Triumph

High school wrestling drama is admirable for giving athletes with disabilities a platform

"...a movie like this exists for the representation of athletes cerebral palsy within the teen sports genre. On the..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Lege Ticker: Someone Has to Pay the Post-Storm Electric Bill

The price is right?

"...29 (by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock), which forces K-12 student-athletes to join the teams corresponding with their assigned gender..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...• Amplifying Athlete Voices Off the Court: Athletes have been using their platform and voices for decades..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Hope For the Queer'd Future

Plus, OUTsider Festival’s launch party, Queerbomb’s Queer History Series, and more local LGBTQIA events

"...official birth certificate" – aka, GOP gobbledygook for: "Student athletes are only allowed to compete on teams based on..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Faster Than Sound: The Musicians at the Center of UT's "Eyes of Texas" Debacle

Inside the Longhorn Band's first-ever Black student group, LHBlacks.

"...Eyes of Texas." In the summer, dozens of UT athletes signed a letter requesting reckoning with details of UT's..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Ex-NFL Star Joe Barksdale Gets Sincere

Stream today’s EP drop from retired footballer turned Austinite

"...music. The Detroit native and now ATX dweller agrees athletes typically make terrible music, but he’s not most athletes...."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Post by Derek Udensi

The Way Back

Affleck gets courtside in a tale of basketball redemption

"...into their hustle. Cunningham quickly recognizes that the student athletes at Bishop Hayes are too small to play a..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Local Competes in Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition

Juan Neave goes to Coney Island for the second time

"...and Stillwell will host thousands of spectators and the athletes themselves, competitive eaters from around the nation who have..."

July 2, 2019 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Obvious Hypocrisy

"...make exceptions to their normal guidelines by admitting student athletes who, were it not for their sports talent, would..."

April 24, 2019 Postmarks

Soderbergh’s Netflix Basketball Film High Flying Bird Shoots, Mostly Scores

But just because you can shoot on a phone doesn’t mean you should

"...one built pointedly on the backs of mostly black athletes – and Ray for one thinks it’s high time..."

Feb. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Different Kind of Barista at Empowered Coffee

Employees with intellectual or developmental disabilities make coffee and learn life skills

"...office space. The smells of barbells and the sweaty athletes lifting them is contrasted by wafts of fresh, fair..."

May 11, 2018 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

LBJ Library Celebrates Fight for Equality in American Sports

The “Get in the Game” exhibition’s opening ceremony is April 21

"...This weekend, Texas honors Robinson and athletes like him who shattered social barriers and spoke out..."

April 18, 2018 Events Post by Milo Webb

Borg vs McEnroe

Tennis' greatest feud re-evaluated as an inner battle.

"...of the Sexes. The idea of two talented, driven athletes, often of different backgrounds, clashing for reasons other than..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Capital City Black Film Festival Grows by Leaps and Bounds

Four-day event showcases African-American experiences in cinema

"...Inner City delves into the choices and potential peril athletes must deal with as they attempt to use sports..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX

LGBTQIA SXSW and why queering SXSW is a big f-ing deal

"...annual filmmaker bruncheon. 11am-2pm. The Iron Bear, Free. Trans Athletes: The New Frontier of Sports – An Official SXSW..."

March 9, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Interactive Adds Featured Speakers

Doctors, scientists, athletes, and more

"...Uninterrupted Maverick Carter on the Direct From the Source: Athletes Unfiltered panel. Uninterrupted is a content platform that gives..."

Jan. 11, 2016 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Lights, Camera, aGLIFF!

Long-running film fest returns with something for everyone

"...physical strength and psychological prowess. This doc follows two athletes – Fallon Fox, MMA's transgender pro fighter, and Terrence..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Amy Kamp

Lived in Bars

EPIC owners write a new chapter

"...them, perhaps it could do the same for other athletes. After all, their philosophy has always been to "feed..."

May 29, 2015 Food Feature by Alisha McDarris

The AggreGAYtor: May 20

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...East Texas college has banned same-sex dating among its athletes. The Fugly..."

May 20, 2015 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Gay Place: Confidential

Welcome to queer heaven, SXSWers

"...SXSW: OUT IN THE FIELD: LGBT PRO ATHLETES SX Dream Team panel: NBA's Jason Collins, WNBA's Brittney..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Best Year of Her Life

After her hellish 2012, comedian Tig Notaro is feeling great

"...idea of stand-up is nerve-racking to most. Many great athletes report time slowing down for them in pressure situations...."

Oct. 14, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

X Games Info

Don't know a railslide from a tailslide? Not sure if you got roosted or yard saled? We're here to help.

"...Broken up into five disciplines, athletes will be hitting the Dirt, the Park, and the..."

June 6, 2014 Sports Feature

Brian Bosworth is Not Stone-Hearted

The Boz on football, drama and Stone Cold

"...and psychological wound in Hawaii, mulling his options. "Most athletes, they have to put the blinkers on," he said...."

May 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: December 18

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...U.N. leaders heard testimony from LGBTQ athletes on Human Rights Day...."

Dec. 18, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Then There's This: Sex on Campus

In lawsuit, Kearney says UT administrators unfairly singled her out while ignoring others' indiscretions

"...as head coach or to work directly with our student-athletes and was prepared to begin the termination process," the..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

'The Voice in My Head': Hit and Run

Are race car drivers athletes?

"...yet we don’t have the audacity to insist we’re athletes as a result. For example: Ice Road Truckers still..."

Jan. 28, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

'The NFL Beat': God Bless Commissioner Goodell

Protecting the shield

"...The league went "above and beyond" in protecting its athletes from bounties. It actually went overboard...."

Dec. 15, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Overthinking Man's Fighter

Floyd Patterson biographer W.K. Stratton explains the appeal of boxing's gentleman eccentric

"...reporters and magazine writers like Talese, who would ask athletes how they felt. The boxer was happy to oblige...."

July 6, 2012 Books Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

First Position

This lovely documentary follows six international ballet hopefuls, ages 10 to 17, as they compete for the Youth America Grand Prix.

"...eloquent testament to the single-minded steeliness of these child artists/athletes – there’s just no revelatory equivalent to be found..."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

21 Jump Street

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum go back to high school in this new take on the old TV series.

"...that now all the school’s cool kids are not athletes but environmentalists. That neither Hill nor Tatum really look..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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