David Courtney

The Texanist investigates a mystery about a game with a funny name.

The Waco-bred rock and roller, who Ted Nugent compared to Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen, gets a posthumous moment in the spotlight in a new documentary.

A College Station man is worried that the resumption of gridiron hostilities will ruin his holiday dinner.

A College Station man is worried that the resumption of gridiron hostilities will ruin his holiday dinner.

At least three hundred Texas eateries highlight the Mexican state. What gives?

Is Houston in East Texas? Where does West Texas start? Help us settle these and other perennial debates.

More than 96 percent of our state is privately owned—in large part due to a historical oddity. 

Q: My lovely wife tells me that proper etiquette requires me to wear my straw hat from Easter until Labor Day and then switch back to my felt hats. But

From the “Grand Old Man” of trapshooting to Bob Beamon's long jump to Simone Biles, Texas has a long history of bringing home Olympic gold.

It's hot as a billy goat in a pepper patch, y'all.