Subject: Big 12 Conference

• Fritz the Cat

  March 16, 2007

• The Biggest Loser

  November 30, 2006

• Heisman Hand-off

  September 15, 2006

• Don't Fence Them In

  May 23, 2006

• Hog...Wild?

  April 25, 2006

• Pat the Bunny

  March 17, 2006

• Only One More Shopping Day Till Football Season

  August 31, 2007

• Guns Up 49, Pony Up 9

  September 4, 2007

• OU Gotta Be Kidding: Oklahama to Face BYU at Jerryworld in '09?

  That's what The Oklahoman is speculating this afternoon: OU and Brigham Young will kick off the 2009 college football season at Jerryworld in Arlington. And Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops didn't do much to stifle the speculation when asked for a comment today. Said Stoops, "Has that been released? All I can say is that I know they were working on it. I'm sure it would be exciting for our fans to go down and be in that great stadium." You know who I don't think will play in the new Cowboys stadiu

  December 22, 2008

• Over The Weekend: Turkey, Football, Shopping... Duh.

  November 26, 2007

• Cotton Pickin’ Crazy

  December 3, 2007

• Duck For Cover

  June 19, 2008

• If You Miss Barry Switzer Like I Miss Barry Switzer ...

  August 8, 2008

• I (Still) Love Mike Leach

  September 24, 2008

• Oh, You Idiot

  Sixty thousand fans soak up OU-Texas flavor. One lost writer gets soaked.

  October 12, 2000

• You Betcha: Week 11

  November 7, 2008

• Tex-cess. Welcome to The Austin Morning News.

  All this? Because of one game a year in our zip code? Seems a tad much. Okay, we get it. Dallas’ Only Daily is hitching its downsized wagon to the Texas Longhorns. Again. I often accuse Dallas of being not a sports town, but a winners town. I have to say the same about our media. Myself included. When in doubt, I admit, I'll usually find a topic more riveting than the Texas Rangers because, well, they suck. But what the Morning News does when it comes to UT is almost criminal

  November 19, 2008

• Arlington Lands 2014 Final Four. Current Score: Arlington 35, Dallas 3

  This just in: Dallas has officially moved to Arlington. Well, after Arlington's new Jonestown Coliseum snared another 100,000-kilowatt event this morning, that feels like the score. Right? On the heels of Dallas being shunned by the women's Final Four last week, the Cowboys' new stadium today landed the 2014 men's Final Four. Dallas last hosted a Final Four in 1986, same year it hosted its only NBA All-Star Game. Of course, coupled with this recent announcement, both events -- like

  November 19, 2008

• Don't Mess With Texas. Oh Crap, Too Late.

     I don't love Texas. I don't hate Oklahoma. But what transpired yesterday in the Big 12 is absolute bullshit.   I know life ain't fair, but college football should be. Or at least it should use common sense trying.   Let me apologize to Texas. I posted some of the best assets of Texas Tech and Oklahoma, but am just now getting around to the Longhorn lovelies. Obviously, I'm the reason UT is getting royally screwed, right?   Okay then, you tell me. How is

  December 1, 2008

• BeloWatch

  April 6, 1995

• Florida 38, Oklahoma 30

  UPDATE: Our Village Voice sister paper in Palm Beach will be live blogging from the game tonight. Pop Quiz: A) I'm jazzed about tonight's BCS National Championship Game, pitting the two best teams in college football this season. B) I'm mildy interested, even though I think Southern Cal, Texas and Utah are just as deserving of this year's title. C) I always root for the Big 12. D) I always root against Oklahoma. E) Dudn't matter. F) I doubt if Pacman Jones could play for either t

  January 8, 2009

• Quarterback sneak

  April 4, 1996

• The eyes of Texas

  October 31, 1996

• Aggies lose again

  January 16, 1997

• On National Signing Day, DISD Recognizes its Outbound Athletes

  Patrick MichelsJames Madison High recruits watch game highlights on an overhead video screen.On this (overhyped?) National Letter of Intent Signing Day, high schoolers all over the country chose which school they'd be suiting up for next. For some, it was as simple as faxing in a signed letter (a mighty challenge in its own right), but for the Dallas Independent School District's top recruits, much pageantry awaited.For the last 10 years, Dallas high schools have combined for a district-wide "Me

  February 4, 2009

• Best Radio DJ

  September 21, 2000

• Buzz

  September 6, 2001

• The 10 Worst Sports Celebrations in the History of Sports

  Bad, but nowhere near the worst.Dear LeBron James, Just ask, and I'm sure Dancing With The Stars will have you on their ridiculously cheesy show next season. I'm sure millions of potato-chip snackin' housewives would be fixated on your every silly, pre-fabricated step. But as a basketball fan, I demand you immediately cease and desist with your bullshit pre-game choreography. It's stupid. It's illogical. It's degrading. It's unbecoming of a player who has the talent - but not th

  March 25, 2009

• Baylor, Texas Tech Are Raiding North Texas!

  Courtesy Texas Tech UniversitySo says the Texas Tech athletics Web site this afternoon, as the Red Raiders make it official: Tech and Baylor are moving their next two games up to North Texas sooner than later. As in: This year, on November 28, the Red Raiders and Bears won't play in Waco, as scheduled, but in Jerry Jones's Arlington EnormoDome. Then, on October 9, 2010, the teams will skedaddle over to the recently renovated Cotton Bowl. To which Mayor Tom Leppert responds with a hearty yippee:"

  March 25, 2009

• I-45 Showdown

  The Mavs and the Rockets square off

  April 9, 2009

• Picking Cotton

  Texas-OU is great and all, but what about the Cotton Bowl's other 51 Saturdays a year?

  October 23, 2008

• American Anthem

  October 9, 2008

• Yee-haw, Y'all!

  January 26, 2006

• Bleeding Orange and Red

  October 5, 2006

• The Touch, The Feel

  December 28, 2006

• Oscar Overhaul

  The Academy--y-a-w-n--Awards desperately need a shot of sports

  March 9, 2006

• Tex-cess

  Everything's bigger in our state, especially the fan fakery

  January 19, 2006

• Air Apparent?

  After three years of Tuna, it's time for a Leach

  January 5, 2006

• Oklahoma Railroad

  Accused of killing a cop's son, Emily Dowdy learns the hard way that in Oklahoma City justice isn't blind. It works for the prosecution.

  July 21, 2005

• Born to Run

  Lace up, Gramps

  November 27, 2003

• Out of Luck

  Want a sure thing? Read Schutze's columns.

  October 9, 2003

• Clone Ranger

  The old roundup may never be the same, thanks to Zech Dameron’s herd of genetically duplicate longhorns

  June 12, 2003

• The Back Page

  I would tell you about the Big 12 tourney, but my stomach hurts

  March 20, 2003

• Leonard Bishop

  Lincoln High

  September 26, 2002

• A Sure Bet

  For this bookie duo, March Madness means three weeks of overtime pay

  March 22, 2001

• Media Bias

  All year, we tell you who's been naughty. Now, a list of those whose work is nice.

  December 28, 2000

• Vanity of the Bonfire

  When tradition and death collide in Aggieland, tradition triumphs

  December 2, 1999

• All My Excess Lives in Texas

  Fingers crossed, WE will duplicate this joy tonight. Right?So I'm watching the Channel 8 news Monday night at 6:29 and after a sparkling fill-in sportscast by Ted Madden he alerts viewers that: " ... in the game, Texas already trails, 1-0." To which anchor Gloria Campos valiantly responds, "Aw, but they'll come back." Adds John McCaa, "Let's hope so." At this point I should remind you that they were talking not about your Texas Rangers, but rather the Texas Longhorns in the College World

  June 24, 2009

• If They Can't Get People to Come to Victory Park, Well, There's Always Cattle

  Photos by Kimberly ThorpeWhatever you do, do not look at the video board behind you.​On my commute to work this morning, I noticed something peculiar about Victory Park Plaza. Standing over the dull pavers, corralled Longhorns grazed on a bit of straw, while two men on horseback watched over. Turns out, it was a promotional stunt for the Texas Stampede rodeo scheduled for the AAC November 13 and 14. The money raised will go to Children's Medical Center. "We brought nine Longhorns this year

  November 4, 2009

• If Memory Serves: Red Beer

  ​If Memory Serves chronicles moments from my dining past, perhaps explaining why I'm so damn warped.My first wife's clan would gather at least once a year in the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as Columbus, Nebraska.Yes, first wife--for some reason my firm belief that life revolves around televised sports, X-Box games, the occasional romantic vacation to some history battlefield and a cupboard stocked with Cheez-Its just doesn't sit well with some women. At least this particular Nebraska co

  November 10, 2009