If you weren’t actively rooting for the Cowboys or Texans to make it all the way this year — we have new motivation to unlock your inner armchair coach. Bad Bunny is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show in February. That’s right, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio will succeed Kendrick Lamar as the headliner of the […]
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This Weekend in Texas Football: Cowboy Tears, a Camp Mystic Tribute & a Texas Tech Victory
Well, it turns out that even the great Brandon Aubrey couldn’t kick his way out of a slightly cringe-y weekend for Texas football. Welcome back to The Barbed Wire does football, in which our team of completely unqualified-to-write-about sports writers recap the highlights (and lowlights, and baby lights) of Texas teams. After the thrill of […]
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After Week 1, the Cowboys & Texans Look Messier Than a Postgame Tailgate
Week 1 of the NFL season reminded us of two truths about professional football in Texas: the Cowboys are still louder than their results; and the Texans are still trying to turn potential into power. Which means the state’s NFL bragging rights are as messy as a Sunday tailgate after last call. Fresh off back-to-back […]
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I Can’t Believe I’m Saying This, But the Cowboys Documentary Made Me Like Jerry Jones
I grew up hating the Dallas Cowboys. Actually, “hate” is not a strong enough word. Detested? Loathed with the heat of a thousand suns? If you were around in the ’90s, you had no choice but to have a strong opinion about them. They were cocky, they were very good at football, and worst of […]
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The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Are Superheroes in Sequins
Texas hasn’t gotten its due as a major piece in the complex puzzle of American art. We’re here to rectify that. Every three weeks, H. Drew Blackburn will conduct a thoroughly scientific analysis of the 254 integral (one for every county) books, movies, tv shows, albums, podcasts, songs, and magazine articles — you name it […]
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Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader Tryouts Are Almost Here, and Bless Them, the Hopefuls Are Posting Their Journeys on TikTok
If you’re like us and couldn’t stop watching “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” on Netflix last summer and are counting down the minutes for Season 2 dates to drop, you’re in luck: Tiktok has got you covered. Auditions haven’t started, but already DCC prep classes are in full swing ahead of auditions for the 2025-2026 […]
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Texas Pro Athletes Latest Targets of High-Profile, ‘Bling Ring’-Style Burglaries
As if 2024 wasn’t already a mess (except for Beyoncé Bowl), just days before we flip the calendar to the New Year, the string of high-profile burglaries targeting professional athletes’ homes finally hit Texas. On Dec. 27, Dallas Mavericks’ beloved guard Luka Dončić’s home was reportedly broken into and on Monday, the F.B.I. issued a […]
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Cowboys’ Player Gives TV Reporter ‘Dee’s Nuts,’ Makes Amends After Row
A Dallas Cowboys’ cornerback confronted a scrum of reporters on Sunday after a WFAA journalist, during the game against the 49ers, tweeted: “What is Trevon Diggs doing on this play?” Critical — though innocuous — as that was, Diggs’ saw it after the team’s 30-24 loss and went to find WFAA’s Mike Leslie outside the […]
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Cowboys Owner Threatens to Fire Radio Hosts Because His Team Sucks
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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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 […]