Daily Sports: Fringe
Austin Hikes and the Trials of a Fledgling Trailgoer
Despite regular bouts with insomnia, it’s safe to say I don’t get out much. At any given time, I’m likely at my desk under my lofted bed with a toast-shaped night light keeping me company, or if I’m really shaking it up, on top of my bed watching reality TV.

10:00AM Sat. Apr. 15, 2023, Joelle DiPaolo Read More | Comment »

Dart Bowl Closes Permanently This Friday
Citing the economic impact of the pandemic-related economic slowdown, the Dart Bowl’s founding family and owners are closing the local favorite down.

12:33PM Wed. Jul. 15, 2020, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Class Axe Throwing Gets in on Austin's Edgiest New Trend
If you’ve been looking for a happy medium between enduring yet another bowling night and risking skydiving peril, axe-throwing offers you an adrenaline fix that won’t get you in trouble with your loved ones.

2:00PM Mon. Jul. 1, 2019, Katelyn Landry Read More | Comment »

Party World Rasslin’s First All-Queer Tag Team
Spectacle is one powerful piece of coinage, used when one knows the scene unfolding is on a level above the everyday. Performance without spectacle is the realm of soggier folk, those who watched the original Hairspray and thought, “Hm. Too spicy for me,” and to that realm, one mustn’t wander.

8:00AM Thu. Jun. 13, 2019, James Scott Read More | Comment »

Self-Defense in the Trump Era
The 2016 presidential election surfaced skeletons in America’s closet that many falsely assumed were fading away. In the following weeks and months, neo-Nazis and fascists openly celebrated a world they think is going their way, while violence and intimidation against minorities of all kinds made headlines across the country.

7:00AM Sat. Jan. 7, 2017, Tucker Whatley Read More | Comment »

Bray Wyatt: Follow the Buzzards
Bray Wyatt remembers the first time he saw the fireflies. That’s when the WWE superstar walks into the arena, and the lights drop, the audience whips out their phones, and they don’t video or take a photo. They turn on the flashlight app, and the whole room turns into a thousand glowing fireflies.

9:00AM Mon. Aug. 15, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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Bray Wyatt: Follow the Buzzards
 
The Redemption of Ricky Starks
When "Absolute" Ricky Starks steps between the ropes of Inspire Pro Wrestling tonight, and takes on champion "Dirty" Andy Dalton, it's not just about winning the title. It's a chance to rewrite two years of his own wrestling history.

11:00AM Sun. Aug. 9, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

One in a Crowd: The Path
When it comes to professional wrestling, Raymond "Ray" Rowe is the real deal. A hard-hitting brute and skillful grappler, the Ohio-born Texas resident is a master storyteller in the ring. And last August, his rising star smashed to Earth in a motorcycle crash.

12:34PM Sat. Aug. 1, 2015, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Judgment Slam Promises Slams, Judgment
Wrestling as a spectacle is not just for Joe Dadbod and his mulleted children. This Saturday at the Midway Field House, the altniks of Party World Wrasslin' promise a night that a different sort of PBR-drinker can enjoy: Summer Slamdown 2: Judgment Slam.

8:20AM Fri. Jun. 26, 2015, Waylon Cunningham Read More | Comment »

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