Sports
August 12, 2021
Houston and Dallas Are Thirsty to Host 2026 World Cup Matches
Inside the two Texas cities’ bids to host the world’s biggest sporting event.
Soccer
Sports
March 12, 2021
How Austin FC Became Texas’s Most Popular Soccer Team—Before Ever Playing a Match
Sports fans in the capital city have long clamored for a pro team. Savvy marketing helped too.
Sports
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.
Meanwhile in Texas
April 16, 2019
The Austin Bold Soccer Team Encourages Farmers to Bring Chickens to a Game, and PETA Is Not Happy
Today in weird news in Texas.
Sports
June 13, 2018
Why Texas Cities Should Host the 2026 World Cup
The event will be played in sixteen cities across the United States, Mexico, and Canada—and Houston and Dallas are both on the short list.
Sports
February 9, 2018
Why Does Austin Want a Soccer Team So Badly Anyway?
The largest American city without a professional sports team is awfully thirsty for a team that might not even have many fans.
Sports
October 28, 2017
Meet the High School Football Kicker Who Was Crowned Homecoming Queen
A week after winning the crown, Claire Jeffress kicked a game-winning field goal.
Sports
October 17, 2017
Will Austin Really Get a Major League Soccer Team?
Sports team owners use San Antonio for leverage. They may be pulling the same move in Austin.
Sports
September 14, 2015
I, Robot. You, Ball.
A group of UT computer scientists tries to program a team of machines to play soccer like the pros.
The Daily Post
September 4, 2015
The Texas-Based Soccer Franchises Are Apparently Worth A Fortune
Even with one club in the red, the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas are apparently worth nine figures.
Sports
July 13, 2015
Two Houston Dash Teammates Married Each Other Last Week
Houston Dash players married two recent headlines: women’s soccer and same-sex marriage.
Sports
April 23, 2015
The Complicated Simplicity of Fandom
When the U.S. and Mexico soccer teams played last week, it proved that fandom is more a state of mind than a state of place.
Home Boy
July 2, 2014
Nacogdoches Is Proud of Clint Dempsey
Watching the U.S. Men's National Team's final match of the 2014 World Cup—which they lost to Belgium 2-1—in Dempsey's hometown.
The Daily Post
June 17, 2014
Austin and El Paso Would Both Like to Have Major League Soccer Teams
World Cup fever is spreading!
Sports
January 21, 2013
The Houston Dynamo for Dummies
An abbreviated primer on the most successful sports franchise in Texas this side of the Spurs. (Update: the Dynamo lost to the LA Galaxy, 3-1, in the 2012 MLS Cup Final.)
February 7, 2012
The Backlash Against Roland Martin for His Tweets about David Beckham’s Underwear Ad
GLAAD calls on CNN to fire the Houston native and A&M graduate, saying his tweets were "advocating violence against gay people."
Sports
July 31, 2011
Brad Davis’s Locker
The Houston Dynamo player gives us a glimpse of his life off the field.