Nolan Ryan Pitching at Kinky Friedman?

The no-hitter king and the Jewish cowboy for ag commissioner

"...aside by none other than former Texas Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan. The all-time leader in no-hitters announced last month..."

Nov. 4, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Spamarama’s Happening, Kombucha Is A-Tappening, Texas Wine Auction’s Got the Deals, the Roosevelt Room’s on Wheels, and Nolan Ryan Outpitches Those Damned Tornados …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...You know what’s pretty bad-ass? Nolan Ryan’s Goodstock up in Round Rock. We already love..."

March 30, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nolan Ryan vs. Nolan Ryan? Only in Austin

Rangers play Express in exhibition game at the Dell

March 28, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Spamarama’s Happening, Kombucha Is A-Tappening, Texas Wine Auction’s Got the Deals, the Roosevelt Room’s on Wheels, and Nolan Ryan Outpitches Those Damned Tornados …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

April 1, 2022 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Review: Facing Nolan

A baseball doc that hits even if you don't like baseball

"...understanding of America’s national pastime and no idea who Nolan Ryan is. Thankfully, you don’t have to be an..."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Jasmine Lane

Facing Nolan

The life of baseball's (fairly) scandal-free hall of famer

"...understanding of America’s national pastime and no idea who Nolan Ryan is. Thankfully, you don’t have to be an..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Jasmine Lane

News Ticker: November 1

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Joel Osteen talks dirty, Nolan Ryan considers another base run, and Rick Perry delivers..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Dunkirk

A harrowing new World War II classic

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Aneurin Barnard, Mark Rylance,..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Slash/Back (Canada) Director: Nyla Innuksuk, Screenwriters: Nyla Innuksuk, Ryan Cavan, Producers: Dan Bekerman, Christopher Yurkovich, Alex Ordanis, Nyla..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Event Menu

Aug. 15-21

"...unique items. The event benefits the Miracle League, the Nolan Ryan Foundation, and the Wine & Food Foundation of..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Food Column

Express Success

Sometimes a Round Rock Express game resembles a combination county fair and amusement park : with the baseball game as background more than a sporting event.

"...minor-league parks in the country, and team president Reid Ryan assembled a savvy and experienced front-office staff...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Sports Feature by Mike Butts

Gift Guide: Homegrown Food and Beverage Favorites!

Skip the old-school impersonal and go boldly local this season

"...www.thai-fresh.com. Nolan Ryan's Goodstock Butchery..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Father’s Day Gift Guide

Hop on this crop of opps for top Pops shops

"...1. NOLAN RYAN’S GOODSTOCKYou already know about Nolan Ryan’s Goodstock butcher..."

June 9, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2023 Award Nominees

Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer lead field

"...crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon and Christopher Nolan's own Atomic Age epic, Oppenheimer, lead the field with..."

Jan. 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Round Rock Express Begin New Era

Big changes afoot up Round Rock way

"...Rock way for our beloved Express. Last August when Nolan Ryan (aka the Ryan Express) became part owner, CEO,..."

April 8, 2011 Sports Feature

Express To Join Rangers' System Next Year

A look at their crop of minor-leaguers

"...The Express is owned by Nolan Ryan and Ryan-Sanders Baseball, who is part of the..."

Sept. 2, 2010 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Weird, Spooky, and Rich

David Dewhurst runs against everybody but money.

"...weird than he used to be." Two prominent Republicans, Nolan Ryan and Sen. John Carona of Dallas, are supporting..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Coach's Corner

"...Since it was Nolan Ryan Appreciation Weekend, the Rangers were replaying moments of..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Dazed & Confused Celebrates 30th Anniversary With AFS and the Round Rock Express

The Austin classic gets its own bobblehead night and screening

"...Film Society (the nonprofit co-founded by Linklater) and the Nolan Ryan Foundation, with the players' signed jerseys, as well..."

July 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Central Market’s Well-Bladed Cindy Haenel: Cutting Herself Free

The popular chef-instructor will be moving on by year’s end

"...our hometowns on our nametags to start conversations, and Nolan Ryan’s from Alvin. So every time someone sees Alvin..."

June 11, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips

The 'Baseball As America' exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is a baseball lover's dream come true

"...hero, and there he was sitting in front of Nolan Ryan's Astros jersey. I had to struggle to repress..."

June 3, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Elgin's City Cafe raises pies to an art form.

"...that keeps coming back for more is hall-of-fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. "He's one of our biggest fans," she says...."

Nov. 21, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...part of town. It would have been cheap. Luckily, Nolan Ryan came in and made a class move [bringing..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Daytrips

"...popularity for the gloves named after an Indian chief. Nolan Ryan had a Nokona on when he pitched for..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

49th-Inning Stretch

Both the players and the announcer have the same dreams of going to the major leagues. The difference between the players and announcer Mike Capps is that none of the young men on the roster of the Round Rock Express earned an Emmy nomination, covered the Persian Gulf War for CNN, or did a 10-hour marathon broadcast of the end of the 51-day Branch Davidian siege in Waco.

"...book about Murff, the scout who discovered strikeout king Nolan Ryan...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Sports Feature by Mike Butts

The Alvin OpryTri-County Opry House, Alvin, Texas, January 22

"...Sugar Land, Alvin -- home of flamethrowing Texas legend Nolan Ryan -- clings to its small-town morés like meat..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

A Year in the Life

"...5. Nolan Ryan vs. Round Rock. Providing multimillion-dollar subsidies to sports..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Feature

This Could Be the Last Time

[[questiondown]]Adios a Los Ramones?

"...always the chance you're less Mick Jagger and more Nolan Ryan. Adios, Amigos! is the first Ramones LP in..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Music Feature

House at the End of the Street

This scary-house movie starring Jennifer Lawrence is a strictly middling nonshocker.

"...Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Elisabeth Shue, Gil Bellows, Eva Link, Nolan Gerard Funk and Allie MacDonald...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

Chocolate beer, pecan gelato, and lots of sausage

"...Americas and the concession contract has been awarded to Ryan-Sanders Sports Services, a Round Rock company owned by baseball..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

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