Music
April 1, 2024
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The two icons have cast a long shadow over the Lone Star State for more than six decades.
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Film & TV
March 29, 2024
The Ultimate Texas Celebrity Bracket Final Four: From Willie to Kelly
Here they are: the showdowns you demanded.
Sports
October 11, 2023
Let the Texas Rangers’ Creed-Inspired Playoff Run Take You Higher
After blowing the AL West division lead on the last day of the regular season, the suddenly white-hot Rangers swept their way into the ALCS.
Sports
June 28, 2023
Like So Many All-time Greats, Simone Biles Can’t Stay Away
The seven-time Olympic medalist will return to competition this summer, according to USA Gymnastics.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
Nolan Ryan Threw as Hard as He Could for as Long as He Could
The most strikeouts ever. The most no-hitters ever. With those records, Nolan Ryan could afford to take it easy in retirement. But he never left the game behind.
Sports
June 22, 2022
This Nolan Ryan Documentary Is a Love Story (and a Home Run)
'Facing Nolan' has all the high heat and bench-clearing brawls that MLB fans expect. But deep down, the film is about a beautiful marriage.
Sports
April 12, 2019
This Austin Startup Hopes to Be the Top Golf of Baseball
Home Run Dugout’s first location, at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, is funded in part by Nolan Ryan’s Ryan-Sanders Baseball, and is just the start of their plans.
The National Podcast of Texas
January 28, 2019
Nolan Ryan: “Why Wouldn’t an Athlete Want to Be a Positive Role Model?”
On the latest National Podcast of Texas, the legendary “Ryan Express” and his son, Astros president Reid Ryan, talk about big payrolls, how pitching has changed, and Houston’s chances at another championship season.
BBQ
October 14, 2013
Smoked in Texas: Nolan Ryan Brisket Sausage
The sausage section at our local Kroger is well-stocked with dozens of sausages. Several weeks back my wife brought home a gift of the latest option: Nolan Ryan Beef Brisket Sausage. It was introduced to Kroger shelves back in July, and as Nolan Ryan Beef CEO Charlie Bradbury
The Daily Post
September 16, 2013
Here Is A Whole Bunch Of Unsanctioned “Don’t Mess With Texas” Merchandise
TXDOT, which holds the trademark to the circa-1985 antilittering slogan, has issued over 100 cease-and-desist letters to companies using the slogan since 2000. Somehow, all of these slipped through the cracks.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Nolan Ryan Pitches for Dewhurst
On the eve of early voting, the iconic Texas Rangers endorsed the Lite Guv in the U.S. Senate primary.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Baseball’s Texas Rangers Introduce “Tremendous Wiener”
That terminology is team president Nolan Ryan's own description of the Ballpark at Arlington's new one-pound, two-foot long, $26 chili-cheese dog.
Sports
January 21, 2013
What Do You Think of the Rangers Now?
The Rangers? Don’t look now, but after four decades of haplessness, the boys from Arlington are poised to make a run at something more than just another pennant. They might just be . . . America’s (new) Team.
Eat My Words
April 14, 2011
Cook Like a Texan: More Last Meals
Our April “Home Plates” package included “Last Meals” from Jim Lehrer (“no dessert or coffee” – with good reason), Willie Nelson, Jason Moran (who takes up for mac-and-cheese as a vegetable), Charles Butt, Karen Hughes and Governor Rick Perry (bing-cherry congealed salad with cream cheese and pecan topping –
Sports
October 31, 2010
Going Deep
What’s different about this Rangers team that earned them their first trip to the World Series? Everything.
Art
December 1, 2005
Start Here
The childhood homes of nine famous Texans.
Sports
July 31, 1999
Color Commentary
With this year’s induction of Seguin native Smokey Joe Williams, one fourth of the Negro Leaguers in baseball’s hall of fame are Texans. Unfortunately, there may not be any more.
News & Politics
May 31, 1999
Team Player
Why he was a hit running the Texas Rangers.
Sports
April 1, 1999
Savoring the Private Ryan
Out of uniform, in his own words, Texas icon Nolan Ryan on baseball, ranching, values, and his love for his native state.
Sports
May 31, 1998
Kerry Wood
Can a wunderkind pitcher—the youngest player in the majors this season—lead long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans to the World Series? Maybe, but if 21-year-old Kerry Wood is flattered by the hope, he’s weary of the hype. “I wasn’t expecting to be moved up so quickly,” says the Irving native, who was
Music
March 1, 1998
The Entertainer
How has Jacksonville native Neal McCoy, a self-described “easy-listenin’ kinda guy,” managed to sell five million country CDs and cassettes? It has little to do with his singing.
Sports
May 1, 1993
A Farewell to Arm
Even after his baseball career is over, Nolan Ryan will continue to be a role model for my kids—and me.
Business
August 31, 1991
Sales Pitcher
Whenever sports–souvenir companies look at Rangers ace Nolan Ryan, they see dollar signs.