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November 1, 2023

“No Fun League” to Houston Cougars: Drop the Oilers Uniforms

The University of Houston football team wore “Luv Ya Blue” in its season opener, and NFL lawyers want to make sure it never happens again.

By Richard Justice

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August 21, 2023

The Longhorns Memorabilia Dealer Who Fixed Fantasy Football

Fantasy football rosters don’t reflect real NFL rosters. But what if they did? A die-hard Texas football fan decided to find out.

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May 16, 2023

The XFL Just Completed the Best Spring Football Season Ever—Thanks to Texas

By basing all of its operations and its teams in Arlington, the XFL may have hit on a formula for spring ball success.

By Joseph Guinto

Deuce Vaughn at the NFL Combine in March 2023.

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May 2, 2023

A Dallas Cowboys Scout Got to Draft His Own Son

Chris Vaughn, the team’s assistant director of college scouting, shared the good news with sixth-round pick Deuce Vaughn.

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Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud with a jersey after being drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft on April 27, 2023 at Union Station in Kansas City, MO.

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April 28, 2023

A Blockbuster Draft-Day Trade Gives the Houston Texans a Rare Feeling: Hope

The beleaguered Houston Texans landed college stars C. J. Stroud and Will Anderson Jr. in the first round of the NFL draft.

By Richard Justice

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February 10, 2023

Is a Texas Granny’s Curse Behind the Cowboys’ Super Bowl Drought?

An Arlington native says the Dallas Cowboys won’t win another championship until the team restores her grandmother’s bluebonnet patch.

By Richard Justice

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February 9, 2023

Texas Football Coaches Recall Jalen Hurts’s High School Dominance

The former Channelview High quarterback, who will lead the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, ran “like frickin’ Larry Csonka.”

By Richard Justice

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January 23, 2023

Another Year, Another Dallas Cowboys Playoff Disaster

After Sunday’s loss, “America’s Team” is now 0–7 in NFL Division Round games since 1996, and 0–3 with Dak Prescott as quarterback.

By Richard Justice

Did the Texans Fire Lovie Smith for Winning Too Many Games?

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January 10, 2023

What Was the Point of Firing Lovie Smith?

The Houston Texans have sacked their fourth head coach in three years. Perhaps that means the franchise’s woes run far deeper than its on-field leader.

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Dallas Cowboys Owner, President, and General Manager Jerry Jones.

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February 22, 2022

Jerry Jones Can’t Hide From the Cowboys Voyeurism Scandal

The owner of the NFL’s most valuable franchise is no stranger to controversy. But this time, Jones and his organization have never looked worse.

By Richard Justice

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February 18, 2022

The Lost Soul of the Dallas Cowboys

The drama that’s swept up Jerry Jones’s former right-hand man says a lot about the distorted values of America’s Team.

By Sarah Hepola

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February 11, 2022

An NFL Star Took a Grieving Pflugerville Girl to the Father-Daughter Dance

Philadelphia Eagles safety Anthony Harris flew to Austin to help lift the spirits of eleven-year-old Audrey Soape on a difficult day.

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Former Texas A&M head coach Mike Sherman.

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February 11, 2022

Former Texas A&M Coach Mike Sherman’s Super Bowl Dilemma

He can root for his ex-player, Aggie legend and L.A. Rams pass rusher Von Miller, or he can root for his son-in-law, Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor.

By Richard Justice

Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals runs with the football during the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on January 30, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

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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.

By Joe Levin

Matthew Stafford #9 of the Los Angeles Rams reacts after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game.

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February 9, 2022

Matthew Stafford’s HS Teammates Never Doubted He’d Play in the Super Bowl

The Los Angeles Rams quarterback was the “comeback king” of Highland Park’s 2005 run to the Texas state championship.

By Robert O'Connell

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February 8, 2022

The Passion of Eric Dickerson

With his ex-team in the Super Bowl and a new memoir on bookshelves, the Hall of Fame running back from Sealy, Texas, is back in the limelight.

By Joseph Guinto

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February 8, 2022

Do the Texans Even Deserve New Head Coach Lovie Smith?

Houston's hapless NFL franchise hired the right man for what seem like the wrong reasons—and it's lucky Smith accepted the job.

By Richard Justice

Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs looks to pass the ball during the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 16, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri.

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January 19, 2022

Forget the Cowboys. The Heck With the Texans. Root for the Local Legends in the NFL Playoffs.

The state's teams don't give us much reason to feel proud, so why not focus on Patrick Mahomes, Trent Williams, and Matthew Stafford?

By Richard Justice

Houston Texans head coach David Culley on the sideline against the Cleveland Browns.

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January 14, 2022

Very Well, I Shall Coach the Houston Texans

The most dysfunctional franchise in pro sports has a vacancy, and I have some time to kill.

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Dallas Cowboys Trevon Diggs celebrates after an interception against Carolina Panthers at AT&T Stadium.

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October 5, 2021

Are Cowboys Fans Ready to Start Getting Their Hopes Up?

Thanks to a three-game winning streak and the NFL’s most complete offense, we’re almost ready to declare that America’s Team is back.

By Richard Justice

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August 25, 2021

Azur Kamara’s Feel-good Path From West Africa to the Dallas Cowboys

The linebacker arrived in the United States at ten, knowing nothing about football. Now he's stealing the show on HBO's ‘Hard Knocks.’

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Former Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown presides over a meeting of top African-American athletes who supported boxer Muhammad Ali's refusal to fight in Vietnam on June 4, 1967. Pictured: (front row) Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Lew Alcindor; (back row) Carl Stokes, Walter Beach, Bobby Mitchell, Sid Williams, Curtis McClinton, Willie Davis, Jim Shorter, and John Wooten.

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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.

By Jeff Miller

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) looks on in action during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Houston Texans on December 13, 2020, at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL.

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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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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.

By Richard Justice

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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

By Richard Justice

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November 30, 2020

The Best Thing in Texas: Detroit Lions Fans Are Donating to Deshaun Watson’s Charity to Thank Him for the Whupping He Gave Their Team

The Lions have been mired in mediocrity—but Deshaun and the Texans may have helped break the fever.

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November 20, 2020

A Brief History of Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Garrett Gilbert

From Lake Travis High School hype to UT and SMU to stints on seven NFL teams, Garrett Gilbert's winding road back to Dallas.

By Jason Cohen

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May 8, 2020

By Releasing Their Schedule, the NFL Wants to Will a 2020 Season Into Existence

How do you sack a quarterback from six feet away?

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February 3, 2020

Is J.J. Watt Funny? A Texas Monthly Investigation

The face of the Houston Texans says he achieved a ‘lifelong dream’ in hosting ‘Saturday Night Live.'

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January 14, 2020

Tony Romo Deserves ESPN’s Massive Contract Offer. He Shouldn’t Take It.

As a man of the people, he belongs on the airwaves—not on mediocre cable games.

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October 14, 2019

A Brief History of Cowboys Fans Demanding Jason Garrett’s Firing

Losing to the Jets, Jason? The Jets??

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August 29, 2019

Carli Lloyd Won’t be Kicking in an NFL Game Tonight, But Might Some Day

The former Houston Dash star is the most intriguing 37-year-old rookie prospect in a long time.

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August 26, 2019

Andrew Luck’s Retirement Reveals the Uglier Side of NFL Fandom

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.

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August 7, 2019

The Dallas Cowboys Are About to Enter Salary Cap Hell

Ezekiel Elliott’s holdout is just the beginning of difficult contract decisions the team must soon make about its young stars.

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April 29, 2019

Wherever the NFL Takes Him, Ed Oliver Will Always “Be Someone” in Houston

Our latest homegrown football star has been drafted away from the city he loves.

By John Nova Lomax

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April 4, 2019

The Houston Texans Don’t Have the Rights to Wear Oilers Throwback Jerseys. But They Should.

While the team that abandoned the city 20 years ago owns much of Houston’s football history, that doesn't have to be the case.

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Dallas Texans players tackling Frank Gifford during the first game of the season, with empty seats in the background.

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March 22, 2019

Right Place, Wrong Time: How the 1952 Dallas Texans Flamed Out After One Lackluster Season of Football

The true story of my family’s brief ownership of the last NFL franchise to go bankrupt.

By Connell Miller

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January 9, 2019

What Just Happened With Kliff Kingsbury?

The underachieving former Texas Tech leader is somehow now the head coach of an NFL team.

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July 31, 2018

Jerry Jones May Have Single-Handedly Blown Up the NFL’s New Anthem Policy

The outspoken Cowboys owner may have finally said too much.

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Matt Patricia looks on during the first half of a New England Patriots game against the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium on December 31, 2017 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Patricia was named as the new head coach for the Detroit Lions on February 5, 2018.

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May 14, 2018

How Detroit Lions Head Coach Matt Patricia Mishandled “Texas Week” Sexual Assault Allegations

In 1996, Matt Patricia, now the NFL team’s newly hired coach, was arrested and indicted by a grand jury in a sexual assault case that was ultimately dismissed.

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