Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was humiliated on his 82nd birthday Sunday when the Detroit Lions came to town and thrashed his team — and he took it out on some local radio hosts. The ass-whipping was so bad that the Lions repeatedly ran trick plays just to try and get an offensive lineman a […]
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It’s Gonna Be Hot as Balls for the Texas-OU Game
The top-ranked Texas Longhorns face the underdog Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. And for a game in October, it is going to be unseasonably hot. Temps are expected to hit 96 degrees in North Texas — that’s just a degree away from setting a record. And it’s bananas for this […]
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C.J. Stroud Has the Best-Selling Jersey in the NFL
Texans (not just the NFL fans) love CJ Stroud, and apparently we aren’t alone; the quarterback’s jersey is now the best-selling one among NFL players in the nation. This week, the National Football League Players Association, the union for NFL players, released a list of the top 50 officially licensed NFL player products and merchandise […]
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The Longhorns Are Now the Best Team in College Football
We told you: Texas football is back. After a great start, the Longhorns are now ranked number one in the country, according to a new poll. For the first time in 16 years, the University of Texas won the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press top 25 college football poll, edging out perennial powerhouse […]
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Violent ‘Hoax’ Threats Disrupt Texas Classes, Friday Night Football
Dozens of violent social media threats against several North Texas school districts this week prompted some districts to cancel classes, and others — like Dallas ISD, which serves a total of 143,430 students — were forced to change their football schedules. The “hoax” social media threats affected Fort Worth ISD, Arlington ISD, DeSoto ISD, Irving […]
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‘Money Doesn’t Mean Sh*t’: Dak Prescott Says True Blessing Is His Daughter
Not everyone agrees the Dallas Cowboys are “America’s Team,” but can we agree their record-breaking quarterback and certified sweetie, Dak Prescott, is on his way to being the official state girl dad? Less than a week ago, Prescott inked the NFL’s most expensive contract of all time and bagged a cool $240 million, with $231 […]
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The Next Big Pro Wrestling Sensation Is a Russian From Austin
Dimitri Alexandrov prefers being a good guy. In the world of professional wrestling, with its history of villainous foreign heels like The Iron Sheik, fans in the U.S. are naturally inclined to boo a Russian. So, as 33-year-old Alexandrov sees it, it’s more of a challenge to win American audiences over. Especially in small towns. […]
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Texas Football is Back. We Swear This Time.
University of Texas alum Gerald Goodridge was living in Oklahoma City in 2010 when disaster struck. During the undefeated Longhorns’ national title game against the University of Alabama, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy went down with an injury in the first quarter and never returned. It was a bad omen for the future. Texas lost the […]
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September Horoscopes for Quinn Ewers, C.J. Stroud, and Dak Prescott
The stars at night are big and bright in our Lone Star State, so we are dedicating a special section of our little internet corner to reading them, deciphering them, and finding some patterns deep in the heart of Texas. Every month, Jasmin Alejandrez-Prasad, also known as Esoteric Esa, will serve as our in-house astrologer […]
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How Texas A&M’s 12th Man Ran Down the Best Player in College Football
We love a throwback. On Thursday, ESPN published a great retelling of “the most famous moment in the history of one of the most famous college football traditions” — the Texas A&M towel heist at the 1988 Cotton Bowl. Aggies are renowned for their traditions — and one of the biggest is the 12th Man. […]