Tom Guyton is about as small-town Texan as a man can be—right down to his distinctive regional accent and easy smile. The former high school band director serves as secretary of the…
Yard Barker – Oklahoma All-American LB doing wonderful thing with NIL earnings
Oklahoma senior linebacker Danny Stutsman is displaying a positive side to the name, image and likeness (“NIL”) game. Read: Read More
Yard Barker – How Air Force could break college football realignment again
Fans should brace themselves for the continued aftershocks of last year’s seismic conference realignment. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – More Than 100 Years of Texas History Are Hidden in an Abilene Barn
Our series Texas Excess celebrates the hobbyists and hoarders who crisscross the state—and sometimes the world—to add to their pet collections. With obsessions ranging from Santas to salt shakers, these Texans take collecting to…
Yard Barker – Sherrone Moore’s new contract with Michigan contains notable clause
Michigan announced last week that the school has finally signed head football coach Sherrone Moore to a new contract, and the deal includes one very noteworthy clause. Read: Read More
Yard Barker – Tennessee passing player payments onto fans with absurd ticketing policy
It’s estimated that colleges will be able to spend up to $22 million on athletes, and Tennessee’s squeeze on its fans is meant to ease its financial obligation. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – The Texanist: Why Does Texas Have So Little Public Land?
The state of Texas is, to put it mildly, one heck of a vast expanse of land. To wit, ours is, by a fairly long shot, the largest of the contiguous United…
Texas Monthly – The Mooncake King and Queen of Dallas
The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar commemorates the end of the fall harvest, with celebrants lighting lanterns and exchanging mooncakes—decorative filled pastries. This year the Mid-Autumn…
Texas Monthly – Why Everyone Wants to Save the Bobwhite Quail
Each month, we get to know one of the state’s many wonderful and quirky critters. Latin Name: Colinus virginianusSize: Six to seven inches tallTexas habitat: Open grasslands, shrublands, and prairies This beloved game bird’s…
Texas Monthly – He Turns Texas Landscapes Into Beautiful Wooden Puzzles
Growing up, J. B. Manning spent many weekends at his family’s deer lease in South Texas or on another parcel of land they owned outside of Georgetown. He’d sit in the blind for…