Fairs and festivals
People wear masks as they walk the main concourse at Fair Park in Dallas on Sept. 19, 2020. The Texas and Oklahoma college football matchup will be a different game-day atmosphere this year with small crowds, no State Fair, a few food vendors, masks and social distancing. (AP Photo/LM Otero
Texas-Oklahoma won't look or feel the same in 2020

By Jim Vertuno Oct. 09, 2020 01:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday Sept. 26, 2020, file photo, Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger looks for an open receiver during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. No. 22 Texas vs. Oklahoma, at Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas. There is no State Fair of Texas this year because of the pandemic and both teams are coming off a loss, but this is still the Red River rivalry. (AP Photo/Mark Rogers, File)
Red River rivalry in Big 12 even without State Fair of Texas

By The Associated Press Oct. 08, 2020 02:39 AM EDT

Dallas Stars fan Zac Martinez walks towards Cotton Bowl as the Texas Star ferris wheel rises in the distance before the NHL Winter Classic hockey game between the Dallas Stars and the Nashville Predators at the Cotton Bowl, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
Outdoor hockey in Texas? Sure thang, and it was quite a hit

By Schuyler Dixon Jan. 01, 2020 04:58 PM EST

Dallas Stars left wing Jamie Benn, right, checks Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun (6) to the ice during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Texas-sized NHL Winter Classic for Stars, Preds in Cotton

Stephen Hawkins Dec. 31, 2019 03:01 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2018, file photo, Oklahoma defensive end Ronnie Perkins (7) and linebacker Curtis Bolton (18) tackle Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard (30) during an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla. The Bedlam rivalry between No. 7 Oklahoma and No. 21 Oklahoma State is back at the end of the regular season after earlier November dates the past two seasons. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP, File)
Big 12 rivalries include Bedlam, Red River and ‘Farmageddon’

By Stephen Hawkins Nov. 27, 2019 01:35 PM EST

Southern holds off Texas Southern behind 3 TDs from McDaniel

Oct. 19, 2019 06:49 PM EDT
DALLAS (AP) — Glendon McDaniel threw three touchdown passes, two of them in a decisive third quarter, and Southern defeated Texas Southern in the State Fair Showdown...

Texas defensive back B.J. Foster (25) shoves West Virginia wide receiver T.J. Simmons (1) during an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, in Morgantown, W.Va. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Fair meeting: No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 11 Texas for Golden Hat

By The Associated Press Oct. 10, 2019 03:17 PM EDT

Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy looks downfield before throwing against Baylor in the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, in Waco, Texas. (Lauryn Amy/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP)
Red River rivalry Big 12 highlight on October's 2nd Saturday

By Stephen Hawkins Oct. 10, 2019 03:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 1966, file photo, joyous Oklahoma Sooner fans climb the goal posts to tear down the cross bar after Oklahoma defeated Texas 18-9 in a college football game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. No. 5 Oklahoma and No. 9 Texas are playing in a rare Red River rivalry rematch in the Big 12 championship game on Saturday. It is the first time in 115 years that the border state rivals will play twice in the same season. (AP Photo/Ferd Kaufman, File)
Red River rematch: Texas-OU away from fair for Big 12 title

By Stephen Hawkins Nov. 29, 2018 03:44 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2018, file photo, Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger (11) runs for a 2-yard touchdown against TCU during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Austin, Texas. Ehlinger has thrown for at least 200 yards and a touchdown in the first five games, becoming just the fourth Texas quarterback to do that--and the first in a decade. Texas plays Oklahoma this week. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Oklahoma and Texas both ranked adds to prefect fair setting

By Stephen Hawkins Oct. 05, 2018 09:37 PM EDT