The Austin Chronicle

the score

'The NFL Beat': The End of the Super Agent

I have actually been around Drew Rosenhaus more than the average American, and I can tell you one thing is true. The whole phone thing, the thing about him always being on the phone: This is true. In fact, I am under the impression that the bluetooth conspicuously implanted in his ear is actually dedicated to a separate line than his handheld blackberry. Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 6:26PM Wed. May. 23, Alex Dunlap

Nine hours to get new Roller Derby doc to Austin
 

Help a Derby Baby Find an ATX Home

It may not be the first Roller Derby documentary, but Derby, Baby! has taken the sport's scrappy DIY ethos to heart in self-distribution. A little surprisingly, there's still no sign of an Austin screening, but there's a Kickstarter campaign rolling to fix that. Bad news? You only have until 11pm to arrange it. Read More | Comment »

Roller Derby 2:28PM Tue. May. 22, Richard Whittaker

Bateman Rises

Ken Webster of Austin, Texas, spends a lot of time inhabiting the personality of a Major League Baseball player who's been dead since 1996. Read More | Comment »

MLB 1:43PM Tue. May. 22, Wayne Alan Brenner

Kickoff Minus Four Hours

Preparations are going on apace as the Austin Aztex approach their inaugural season home opener 7:30pm tonight at House Park. Read More | Comment »

Austin Aztex 3:28PM Sat. May. 19, Nick Barbaro

Portland, You Are in Us

Not turning up for flat track Roller Derby? Uh. That's so 2001. The Hipster City Showdown brings Portland's finest to the ATX this weekend, and gives you a chance to see the new Texas B-team, the Firing Squad, before your friends. Read More | Comment »

Texas Rollergirls 9:00AM Fri. May. 18, Richard Whittaker

Horns Look To Fend Off Bears

The unranked and snake-bitten Longhorns baseball team (29-18, 12-8 Big 12) will close out the 2012 regular season against No. 7 Baylor at a decided disadvantage. Forty-four slots separate the Bears and Horns in the national rankings, and Texas’ starting rotation is in shambles from underachievement, injury, and unidentified insubordination. Read More | Comment »

NCAA Baseball 4:16PM Thu. May. 17, Russ Espinoza

Derby's Hipster City Showdown

Little Roller Derby history: Aside from being the first modern flat track league, the Texas Rollergirls created one of the first all-star travel squads, the Texecutioners. Finally, this weekend, they'll get a little support from new B-Team the Firing Squad in their massive face-off against Portland's Rose City Rollers. Read More | Comment »

Texas Rollergirls 4:56PM Wed. May. 16, Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': USFL Making NFL Inroads

Jim Steeg oversaw the creation of an annual holiday that accounts for the consumption of 1.25 billion chicken wings and 30.4 million bags of chips. As a student in the lifelong class of Pro Football Hype 101, I know one thing is certain: Steeg is not just a professor; He built the school and wrote the books. Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 2:50PM Wed. May. 16, Alex Dunlap

'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' of Wrestling?

This ain’t your pappy’s wrasslin’. Y esta no es la Lucha Libre de tu papi. It’s both – together – in a whole new league. In seeking new American fans, Lucha Libre USA aims to put their own twist on Mexico’s second-most-popular sport. By throwing American pro-wrestlers in the ring alongside luchadores from Mexico, their brand is attracting a lot of attention. Read More | Comment »

Fringe 9:56AM Sat. May. 12, Kenny Pailes

'The NFL Beat': So It Starts …

Congratulations. We have turned the corner. Now that NFL teams have finished their personnel evaluations and welcomed their newest additions, it is now our turn as fantasy owners. Read More | Comment »

NFL 11:27AM Sat. May. 5, Alex Dunlap

High School Lacrosse Champs to Be Crowned in Georgetown

Local fans of men’s lacrosse have one last chance to catch the sport live and in-person this spring. The Texas High School Lacrosse League’s postseason tourney concludes this weekend. Eight teams from across the state converge on Georgetown ISD’s East View High School Stadium for the semifinals on Saturday and state championship games Sunday. Read More | Comment »

Fringe 11:26AM Sat. May. 5, Kenny Pailes

Aztex Announce Five More Signings

The Austin Aztex announced five more players for their PDL squad this morning, including a couple of collegiate defenders, and three midfielders, including one with national team experience. See press release here. By my count, that brings the announced roster to 12, and a pretty good possible starting lineup: Read More | Comment »

Austin Aztex 3:25PM Mon. Apr. 30, Nick Barbaro

NBA Playoffs: Thoughts and Notes

After a weird 66-game season, after an elbow to the back of the dome, after a guy missed a game for being old, after all of this and even more, it's time for the NBA Playoffs to kick off once again. Say what you will about lockout-shortened seasons, the fact is that these teams had less preparation than any of them are accustomed to. Read More | Comment »

NBA 1:00PM Mon. Apr. 30, Will Schmidt

What You Know About Them Texas Boys?

They played under the Friday night lights, and now they are headed to the big time. These are the Top 5 former Texas High School players who were taken in this weekend’s NFL Draft. Read More | Comment »

NFL 11:33AM Mon. Apr. 30, Alex Dunlap

Nice Skaters Don't Finish Last

In Roller Derby, there are jams and there are jams. And when Sarah Hipel of the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers pulled 13 points and a last-second win out of thin air against the Hotrod Honeys last weekend, and the roof came off the Austin Convention Center, then that was a jam for the ages. Read More | Comment »

Texas Rollergirls 11:30AM Thu. Apr. 26, Richard Whittaker

Sillakh Wants To Change the Way You Look at Boxing

You are an enlightened modern sports enthusiast, and you think you know boxing. You think the "sweet science" is anything but. You view the pugilists who carry out the blood sport as brain-damaged and violence-prone, and you see the whole charade as just a half-step removed from watching prison gang fights on YouTube. Read More | Comment »

Boxing 10:00AM Thu. Apr. 26, Kenny Pailes

Roy Jones Jr. Knows What Boxing Needs To Survive

This Friday, April 27, living boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. is bringing ESPN’s Friday Night Fights to the Erwin Center. There aren’t any world championships up for grabs, but every man involved made it clear that the future of boxing itself may be on the line. Read More | Comment »

Boxing 1:59PM Wed. Apr. 25, Kenny Pailes

D-League Finals: Toros vs. D-Fenders

In a city overblown with Austin Toros fever, we continue our ride, our march, our hike, if you will, toward the ultimate in NBDL glory, the NBA D-League trophy, and with it the exclusive honor of being hailed a grand champion of America's second-biggest pro-basketball league. Read More | Comment »

Austin Toros 11:45AM Tue. Apr. 24, Will Schmidt

'The NFL Beat': Jenkins Island

Janoris Jenkins will one day have an “island” of his own. Like Darelle Revis, or former University of Florida teammate Joe Haden, Jenkins possesses the ability to be a true NFL shutdown corner. A cover corner who leaves the opposing receiver feeling stranded, frustrated, and helpless like Tom Hanks in Castaway. Read More | Comment »

The NFL Beat 9:00AM Mon. Apr. 23, Alex Dunlap

Now or Never as Toros Come Home

Here we are, with a trip to the D-League Finals within reach, with everything we've seen, everything we've cheered for, all the highs and lows having been experienced, it's do or die time for the Austin Toros. Read More | Comment »

Austin Toros 10:50AM Sat. Apr. 21, Will Schmidt

« BACK
« FIRST   Page 1 of 80   LAST »
NEXT »
Chrontourage