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Coach's Corner
This year's NFL playoffs aren't exactly measuring up to the classics of all time.
"...a swirling, icy tornado, Joe Namath, the first modern sports superstar, whips (a perfect description of the Namath throwing..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner
Ray Lewis may not have committed murder, but he's hardly the wronged innocent that the media are now making him out to be.
"...Monday's sports page is overflowing with good stuff. The Pacers won..."

June 16, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Sexy Empowerment, Terror Tuesday, Book Adaptations, and More Weekday Recos
Local event suggestions for the arts inclined
"...Tall Blonde Woman.   – Richard Whittaker Hot Topix: Sports!..."

July 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Sporty Spice
Wherever you fall on the sporty spectrum, Austin's queer scene has a place for you
"...under attack from state legislation targeting their participation in sports. "There is a distorted and inaccurate conception that sports..."

July 21, 2023 Column by James Scott

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur
The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground
"...inhabited are perplexingly varied: publisher, documentary film subject, humorist, sports commentator, sexual argonaut, nonprofit spokesman, criminal with 22 mugshots,..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music
Support the home team!
"...of off-kilter instrumental ambience. Sadness3, released last year via Sports Day Records, is six tracks of chugging, lo-fi melodics..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter's amiable bunny gets a CGI makeover.
"...disappointed. That film and its recent sequel set the bar for cinematic adaptation of classic kid-lit ridiculously, wonderfully high...."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ICYMI: Hopfields
Guadalupe gastropub channels Sporty Spice and Posh Spice
"...hot spot strikes a fine balance between easygoing beer bar and swanky, high-quality bistro, and their expansive drink menu..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Food Column by Reanna Zuniga

Luv Doc: Pledge of Support
An ass-kicking with a cheering section is still an ass-kicking
"...My boyfriend of six months told me recently that..."

June 30, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

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Third-place winner
"...her. She's sitting beyond the far end of the bar. We make eye contact and she breaks it immediately,..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Andy Steinberg

Saturday-Sunday SXSW Live Shots
Saturday night SXSW showcase reviews
"...SATURDAY: Mind Spiders/Bad SportsEasy Tiger, March 19..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

The World Is Flat
How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again
"...up John Henry Faulk or Billy Lee Brammer or Barbara Jordan or Robert Rauschenberg or even our excellent highway..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Event Menu
Local foodie events for June 18-25
"...free tastings of Shiner beers, selected small-batch bourbons, and barbecue from Ruby's as long as it lasts. Thursday, June..."

June 19, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips
The Elm Creek Cafe serves delicious country-style comfort food, including its lauded grilled quail and dewberry pie
"...Station, the cafe is a popular rest stop for sports fans coming and going. "We love college football," Franke..."

April 24, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Words for Words
Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another
"...I don't watch sports. I gave up on sports for the same reason..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

Crestview at the Crossroads
Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation
"...of the neighborhood, the tiny Crestview Minimax grocery store sports a sign reading "Since 1953" – a phrase that..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Dancing About Architecture
Labor Days ends, people bummed.
"...Commissioners Court on their deal, Bryan Perez from SW Sports Group in Dallas is working on a sports-arena-plus-amphitheatre project..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers
"...EPSTEIN'S MOTHER: This Vegas-based fourpiece sports one of the better names of this year's festival,..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Postmarks
Starbucks vs. the Chronicle: Who's zoomin' who?
"...That wasn't a naughty name. Dubya just set the bar below which many journalists/hacks/editorial commentators can be accurately described..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Column

Viva Belize!
You may have to fly to Belize to see Jerry Jeff Walker perform these days; just don't call out any requests
"...leans on the rail at Wet Willy's, a thatched-hut bar at the end of a pier on Ambergris Caye,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Feature by Kevin Brass

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose
"...shuffleboard, an elegant game played by proud warriors in bars all across this land, and, perhaps not so surprisingly,..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Saturday Picks
SXSW picks & sleepers
"...black mamba. A winter tour resulted in a Vegas bar brawl and a deal with Gearhead Records. – Greg..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Live Shots
"...pour on the Lone Star flavor thick as Sam's barbecue sauce. Thursday, their balls were big as Houston potholes...."

May 30, 1997 Music Feature

Where Live Music is Dead
Welcome to Sixth Street
"...Street between Brazos and Red River, there are 14 bars, another half dozen that feature some live music (i.e...."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Matthew McConaughey: Lone Star Rising
The Luck of the Drawl
"...and mustache, is hunched over a Tex-Mex breakfast at Barney's Beanery, a popular Southwest-style greasy spoon on Santa Monica..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Matt Zoller Seitz

Qmmunity: Social Butterflies
Find your community with these local queer social groups
"...& Queer Swim returns this Thursday, May 16, at Barton Springs. You’ll find them gathered on the south lawn;..."

May 17, 2024 Column by James Scott

Three New Restaurants/Bars Opening in the Next Seven Days
Plus an expansion later this year
"...A trifecta of new restaurants and bars open in the Austin area this week. Make your..."

March 22, 2023 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Uncancel the Olympics With a DIY Decathlon
How one man became the world's greatest athlete* (of his backyard)
"...pile, and it's mounted to the front of my barn. It's far from regulation, but I can put up..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Cheap Eats: Luke's Inside Out
Coating your ribs for less than $20
"...Located next to the Gibson Street Bar, Luke's is known for inventive sandwiches, an ever-rotating list..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Food Feature by Mary Bryce

Playback – Lift to Experience: Back at the Crossroads
Lift to Experience returns to Texas-Jerusalem, X Games music crashes, and Prince-a-plenty
"...album, 2011's Last of the Country Gentlemen, Pearson can barely get a gig...."

June 3, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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