Books
March 2, 2021
How Hank the Cowdog Made John R. Erickson the King of the Canine Canon
He wanted to become a serious literary novelist, like Faulkner or Hemingway. Fortunately for millions of Hank the Cowdog fans, he failed.
Cowboys
Music
September 6, 2019
How the ‘Yeehaw Agenda’ Disrupted Texas Country Culture for Good
An internet movement has democratized country ephemera through the eyes of black cowboys and cowgirls.
Sports
July 20, 2018
Is Terrell Owens Serious About a Comeback?
The upcoming Hall of Fame inductee thinks he still has something to offer on the field.
Sports
July 12, 2018
The Cowboys Need Earl Thomas Because Earl Thomas Loves Them So Much
The Longhorn great is one of the best safeties the NFL has ever seen—and he’s never played for the team he loves most.
Sports
June 5, 2018
Did The Cowboys Do Dez Bryant Dirty?
The receiver is still unsigned after being released by the team in April, and the Cowboys front office is pretending it doesn’t know why.
Sports
April 13, 2018
The Cowboys Cut Dez Bryant. Now What?
The wide receiver immediately becomes the biggest name on the free agent market.
Sports
February 28, 2018
Congrats, Dez Bryant, the NFL Rules Committee Finally Admits #DezCaughtIt
We all knew it. Now we're vindicated.
Sports
December 12, 2017
This is What Needs to Happen for the Cowboys to Make the Playoffs
2017 has been a disappointing year, but it’s not over for the ’Boys yet.
Film & TV
November 12, 2017
Don Meredith’s Son on His Upcoming Documentary ‘First Cowboys’
'First Cowboys' tells the story of how the Cowboys helped rebrand Dallas.
Sports
October 10, 2017
Let’s Admit That the Packers Are the Cowboys’ Top Rival Now
Historic rivalries in the NFC East may carry tradition, but no team has the Boys’ number like the Green Bay Packers.
Sports
September 29, 2017
Let Us Now Praise Tony Romo, The Best NFL Color Commentator
Who’d have thought that he would be this good at this already?…
Sports
August 23, 2017
Football Fan Advice From the Texanist
Being a good football fan means being able to find optimism no matter the circumstance.
The Open Range
June 20, 2016
So Long, Little Dogies
The great trail drives head for the last roundup.
Critters
May 22, 2015
Cowboy Family Rescues Horses in Raging Flood, Proves Cowboys Still Exist
When torrential storms brought raging flood waters to their ranch in Eastland, the Barrett family took to the muddy waters to rescue their prized horses.
Sports
January 12, 2015
#JeSuisDez, Marinelli Moving on, and Other Notes From the Last Cowboys Game of the 2014 Season
So much for that, then.
Books
October 13, 2014
Small in the Saddle
Larry McMurtry, Bill Wittliff, and Jeff Guinn turn to familiar turf—the Old West—to challenge old-school readers.
Sports
February 12, 2014
Not Just Semi-Opinionated
The legendary Dan Jenkins has been covering sports since the forties. Things have not improved.
Sports
October 7, 2013
Houston And Cowboys Both Lose Because Of Interceptions, Twitter Freaks Out
What do a career day for Tony Romo and a career-crusher for Matt Schaub have in common? Twitter thinks they both suck. …
Sports
February 1, 2013
Kickoff: Eight Things to Know About This Blog
Eight things to know about It’s Always Football Season, the new Texas Monthly sports blog. …
Sports
January 24, 2013
In Praise of My Sports Town
How I’m learning to love the Cowboys. And the Mavericks. And the Rangers. And the Stars. And . . .
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
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
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
Is T.O. the Good Guy For Once?
The Allen Wranglers released star wide receiver Terrell Owens for no-showing at a children's hospital. But was the boot also about money? Get your popcorn ready. …
Sports
January 21, 2013
Tiger Teaches Tony Some Lessons
Could a weekend of golf with Tiger Woods set the Cowboys QB on the path to a Super Bowl?…
Sports
January 21, 2013
Did Fort Worth Really Have the World’s First Indoor Rodeo?
Kansas stakes a claim to the "World's Original Indoor Rodeo" title, a crown Fort Worth has worn since 1918. …
Books
January 20, 2013
Desperately Seeking Cormac
Cormac McCarthy’s birth date and birthplace are just two of the facts about him that have eluded his rabid fans—until now. A dossier on the most fiercely private writer in Texas.
Sports
January 20, 2013
Tony Romo Is the Greatest Cowboys Quarterback Since…
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.
Art
July 31, 2012
All the Pretty Horses
Wayne Baize, one of America’s most admired cowboy artists, lives amid the soaring mountains and wide-open plains. But his eye is drawn to something else entirely.
The Culture
July 31, 2011
Cowgirl Up
The word probably makes you think of rhinestone-studded jeans, floppy-brimmed hats, and Nashville queens, but “cowgirl” ought to stand for the tough pioneer women who built ranches and went on cattle drives and the hardy rural women who are out there today doing their fair share of the work, usually invisibly,…
Sports
September 30, 2007
Endless Summerall
What the double-breasted buffoons in today’s broadcast booths can learn from a legend of the game.
News & Politics
September 30, 2004
Arlington’s Team
Why isn't the new Dallas Cowboys stadium going to be in, er, Dallas? Blame the collision of an irresistible force (Jerry Jones) with an immovable object (Laura Miller).
Texas History
January 1, 2004
Showdown at Waggoner Ranch
It’s the nation’s biggest spread within the confines of a single fence—more than eight hundred square miles extending across six counties. So it’s fitting that the family feud over its future is big too. And mythic.
Sports
March 1, 1996
The Jones Gang
You know the real reason Texas Stadium has no roof? So Jerry Jones can get his head inside. (Or, how the Cowboys owner’s ego makes it hard to root for America’s Team.)…
November 1, 1978
The End of the Trail
At the Fort Worth stockyards, cattlemen buy and sell amid the last vestiges of the Old West.
National Magazine Award Winner
November 20, 1977
The Last Frontier
The pioneers who came to tame the West met their match in the land of Giant.
Texas History
January 1, 1975
The Americanization of Texas
Reflections on the disappearance of the independent Texan.