Hornucopia

UT's season was over by halftime

"...Savannah State was laughing their asses off during the Horns' 36-2..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Sports Column by Michael Corcoran

On the Sidelines With New Documentary Fathers of Football

Bradley Beesley throws out the playbook for his high school doc

"...thematically and subject-wise still synonymous with his old home state of Oklahoma, and especially the small towns. Through his..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Actual Innocence

Austinite wrongfully convicted for a decade-old school prank hopes to clear his name

"...According to the statement Hill gave the AISD police the next day, this..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Caitlin Meredith

Holloway to Be Honored in House

House sets date for reading of resolution commemorating sad loss of Travis County Green Party co-chair

"...at the age of 44; and WHEREAS, Born in Oklahoma City on July 31, 1964, Bill Holloway was the..."

Feb. 25, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...jury, in a report to Judge Julie Kocurek on state campaign-finance laws Headlines• The City Council returns from summer..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature

Maps, Balls, and Testifying

The testimony gets mighty strange at the re-redistricting trial.

"...Last Thursday afternoon, as the cross-examination of state witnesses in the congressional re-redistricting federal trial proceeded, Rep...."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Coach's Corner

Coach's old Vail nemesis Cedrick Trout has jumped on the Redskins / Steve Spurrier bandwagon, but Coach figures he's at least a year or two early. And in college -- surprise, surprise -- UT's really as good as their hype

"...except the enraged red-clad farmers who fill Memorial Stadium. Oklahoma, also, coming off a deceptive 11-2 season, where if..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...understand why you wouldn't want to compete on a state level, especially when that state is Texas." – a..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Naked City

News and happening from Austin and beyond

"..."Southern segment of MoPac to be free," read the Statesman headline Tuesday, marking CAMPO's removal of a short segment..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...Up With Kids sort of thing, called the Iowa State Fair Singers & Jazz Band, something like that. A..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Naked City

"...the technical term is "hypocrisy." Naked City • The state accountability system has rated Johnston High School "academically unacceptable"..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

We Have an Issue: Fumbling Toward Fall

Looking back at a summer of protest and anticipating a (superspreading?) UT football season

"...week the governor extended his disaster declaration for the state of Texas, but college football – another bellwether of..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Woody Guthrie at 100

"...Dylan CD can tell you that Guthrie came from Oklahoma, and much has been made of his time in..."

March 2, 2012 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Texas Tales

For those of you who are still pondering the eternal question that seems to arise wherever beer and English majors appear together in the Lone Star State, the answer is: Texas does indeed have a separate and distinctive literature, Tom Doyal writes. If you have been arguing the other side of this proposition, the writers and publishers of Texas have issued you a sharp rebuke in their new spring releases.

"...Texas A&M University Press, 266 pp., $29.95..."

May 25, 2001 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Peerless

All About Joe (York)

"...Smudge in Forever Plaid; Marvin in Falsettos; Jud in Oklahoma! The majority of York's work is still in the..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Environmental Cage Match

After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?

"...Hernandez moved to Aus­tin to head up a grassroots statewide campaign to fight the state on permitting and building..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...effort into correcting some of the problems plaguing our state instead of supporting divisive wedge issues that truly serve..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...blessed with the Longhorn Singers, UT Chamber Singers, and University Chorus, among others, and the city has enjoyed the..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...the controversy surrounding the plan to expand and revamp Interstate 35 through downtown Austin, you'd think the project schematics..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Coach's Corner

Coach's farewell column, after a 10-year run, laments the bloated, mercenary state of "amateur" athletics in the U.S.

"...What's the difference between the Dallas Cowboys and the University of Texas? Aside from the fact that UT has..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks

Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...Chronicle ask why Palestinians explode bombs in a holy state supposedly given to the Jews by their God?..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

How the Democratic Primaries Could Affect Down-Ballot Races in Austin

See what happens when the circus is in town

"...spotlight as the nation's newest, biggest, and prettiest battleground state, it's been predicted that voter turnout in Democratic strongholds..."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Birth of Western Swing, Death of Milton Brown

Chapter excerpt from the new book by ATX music historians Michael Corcoran and Tim Kerr spotlights the debt that the kings of country swing, Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, owed to Texan Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies

"...early Thirties. But they almost never played out of state, except to record in Chicago and New Orleans...."

March 27, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

'DKR: The Royal Scrapbook'

More than just a good gift for grandpa

"...But long before that, Royal was a small town Oklahoma boy, a Dust Bowl migrant, and later a standout..."

Oct. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Why the Texas Longhorns Must Lose This Weekend

Fathers, children, and when glorious runs come to their ends

"...of change: my mother's remarriage, the move out of state with me and my three brothers and two sisters..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Sports Feature by Joe O'Connell

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...judicial review and that the ordinance's $2,000 fine violates state law and must be reduced to $500...."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

More From 'Iconoclast' Country

W. Leon Smith on freedom of speech, peace, and Crawford

"...I went to two different colleges [eventually landing at] University of Texas – Permian Basin in Odessa. I've worked..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Kate X Messer

What's at Stake?

The federal redistricting trial will reverberate through national politics for years.

"..."The best thing for the state of Texas," said Gary Bledsoe Friday outside the federal..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Column by Michael King

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...which works well in Live Oak's historic venue, the State Theatre on Congress. Surprises are few, but the core..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...for Vernon Gholston, the speed-demon defensive end from Ohio State. Gholston is a rare athlete with 30.5 tackles for..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

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