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Texas Longhorns

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2011

    ACL Capsule Reviews: Young the Giant, Tyler Morris & The Hearts of Worship, Alexander, Daniel Lanois' Black Dub and Iron & Wine

    ​It's tough to complain too much about the sporadic rain that's literally watering down the second afternoon of the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival. Texas needs to drink, y'all.  No, it's not all bad. Another upside: The wet ground makes you feel like less of a jerk for sparking up. So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    A&M to the SEC: Didn't We Just Have this Conversation?

    ​The grand ol' Southwest Conference lived to be 80. The Big 12 Conference may die a teenager.Only 17 and just a year removed from turmoil that left it with just 10 teams but supposedly unity and cohesion, the conference is again this morning reeling with the news that Texas A&M -- irked b ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Searching for the Soul of Austin

    The neo city on the hills is a far cry from its cheap pot, cold beer and low-rent former ways.

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    Feeling Horny?

    The neo city on the hills is a far cry from its cheap pot, cold beer and low-rent former ways.

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    The Top 10 Hottest Cheerleading Teams in the History of Hot Cheerleaders

    A judge in Connecticut recently ruled that - surprise - cheerleading isn't a sport. He said nothing, however, about cheerleader-watching. Game. On. ​10. Oregon Ducks.   ​9. Texas Longhorns.  

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    UT Austin and Dallas and Houston Power Providers Get Into the Energy-Sellin' Bidness

    ​Sports Business Journal calls it a "unique marketing effort," which is one way of putting it: The University of Texas at Austin, Crescent Court-based Branded Retail Energy Company and Houston-based Champion Energy Services this morning announced the creation of Texas Longhorn Energy. Which is? We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    The Top 5 Uniforms in the History of Your Texas Rangers

    ​The Texas Rangers broke a four-game losing streak last night with a 9-6 walloping of the Chicago White Sox. But they didn't look good doing it. I know those white beanies atop their head were special Memorial Day caps, but in a word ... Godawful. The Colonial the other day had a pink out. Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    NCAA Basketball Tournament: Let the Madness Commence!

    Substitute me for Dickie V, and you're looking at my next three weeks.​It was pitch dark this morning when I woke up. Must be Spring. Spent an hour this morning sweating over a bracket. Must be March. If you want to come have a beer and talk hoops and maybe punch me in the face, I'll b ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2010

    Dallas Cowboys Receiver Roy Williams, After A Dismal Season Of Drops And Disappearances, Is On The Verge Of Being A Big-Time Bust.

    Substitute me for Dickie V, and you're looking at my next three weeks.​It was pitch dark this morning when I woke up. Must be Spring. Spent an hour this morning sweating over a bracket. Must be March. If you want to come have a beer and talk hoops and maybe punch me in the face, I'll b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 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. Turn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    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, "A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    The Top 10 Best Current Rivalries in Sports

    Tonight's the next chapter in one of sports' best rivalries. That's right, I said best.To be a true sports rivalry - more than just a plethora of games between teams in close proximity (see Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals) - the meetings between opponents must: *Take place at a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Texas Fight: After "Freakiness" in Dallas, Recruit Chose OU Over UT

    Lufkin High School's Jamarkus McFarland, a highly coveted defensive tackle, committed to the University of Oklahoma yesterday; Merry Christmas, Sooner Nation. And it's a double kick to the Longhorns' pants: The University of Texas had hoped to land the 6-foot-3, 280-pounder, but instead a post-Texas ... More >>

  • News

    December 4, 2008

    Cowboys' Winter Wonderland

    Can Jerry's boys turn around the December jinx?

  • Blogs

    December 1, 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 bes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 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. Mys ... More >>

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    Picking Cotton

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

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2008

    Scenes from the Shootout

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

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    I Bought Mr. Peppermint's Yearbook

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

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2007

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

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

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    The Hardest Way Possible to Get From Austin to Dallas

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

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2007

    Welcome To Hicksville

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

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2007

    Fritz the Cat

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

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2006

    Desmond, um, Tutu?

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

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2006

    Heisman Hand-off

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

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2006

    Don't Fence Them In

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

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2006

    Hog...Wild?

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

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Who Is That Guy?

    He plays golf with George Clooney. He clowns around with Chris Tucker. He's best buddies with Peri Gilpin. He's a pasty white dude named Steve Stodghill.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2006

    Pat the Bunny

    He plays golf with George Clooney. He clowns around with Chris Tucker. He's best buddies with Peri Gilpin. He's a pasty white dude named Steve Stodghill.

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    Oscar Overhaul

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

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    Yee-haw, Y'all!

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

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    Tex-cess

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

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2004

    Old School

    Cotton Bowl Classic is football's Edsel

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    He Wants to be a Millionaire

    So why did LaMarcus Aldridge put off NBA riches?

  • Dining

    October 16, 2003

    Absolute Zero

    The Mercury's out. Club Manhattan is in.

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    Out of Luck

    Want a sure thing? Read Schutze's columns.

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Clone Ranger

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

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    The Back Page

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

  • Culture

    August 5, 1999

    Be like Mike

    Amidst so much business talk, Michael Irvin remembers that it's all just a game

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Perfect game

    When Reid Ryan wanted Round Rock voters to build a stadium for his minor-league baseball team, he turned to the one pitchman no good Texan could refuse -- his dad, Nolan

  • Calendar

    October 8, 1998

    Night & Day

    October 8 - 14, 1998

  • Culture

    February 5, 1998

    Stealing home

    Tom Hicks bought a baseball team, but he'll own an empire

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    Aggies lose again

    AG's office makes the last call of the season

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    Who killed April Dabney?

    Parents of retarded adults blame city's failure to heed plea for sidewalks

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