January 21, 2013
Five Questions: What’s Next for Johnny Heisman
Now that Johnny Football is officially Johnny Heisman, what’s in store for Texas A&M and its star quarterback? Besides the Cotton Bowl and tonight's Letterman Top 10, that is.
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January 21, 2013
Raider Red: The Best Mascot in the Country?
Guns up! Texas Tech's red-headed Yosemite Sam-doppelganger is one step away from winning the Capitol One Mascot Challenge. And he's joined the “Gangnam Style” craze.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Will Mike Leach Walk the Plank in Pullman?
The Pac-12 Conference is investigating charges of abusive player treatment made against the former Texas Tech and current Washington State coach. Leach denies the allegations.
Sports
January 21, 2013
The Aggies’ Stunning Win Dominated College Football News
The Aggies own the college football weekend, upsetting top-ranked Alabama. Plus: UT's DKR tribute, Tommy Tuberville's ill temper, and the latest UT-A&M conspiracy theory.
Sports
January 21, 2013
You Can’t Go Home Again?
The rise and rise and fall and fall of former UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Texas Tech basketball coach Billy Gillispie.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Texas Tech Still Not Fans of the Longhorn Network
New reports that Tech would rather cancel a road game against Texas State than let it be aired on the ESPN-owned, University of Texas-branded cable network shows that some teams are still smarting from wounded egos.
January 21, 2013
Texas Tech Recruits From Houston Drive to Nacogdoches
Houston Bellaire wide receiver Devin Lauderdale and three friends were supposed to attend the Red Raiders spring football game, but clearly didn't know the way to Lubbock.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Craig James is Still Running Against Mike Leach
In his latest Internet campaign video, the candidate for U.S. Senate is "interviewed" by his daughter about Leach, whom he calls a "bully"
Sports
January 21, 2013
Texas Supreme Court Denies Mike Leach’s Appeal
The state's highest court denied Mike Leach's appeal of his wrongful termination lawsuit against Texas Tech.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Combing Through the Hate Mail to Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe
The Texas Tech professor and climate change evangelist has received hundreds of vicious emails since Newt Gingrich pulled her chapter from his book.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
What the Media Really Thinks About Craig James’ Senate Candidacy
The former SMU star and longtime ESPN analyst officially announced his intent to run on Monday, but the media's been discussing it for a week.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Hail Mary
Craig James—former star football player, onetime ESPN commentator, eternal antagonist of Texas Tech fans everywhere—is polling at about 4 percent in this year's Senate race. Does he really want your vote? Or just your sympathy?
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
The Outsider
In the post-Washington game, former attorney general Alberto Gonzales has fared worse than any other member of the Bush administration. Why?
Sports
January 20, 2013
Pirate Under Attack. Avast, Ye Swabs!
If Texas Tech fires Leach, there will be a mushroom cloud over Lubbock for thousands of miles and a likely revolt of Tech fans, alums, and former players.
Sports
January 20, 2013
Head Case
Depending on your point of view, the firing of Mike Leach, Texas Tech’s controversial football coach, was about the state of football (the sport has gone soft), concussions (they are a potentially life-threatening condition), or celebrity meddling (Craig James was a helicopter dad). But is it possible that Leach has
Sports
January 18, 2013
NFL Playoffs: Let’s Root for the Placekickers
All four remaining NFL teams have their share of Texas college football favorites, but--sorry Red Raiders--you can't seriously expect us to root for San Francisco or New England, right?
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.
Sports
February 7, 2012
Texas Tech Has Lost Its Chess Queen
Knight Raiders coach Susan Polgar is leaving for Missouri's Webster University. And she's taking the team with her.
Politics & Policy
January 3, 2012
Newt Leaves Texas Tech Climate Scientist Out in the Cold
The Texas Tech atmospheric climate scientist who wrote a chapter on climate change for Newt Gingrich's forthcoming book was shocked to learn the GOP hopeful had scrapped her contribution.
Sports
December 4, 2011
Fightin’ Words: Hal Mumme Lays Into Craig James
The football coach at Abilene’s McMurry University, and pal to Mike Leach, had a few less-than-Christian words for Craig James and his son, Adam.
Sports
November 9, 2011
Texas Tech’s Adam James Speaks For the First Time Since Leach’s Firing
On the eve of his last home game as a Red Raider, Adam James talks to selected media, though not about Mike Leach.
Sports
August 21, 2009
Mike Leach Is Thinking . . .
And you would be too if you were an itinerant Rollerblader with a passion for pirates who’d reinvented the game of college football, brought joy to Lubbock, beaten UT, and narrowly missed a shot at a national championship. And what you’d be thinking is, “Gangway!”
News & Politics
May 31, 1997
War Rooms
A massive buildup for Texas Tech University’s Vietnam archive.