Update: Tex McIver won his appeal for a new trial in 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court ruling that jurors should have been able to consider the lesser charge of misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter. On ...

Big Tex is a fashionista, but he is a one-brand kind of guy. For the last 20 years, Dickies has been outfitting the 55-foot-tall animatronic cowboy that greets visitors at the State Fair of Texas.

The State Fair of Texas wouldn’t be the same without the 55-foot-tall animatronic cowboy Big Tex greeting fair goers with a bellowing “Howdy, folks!” Believe it or not, the State Fair of Texas ran for ...

His famous size-96 Lucchese boots are heading to Washington, D.C., where they'll be displayed at the Smithsonian Institution as part of a new exhibit. For the first time, this specific pair of boots ...

Stunned attendees at the State Fair of Texas witnessed the iconic Big Tex go up in flames Friday morning. Some fabric that made up the towering structure's hand and sleeves could still be seen as ...

Last year, iconic Texas State Fair greeter/statue Big Tex celebrated his sixtieth birthday by, um, burning to the ground. This year, of course, he’s been rebuilt—bigger and Tex-er than ever. As the ...

Over the course of the next few days many of us will read about the passing of LeRoi "Tex" Smith, one of the automotive industry's true iconic figures. Tex left all of us in his rearview mirror on the ...

This story was written in 2011 prior to Tex Winter's enshrinement into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Winter passed away Wednesday at the age of 96. It was quintessential Tex Winter, but also a ...

This story, used with permission by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, was written in 2011 prior to Tex Winter's enshrinement. Winter passed away October 10, 2018 at the age of 96. "Morice Fred ...