Football

November 6, 2015

Our Texas Football Icon Bracket Opens Monday

Aikman, Staubach Campbell, Irvin, Watt: Who’s the greatest Texas football player of all time?

October 29, 2015

How The NFL Prioritizes Disciplining Players For Uniform Violations, But Not Violence

Making a statement against domestic violence on the field is a $6,000 fine, but there are no consequences for Greg Hardy or likely for Johnny Manziel.

October 15, 2015

Who Should Play Quarterback For The Dallas Cowboys?

After some uninspired starts from Brandon Weeden, Cowboys Nation turns its lonely eyes to, er, Matt Cassel. We've got other ideas.

Politics & Policy|

October 2, 2015

New Poll Reveals How Texans Feel About Obama, Blue Bell, and Toll Roads

We like the president less than the rest of the country, but the real showdown is over Blue Bell.

September 25, 2015

Extra Points: The Week In Texas Football

They’re making crazy extra points in Midland, missing them in Austin, and needing them desperately in Dallas.

September 17, 2015

The Ryan Mallett Era Re-Begins Now, Texans Fans

It's all re-happening.

September 14, 2015

Kyle Field Was Ready for Its Close-up

Sights from Texas A&M's first game at the newly renovated Kyle Field.

By Jeff Winkler

September 9, 2015

On John Jay High School Football And The ‘Friday Night Lights’ Mythology

Over the weekend, a referee was targeted and tackled by high school players. Does Texas have a football problem?

August 27, 2015

Allen’s Eagle Stadium Is Set To Officially Reopen On Friday

The most expensive high school football stadium in the world will get a triumphant return after its embarrassing closure in 2014.

August 21, 2015

Sam Ukwuachu Sentenced To Ten Years of Probation For Second-Degree Sexual Assault

The sentencing phase of the trial began immediately after Ukwuachu was found guilty Thursday night, and reached its conclusion Friday afternoon.

August 21, 2015

Watch J.J. Watt Play Catch With A Fan Seated In An Upper Deck Of NRG Stadium

Because of course he does.

August 13, 2015

He’s the best defensive player in the NFL but writes his own Christmas cards. He has thousands of fans who’d love to party, but he goes to bed at seven-thirty. He could be the league’s next MVP but enjoys buying his own groceries. Is Houston’s J. J. Watt for real?

By Skip Hollandsworth

August 12, 2015

Seven Things We Learned From The First Episode Of The Texans’ Hard Knocks

J.J. Watt and friends had their HBO debut last night. Here’s what you might have missed.

July 14, 2015

What Would The Cowboys Look Like If Dez Bryant Sits Out?

If the Cowboys’ top receiver makes good on his threat to sit out the start of the season, where does that leave the team?

June 29, 2015

J.J. Watt Scored on the St. Louis Blues Goalie in a Charity Hockey Event, Because He Can Do Everything

Next week: he makes a hole in one, beats you at Mario Kart, and bakes a better pie than your mom.

June 17, 2015

Johnny Football Is Dead. Long Live Johnny Manziel, Backup Quarterback.

The Browns’ #2 quarterback gave an on-field press conference this afternoon in which he retired the Johnny Football persona in favor of being plain ol’ Johnny Manziel, the NFL’s highest-profile second-string quarterback.

April 23, 2015

The “Friday Night Lights” Parody on “Inside Amy Schumer” Is Basically Perfect

“Full hearts, clear eyes, don’t rape” is a motto worth shouting.

April 20, 2015

How the NFL Should Handle Players With a History of Off-Field Violence

With the Cowboys aggressively pursuing Adrian Peterson—and with Greg Hardy already in the fold—now is a good time to consider how the NFL could try to resolve its domestic violence problem.

March 23, 2015

The Ultimate Game

An ode to the national sport of Texas.

By Texas Monthly and Brian D. Sweany

March 4, 2015

It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Andre Johnson

The best player in franchise history is done in Houston. Let’s wish him well.

February 26, 2015

How Those Rumors About Dez Bryant Started

The Cowboys star wide receiver is the subject of some unverified rumors being reported by the mainstream sports press regarding a video that may or may not exist. How does a story with no corroboration end up being discussed everywhere?

February 25, 2015

Whatever Happened to the San Antonio Raiders?

The writing is on the wall for the Alamo City’s latest bid for an NFL team, and it’s not great news.

February 4, 2015

Lance Armstrong Does It Again; Enhances Position Among Texan Sports Disgraces

With the cyclist attempting to let his girlfriend take the blame for an alleged Aspen hit-and-run, he distances himself from the pack of fallen athletic heroes.

By John Nova Lomax

February 3, 2015

Everybody Is Crowing about Johnny Manziel Checking Himself into Rehab

The troubled quarterback checked himself into rehab last week, and the pundits are punditting.

January 26, 2015

All Sorts of Dirt about Johnny Manziel Is Coming out Now That the Season Is Over and His Coaches Have Left

It appears that Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam may regret listening to that homeless guy.

January 12, 2015

#JeSuisDez, Marinelli Moving on, and Other Notes From the Last Cowboys Game of the 2014 Season

So much for that, then.

January 5, 2015

Picked Up Flags, Chris Christie, and a Trip to Green Bay: the Cowboys Won Their First Playoff Game Since 2009

Our schadenfreude-obsessed culture is focused on the Governor of New Jersey’s embrace of Jerry Jones and the pass interference penalty that wasn’t—but after winning their first playoff game in half a decade, the Cowboys are focused on the Packers.

December 23, 2014

The Case For J.J. Watt As NFL MVP

The best player in football plays defense for the 8-7 Houston Texans. That’s the only reason he won’t be the 2014 NFL MVP.

December 19, 2014

Every Playoff Scenario For the 2014 Dallas Cowboys

The ten-win Cowboys could take the top seed in the NFC and homefield advantage in the playoffs, or they could miss the post-season all together.

December 10, 2014

What Can We Expect From From Johnny Manziel’s First NFL Start?

Johnny Football officially becomes Johnny Cleveland on Sunday. What sort of situation is he walking into?

December 8, 2014

Why Aren’t TCU and Baylor in the College Football Playoff?

Texas teams—and the Big 12—aren’t going to be competing for a National Championship.

November 24, 2014

Is Robert Griffin III The Next Vince Young?

The two iconic quarterbacks who played their college ball in Texas have a few things in common—not the least of which is the way that they've been treated by their coaches.

November 6, 2014

What’s The Matter With The Houston Texans?

With a new QB under center, the number-one overall pick in this year's draft on the mend, and the bye week coming, now is the time to examine why the Texans have been so underwhelming this season.

November 3, 2014

Could What Marshall Junior High Is Doing with Its Football Program Save the Game?

The existential threat to football comes from parents who are terrified of their children suffering from CTE in their thirties and forties. In the East Texas small city of Marshall, a coach is trying to mitigate that concern.

The Culture|

October 21, 2014

Harvester Good

For the past 26 years, the Pampa High Fighting Harvesters have counted on their equipment manager not only to fold their uniforms but also to keep their spirits high. Because in Pampa, there is no Friday night without Trent Loter.

By Bryan Mealer

October 16, 2014

Everything Is Looking Pretty Rosy for the Cowboys*

*Except the shoplifting running backs, declining national popularity, opponents preparing for Ebola, etc.

October 10, 2014

Why Are the 4-1 Cowboys a Nine-Point Underdog Against the 3-1 Seahawks on Sunday?

Are the 2014 Dallas Cowboys for real?

September 15, 2014

Why We Can’t Celebrate the Great Performances By the Cowboys and the Texans With a Clean Conscience

These days, no matter how much you love pro football, it's hard to like the NFL.

September 4, 2014

It’s Come to This. Greg Abbott and Wendy Davis Are Bickering About Favorite Football Teams

Yesterday, Davis told a radio station that she's a Cowboys fan, which led the Abbott campaign to call her a flip-flopper, in one of the sillier press releases of this campaign season.

September 3, 2014

Michael Sam Is A Dallas Cowboy*

*Practice squad member—which still makes Jerry Jones the most progressively-minded person in the NFL.

August 25, 2014

What Do the Betting Odds Tell Us About the Cowboys and the Texans?

Spoiler: They tell us that the bookmakers think that the Cowboys are even less likely to be good than the Texans.

Food & Drink|

August 13, 2014

A Texas Tailgating Menu

Food-tested, football-fan-approved.

By Andrea Valdez

August 13, 2014

Clear Eyes, Full Wallets

Say what you want about their crumbling $60 million high school stadium. The people of Allen would build it all over again.

August 11, 2014

How Psyched Are You About the Ryan Fitzpatrick Era, Texans Fans?

The middling journeyman quarterback made his preseason debut over the weekend, earning a 19.2 quarterback rating in limited action.

August 6, 2014

Charlie Strong Knows What You’re Thinking

And the Longhorns head football coach is ready to get out there and play ball.

By Jason Cohen

July 30, 2014

The Oakland Raiders Are in Talks to Move to San Antonio

So what does that actually mean?

July 11, 2014

Will Andre Johnson Be a Texan Next Year?

The long-suffering wide receiver wants the chance to earn a championship while he can still play at a high level—and he's not sure that opportunity will come in Houston.