Sports
January 14, 2020
How the Aggies, Longhorns, and Bears Stacked Up This Season
LSU may have won the national championship, but we’d rather focus on arguing over which college football team was the best in Texas.
TCU
Sports
August 20, 2018
TCU, Texas Land in AP’s College Football Preseason Top 25 Poll
Here's what they've got ahead of them this season.
Sports
March 12, 2018
Texas Takes Over March Madness
With seven Texas teams in the field of 68 and the Final Four's location in San Antonio, this March Madness has a certain Texas flavor.
Arts & Entertainment
November 18, 2015
The Checklist
A look at what to read, hear, and watch this month in order to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
The Daily Post
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.
Sports
October 9, 2014
BEARS AND FROGS, OH MY!
Seven reasons why the TCU-Baylor rivalry is the state's best. …
Sports
September 25, 2014
Hindsight is +20: Looking Ahead (and Back) at College Football’s Early Gambling Lines (UPDATE)
Last year, Baylor was an eight-point underdog against the University of Texas prior to the season. Which lines will completely change this year?…
Sports
February 12, 2014
Not Just Semi-Opinionated
The legendary Dan Jenkins has been covering sports since the forties. Things have not improved.
Sports
August 29, 2013
A&M Will Make It Two Straight Over ‘Bama, But Could UT Have the Better Season?
College football predictions—some more serious than others—heading into the first weekend.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Ranking the Texas Bowl Games So Far
Teams from Texas—all former members of the Southwest Conference—went 5-1 in the pre-New Year's college football bowls. …
Sports
January 21, 2013
Meet Johnny Football
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel finally speaks, UT-TCU, the Cotton Bowl, UTSA-Texas State and other highlights from the college football week that was. …
January 21, 2013
‘Playboy’ Honors SMU, UT, and TCU
Playboy's annual list of "Top 10 Party Schools" is out, with SMU scoring number one for "Best Nightlife." Former champion UT is still in the top ten, along with TCU.
Sports
January 21, 2013
How TCU and Texas A&M Are Still Connected
The Aggies' SEC move cleared the way for TCU's Big 12 admission, but Texas A&M's new athletic director, Eric Hyman, was the man who helped rebuild the Horned Frogs program. …
January 21, 2013
February 2012 in Photos
Photos of five Texas news stories that captured the nation's attention this month. …
Sports
January 20, 2013
Leveling the Field
How coach Gary Patterson turned TCU Into a football powerhouse.
Sports
January 2, 2013
Ranking the Texas Bowl Games So Far
Teams from Texas—all former members of the Southwest Conference—went 5-1 in the pre-New Year's college football bowls. …
Business
June 15, 2012
Texas Business Report: Frito-Lay Focuses on Fancy Snacks
The Plano-based company will be adopting a "1 percent-99 percent strategy" by emphasizing both high-end products, like Stacy's Pita Chips, and "value" items, like Cracker Jack.
Arts & Entertainment
March 2, 2012
Win the Weekend: Texas Historical Markers Turn Fifty
The Texas Historical Commission's markers are now eligible for their own plaque, Ron Paul and Sheila Jackson Lee are the Hill's best talkers, and the TCU drug bust was a bit pitiful. …
February 17, 2012
Win the Weekend: How Many TCU Players Failed Their Drug Tests?
Plus, Josh Hamilton's first interview since his relapse, El Paso's Komen Race, and George H.W. Bush's hosiery.
Sports
February 16, 2012
5 Things to Know About the TCU Drug Bust
Fifteen TCU students, including four members of Gary Patterson's Horned Frogs football team, were among eighteen people arrested on drug dealing charges.
Roar of the Crowd
January 1, 1998
Roar of the Crowd
Race Matters I was captivated by paul Burka’s observation in “What’s Black and White and Red-faced All Over?” [December 1997] that “the only way to open the door to more minority students is to broaden—that means reduce—the standards for admissions.” The real question for society is this: Shall we lower…