From 2019’s Texas College Commencement Addresses
We watched a host of graduation speeches from the state’s hundreds of universities, and these are the ones we found most inspiring.
Sports
June 11, 2019
Tony Parker, Last of the San Antonio Spurs’ Dynastic Big Three, Is Retiring
Along with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, he brought unprecedented NBA success to the Alamo City.
Sports
November 30, 2018
This Could be the Most Important Texas-Oklahoma Game Ever
This is the first time since 1905 that the Longhorns and Sooners are meeting twice in a year. And it's going to be a big one.
Sports
July 18, 2018
We Hoped Kawhi Leonard Would Be the Next Tim Duncan. He Wasn’t.
Things aren’t so easy in San Antonio after all. Replacing a legend might just be the trickiest thing to pull off in all of sports.
Sports
May 29, 2018
Why the Rockets’ Failure to Launch Won’t Lead to a Course Correction
Three-pointers can send you to the championship. All you have to do is make them.
The Culture
May 24, 2018
Can the Rockets Repeat Game Four?
Yes, the game was miraculous. But that defensive burst might have depleted the Rockets' tank.
Sports
May 14, 2018
Gerald Green: The Houston Rockets’ Hometown Hero
The unlikely story of how, after years of bumpy starts, hometown hero Gerald Green made his way back to Houston.
Sports
April 24, 2018
James Harden Needs a Ring to Secure His Legacy
Forget MVP. Harden's future depends on how he fares in the playoffs.