Addressing Sexual Assault by Student-Athletes

Campaign hopes to eradicate rapes on high school campuses

"...Texas is poised to become the first state with an..."

Dec. 6, 2016 News Post by Sarah Marloff

For the Kids

The UIL and school districts can do better work curtailing concussions

"...Nokesville, Virginia, she has just read about Cedar Park High School’s touting of the Guardian Cap, a soft-shell outer..."

Dec. 24, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

LegeLines

House of Representatives is finally hearing bills on the floor

"...Representatives is finally hearing bills on the floor. The Texas Constitution restricts the lower chamber from floor discussion in..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"...There's a new high school coming to Austin. It doesn't have a name..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Olympian, Pro Wrestler, All-Around Nice Guy

Standing on the shoulders of Mark Henry

"...Growing up in Silsbee in East Texas, neither strongman contests nor pro wrestling seemed to be..."

July 18, 2008 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Aggies Amped for Entry, Descent, and Landing in the SEC

A&M preps for SEC like Curiosity was prepped for Mars

"...Mark Lemmon, an atmospheric science instructor at Texas A&M University, operates one of Curiosity's cameras. So in..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

Book Review: I Came As a Shadow by John Thompson

Coach's autobiography is a tale of U.S. sports and U.S. history

"...had failed to achieve what the alumni (more precisely, “Texas Exes”) consider the Longhorn birthright of national championships...."

March 3, 2021 Sports Post by Michael King

Just Call Him "Coach"

Westlake senior Eli Kooris profiles the Westlake Chaparral football's legendary head coach, Ron Schroeder.

"...to most Austinites as the "Beverly Hills" of Central Texas, home to area business owners, trust fund babies, and..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Sports Feature by Eli Kooris

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...in my daddy's pickup and throw trash on the highway because he said it kept people employed." Roy Spence..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Coach's Corner

"...of the savior of The University, the State of Texas, and the Northern Hemisphere, the new football coach, Mr...."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Little Athletes, Big Dreams

Austin's youth sports boom is young athletes, big competition – and big money

"...played center midfield and co-captained the district champion Westlake High School girls soccer team in a heartbreaking playoff loss..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Black Eastsiders: Powers a Friend

Will the next UT president continue Powers' work repairing the relationship between UT and East Austin?

"...an online petition expressing their support for Powers; the Texas Exes, led by new president and former U.S. Senator..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

D-League Dreams

All roads lead to Toros training camp

"...past weekend marked the opening of the National Basketball Association Development League's 2006-2007 season, the league's sixth and the..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Sports Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"..."The cities blend together: Temple's the big high school that won the state championship every year, and..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Zupan on Impact

'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity

"...liberal use of cattle prods); and one from his high school soccer coach (whose name Zupan at first fails..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Serious GAME

For the Austin Outlaws, the game is the only thing

"...under the bleachers of House Park, listening to a high school jazz band. Inside the Outlaws' locker room, someone..."

June 2, 2006 Sports Feature by Kevin Brass

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...child. Yet between No Child Left Behind's culture of high-stakes standardized testing, the reform movement's bullish attitude to bulldozing..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Electric Skaterland

Austin births a Roller Derby renaissance

"...quiet descends. Midway through the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's 2009 national championship title bout on Nov. 15, Vicious..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postscripts

El Paso Jewels

"...American who lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he teaches high school English and coaches Switzerland's pro basketball team. How..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...assurances from nearly all the council that the proposed high-density, MF-6 zoning was incompatible with this residential setting...."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...really like in the old days. It re-creates rural Texas life in the late 19th century with historically correct..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...of these projects, the edgier strains of Austin liberalism/environmentalism/neighborhood association-dom have castigated Leffingwell, accusing him of insufficient aggressiveness or..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...with Austin Neighborhoods Council, Liveable City, Save Barton Creek Association, SOS Alliance, Texas Clean Water Action, and Zilker Neighborhood..."

May 6, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...but you could have given me credit for originating Texas rock. I also picked the hit for Roky, "You're..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column

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"...the Chronicle's idea to have the cover designed in association with that historical event...."

Dec. 14, 2001 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...then said he had difficulty justifying golden parachutes for ex-coaches in a "moral way," but that it was necessary..."

April 10, 1998 News Feature