Stephen F. Austin State University

Who Needs The Astros When You Have The Cougars And Owls?

Houston Astros owner Jim Crane is tired of fan complaints about the crappiness of the Houston Astros. Give him $10 million and he'll gladly listen, but otherwise, just pay the team's highly inflated prices for Opening Day and shut up. It's not a very fan-friendly approach to take, especially when he ... More >>

To Booze or Not to Booze near the Alamo?

San Antonio is in a tizzy. When officials from the Texas General Land Office okayed a plan to allow caterers to serve hooch at after-hours events at Alamo Hall, a repurposed 1922 fire station near but not on the grounds of the Alamo complex, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas roared into action. ... More >>

Houston 101: The Battle of Jones Creek, 188 Years Ago Today

There aren't that many Indian battles in Houston's history, but on this date in 1824, a vicious little skirmish took place pitting Karankawas against Stephen F. Austin's settlers in Brazoria County. The trouble started on June 21 just west of what is now Angleton at a country store owned by a braw ... More >>

Vic Shealy Is the First Football Coach in Houston Baptist History

Houston Baptist University took another step towards becoming a football program today by naming a head coach. He is Vic Shealy, who most recently was defensive coordinator at Kansas, a team that went winless in conference play and whose staff was thus replaced. Shealy also has coached at Richmond ... More >>

Cowboy Diaries: Clint Cannon -- Surfer Dude

True cowboys are hard to find, but not at the Houston Rodeo. Life on the road leads them here this time every year for the biggest rodeo in the world, where they'll ride and wrangle livestock for cash and glory. Each day, Hair Balls will spotlight one person with enough dirt on his boots to call him ... More >>

Lamar's Head Basketball Coach Pat Knight Rants Maniacally (w/ VIDEO)

Yep, that apple fell right by the tree.​It's not easy being the son of a legend, and then trying to follow in said legend's footsteps into the exact same vocation of choice. Pat Knight knows this. His father, Bobby Knight, garnered 902 career wins as a head coach. He also had dozens of epic ... More >>

Texas Tweakers

James "Bull" Durham burned down his mother's house while cooking meth. In Angelina County, the jail is full of guys like him..

A Sad East Texas Tale

Lynde Chunn: Hard Luck East Texas Woman Dies On Cusp Of Personal Rebirth

Lynde Chunn: Sing a sad song​(Be warned. In ten years here at the Houston Press, we've seldom come across a story sadder than this one.) Lynde Chunn had a tough row to hoe for many of her 28 years. The Houston-born Caney Creek High School graduate was mentally challenged but had long lived al ... More >>

Cougars and Owls: Hey, What Do You Know? At Least Some Houston Teams Can Win Baseball Games

John RoyalHouston's Caleb Ramsey knocks a first-inning two-run triple on Friday night​The expectations for the Houston Cougars baseball team are almost nonexistent. Hustle. Stay competitive. Aim toward being better next season. The expectations for the Rice Owls are high. Win Conference U ... More >>

Chinaberry Reflections

Houston Kid Rodney Crowell learns to "fail better."

Austin's Hilah Cooking!

Isn't it funny what you can discover when you're dicking around on YouTube? For example, we came across a clip of a blond-haired, Lisa Kudrow-looking woman ranting about how her roommate has been stealing her ketchup from their refrigerator. This is particularly hilarious not only because it appe ... More >>

Louie Gohmert: "Anchor Baby" Congressman Whines To Texas College For Making Him Look Bad

Louie Gohmert's good name has been besmirched​Talking Points Memo has an update on its continuing coverage of East Texas Congressman Louie "Anchor Baby" Gohmert's involvement with the firing of a Stephen F. Austin employee, and it's a funny one. Gohmert, TPM reports today via open-records req ... More >>

SFA vs. Sam Houston: The Battle Of The Piney Woods Comes To Houston

SFA-SHSU -- Big crowd expected​There's Texas-OU in the Red River Shootout (eff that "Rivalry" crap). Florida-Georgia in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. And Oregon-Oregon State in the Civil War.And then there's the Battle of the Piney Woods, where two meth-fueled, teeth-lacking inbred t ... More >>

Game Time: Stephen F. Austin Football -- The "F" Now Stands for "Fakers"

Dr. Nick will testify SFA players WERE really hurt​My birthday is on January 22. (I don't say this because I want you to get me anything -- although I wouldn't say NO -- I am merely pointing it out to illustrate how I feel this time of year.) Growing up, it was great having a January birthday bec ... More >>

Alvin Brooks Gets A Second Chance With UH Hoops

It may look like a mausoleum, but it's home for the Coogs​The story of the University of Houston men's basketball team can be seen as one of rebirths, second chances, starting over.Head coach James Dickey hasn't been a head coach since losing his job at Texas Tech in 2001. His associate head ... More >>

13 Things You'll Never Hear At Anvil

Photos by Katharine ShilcuttTry ordering a real Manhattan at your Golden Tee Palace.​I found myself explaining to a friend last night that my entire philosophy and approach toward bars now that I've gotten older can be summed up by one question: Does it have a Golden Tee machine? If the answer ... More >>

Coogs Have Pitching Problems As They Face An Underachieving Rice

Photo courtesy UH​The Houston Cougar baseball team got off to a poor start to the season. Coming into the Houston College Classic at the start of the month, the team was 2-5, and they were lucky to have gotten their two wins. Then they pulled off the major upset at Minute Maid Park, sweeping al ... More >>

Boating on Buffalo Bayou

Photos by Margaret Downing​Buffalo Bayou Partnership is promoting its boat tours -- tying them into the Christmas season -- as part of its continuing effort to try to get Houston residents out of their cars and down to the bayou to see what all the clean-up has achieved. So Thursday, after two pr ... More >>

Texas Traveler: Haunted Austin

Photo by Brittanie Shey​The state capitol holds many secrets gleaned throughout its long history as a center for settlement, trade and politics. Here are a few of our favorite spooky places in Austin. The Driskill Hotel Often cited as one of the most haunted buildings in Texas, The Driskill ... More >>

Texas Traveler: Angleton's Mysterious House of the Century

It all started with an obsession. And a blog post. The House of the Century was built in 1972 by the Ant Farm Art Collective, a group that included architects Richard Jost, a then-recent graduate of the University of Houston, and Doug Michels, founder of the collective and professor at UofH. (Ant ... More >>

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Houston Sports, Hurricane Ike Update

The John Royal College Football Top 25, Week Two

Brazoria County -- Come for the Beaches (Maybe)

Back from Iraq with Plenty of Problems

Paul Miles returned from Iraq needing help with the death in his head. He got prison.

Three Nights Ago: Hometown Showdown at Warehouse Live

Bong Hits 4 Jesus

Houston Astros, Netflix, Congressman Ron Paul

It could be a year of despair for Astros fans

Just Say Ho

A Tennessee-based Virginia rocker salutes the Big Drunk in song; also: Mary Cutrufello gets back on track

Festival Crashers

A film fest descends on the Capital City

Letters

Screen Playing

Hollywood mixes and mingles at the Austin Film Festival

The Reorient Express

Some churches are still trying to "cure" homosexuals. And some people are still lining up to trade in their sex life for eternal life.

Carrying the Torch

Rangers get fired up over Bush's Healthy Forests Initiative

Exit Wounds

The gunman fled. Her point-blank panic hasn't.

The Hard Sell

Local filmmaker Shane Carruth won Sundance's top honor. So...now what?

Peace Signs

Third–generation activist Luchita Rodriguez and her friends find the missing rally bus — and a fresh, family-style fight against war in Iraq

An Absolute Maybe

There's little doubt that Johnnie Bernal was not a really good guy. The question remains, though, how bad was he?

People Who Died

Firewater's Todd A. lost two friends to suicide in two years. It saved his life.

Version 2.0

Since the demise of Radio Montrose, M. Martin has been focusing his energy on Earthwire.net

Full Court Press

Was it a harmless HBU jock initiation -- or hard-core hazing -- that shattered a freshman's hoop dreams?

Raw Roots

Excavations for plantation artifacts - and the real truth - are unraveling the genteel gloss covering Texans' old notions about the slave era here

This Sand is Your Sand

At the Village of Surfside, it's not just the beaches that are eroding. It's the Open Beaches Act.

Putting Up

Lynda Nichols saved a significant piece of Wharton's square. And it's costing her dearly.

Homeward Bound

A trip back to Houston for Rodney Crowell is a trip back in honky-tonk time

Graduation Day

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Hardball

How softball coach Holly Nuber won the state championship -- and lost her job