The Texas–Texas A&M football game is back this week, after a thirteen-year hiatus. Texas Monthly, which has long covered the rivalry, rejoices in its return with a full collection of stories about the game’s…
Texas Monthly – The Texanist: Why Are the Dallas Cowboys America’s Team?
Q: How did the Dallas Cowboys become known as America’s Team? And is that a title that they can still rightfully claim, all things considered?A: The date was Sunday, September 2, 1979….
Yard Barker – South Carolina vs. Clemson has major College Football Playoff implications
Rivalry games always bring out the best in teams, and Saturday should be no different. Read: Read More
El Paso Matters – Ex-coach Rus Bradburd pokes fun at ‘Big Time’ college athletics in new book
By Steve Escajeda For decades, the argument was made that universities and colleges were profiting from the performances of their student athletes, while at the same time, prohibiting them from any compensation….
Yard Barker – Top five Week 14 college football games: TV info, predictions, start times
The College Football Playoff is less than a month away and rivalry week is here for fans to feast on. It’s do-or-die time for several teams as they attempt to secure a…
Texas Monthly – Why Uvalde—A Rallying Cry for Texas Democrats—Went for Trump
You cannot drive through Uvalde without encountering monuments to the tragedy that has become synonymous with its name. In the town square, 21 crosses wreathed in flowers, photos, and remembrances encircle a…
Texas Monthly – Houstonian Mark Swidan to be released from Chinese imprisonment
The Texan has been imprisoned in China for 12 years on charges of drug trafficking. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – How a Tiny Group of Believers Turned a Dying Cotton Town Into a Storybook Refuge
It was the July Fourth parade that sold Ryan and Katie Grametbaur on Martindale. There were people on horses and lawnmowers and tractors. Kids on bicycles with streamers. A Model T Ford….
Texas Monthly – The Texas–Texas A&M Games That Got Away
Everyone knows that the annual meeting of the Aggies and the Longhorns went on hiatus after 2011. But we’d like to presuppose this: What if it didn’t? Peering through the multiverse like…
Texas Monthly – The Postpartum Chili That Made Me Feel Mothered
The recipe exchanges between my mother and me began months before my son’s due date in April of this year. We sent texts and emails back and forth from her home in…