After nearly four decades of sporting events and concerts, more than 20,000 people gathered in April 2010 to watch as an implosion leveled Texas Stadium in Irving. The stadium, which opened in October 1971, was known as the home of the Dallas Cowboys. It was also recognized for its gaping hole at the top of the stadium, a result of …

AUSTIN — The state’s biggest sports teams, including the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers and Dallas Mavericks, are mounting a major new effort to legalize sports betting in Texas,has learned. The Sports Betting Alliance said it has the backing of several Texas pro teams, including the Dallas Stars and FC Dallas. In exclusive interviews, the alliance, a coalition of these franchises …

Greg Abbott’s State of the State message — and the reaction to it — illustrates how the governor plans to rally his political base against the Democrats who are struggling to unseat him. Abbott has the money and resources to fend off challengers within the GOP, and his popularity makes him formidable against any Democrat in the general election, even …

AUSTIN — The shootings happened exactly four weeks apart. First, in El Paso, where a North Texas man drove hundreds of miles to the border city intent on stopping a “Hispanic invasion” and killed 23 people. Then, a few Saturdays later, in a shooting spree across the West Texas cities of Midland and Odessa, a gunman killed seven people and …

HOUSTON, Texas — The good news is that Texas is finally seeing COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases trend downward after a holiday season marked by a record-breaking surge that pushed hospital systems and health care workers to their limits. The bad news is that there are still more Texans getting sick and being hospitalized for the coronavirus than this summer, when the state …

MELBOURNE: Ash Barty didn’t play competitive tennis in almost a year. It seems like she didn’t miss a beat. Top-ranked Barty cashed in on her first championship point against Garbine Muguruza in the Yarra Valley Classic and Daniil Medvedev clinched the ATP Cup title for Russia within seconds of each other Sunday as the tune-up tournaments for the Australian Open …

CHITTAGONG: Kyle Mayers became the first batsman to score a fourth-innings double century on debut to help West Indies snatch an extraordinary three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first Test on Sunday. Hosts Bangladesh declared their second innings on 223-8, setting West Indies a daunting victory target of 395, and the touring side completed the fifth-highest successful run chase in …

KARACHI: Another course record for Shabbir Iqbal led to another title for Pakistan’s top golfer. Shabbir won the CAS Open Golf Championship, smashing the course record with an eight-under 64 in the final round at the Airmen Golf Course on Sunday in a performance exemplifying why he is the best in the country. That too, after he started the final …

Pakistan’s biggest sporting event, the Pakistan Super League (PSL), is back and like every year, the first buzz is around its anthem. The PSL 6 anthem features Naseebo Lal, Young Stunners and Aima Baig and it’s called ‘Groove Mera’. It’s a mix of the traditional vocals of Naseebo Lal, rap by the Young Stunners, Aima Baig’s power vocals and a …