The alum of Houston’s Stratford High School suffered criticism for his decision to call it quits, but players like Cowboys legend Troy Aikman have got his back.
She welded wings onto airplanes in World War II, visited Soviet Russia to argue about airplanes, and modeled for a Lawrence Welk-affiliated clothing shop—but the most talked-about moment in her life was the day twenty years ago that Troy Aikman knocked on her door by mistake.
Die-hard fans of America’s Team are debating that very question as we speak—and also wondering if the kid from Wisconsin with the buxom distraction can take them to the Super Bowl any faster than, say, Gary Hogeboom did.
How Jim Wright schoozes, George Foreman bruises, ZZ Top trims, and Janet Evans swims, plus the straight skinny on everything else from nearly fifty other Texas celebrities.
Evan Smith is the cofounder of the Texas Tribune, a senior adviser at Emerson Collective, and the former editor in chief and president of Texas Monthly.
All-American TroyTHANK YOU, SKIP HOLLANDSWORTH, for showing who Troy Aikman really is: a fierce competitor, a team player, and most of all, a human being [“The Real Troy Aikman,” December 1998]. What he has done on and off the field has made him the best quarterback in the NFL
