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?
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?
By Bryan Curtis
The Rangers? Don’t look now, but after four decades of haplessness, the boys from Arlington are poised to make a run at something more than just another pennant. They might just be . . . America’s (new) Team.
By Bryan Curtis
We used to be known for running backs, but all of a sudden, we’re famous for producing some of the country’s best passers, from Drew Brees to Colt McCoy. What turned our high school football programs into quarterback factories?
By Bryan Curtis
I wish I were in the land of Cotton (Bowl).
By Bryan Curtis
MANHATTANHill Country Barbecue MarketLast year, word of a new barbecue restaurant spread through New York’s Texas-expat community. Usually, this kind of thing doesn’t cause much of a stir. We see a lot of “Texas barbecue” joints up here where they take a brisket that tastes like pastrami and drench it
By Bryan Curtis
I. The HawksPreteen football players are usually described by other preteen football players with one of three words: “nice,” “funny,” or, the highest possible compliment, “awesome.” Celdon Manning, a running back with the Allen Hawks, is the rare athlete who makes his teammates reach for the Scholastic Children’s Thesaurus.“Celdon is
By Bryan Curtis
Every year, hundreds of Texas high schoolers are aggressively recruited by the nation’s top college football programs. It’s a dream come true, but some kids must go through the bewildering process alone. And according to the rules of the NCAA, there aren’t many places they can turn to for help.
By Bryan Curtis
Robert Griffin III, who led Baylor to its best season in decades and won the Heisman Trophy, is the latest stick of dynamite in the Texas quarterback boom.
By Bryan Curtis
Is the Freddie Steinmark saga the greatest story ever oversold?
By Bryan Curtis
Vince Young, off his game.
By Bryan Curtis
Guns up! Way up!
By Bryan Curtis
Where have you gone, Yogi Berra?
By Bryan Curtis
Three cheers for Sportswriter High.
By Bryan Curtis
The miserable lives of Texas Rangers fans.
By Bryan Curtis
Why Norm Hitzges matters.
By Bryan Curtis
Cheating then and now (and not just at OU).
By Bryan Curtis
In hate with Roger Clemens.
By Bryan Curtis