Sports
June 7, 2024
In Spring Football, Wade Phillips Has Been Anything but a “Lousy” Head Coach
The 76-year-old football lifer, known for unspectacular stints running several NFL teams, has found success with the UFL’s San Antonio Brahmas.
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Business
March 13, 2024
The Upstart JSX Versus the Airline Bullies
Dallas Love Field has been transformed into an aviation battleground again, as American and Southwest lobby the Federal Aviation Administration to change the rules that allowed the newcomer to take off.
Business
March 13, 2024
The Short-Lived Dallas Carrier That American Airlines Drove Out of Business
The aviation battle underway at Love Field has echoes of the pivotal fight over the launch of Legend Airlines.
Business
November 15, 2023
Is Southwest Airlines Headed for Another Holiday Mess?
After stranding millions of passengers over Christmas last year, the Dallas-based carrier has spent many millions on fixes—yet it may still have more work to do.
Business
July 20, 2023
A Crowdfunding Approach to Growing Texas Farms
Fort Worth–based Harvest Returns offers new investment avenues into agricultural projects.
Sports
May 16, 2023
The XFL Just Completed the Best Spring Football Season Ever—Thanks to Texas
By basing all of its operations and its teams in Arlington, the XFL may have hit on a formula for spring ball success.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
Southwest Used to Do Everything Right. What Happened?
Before its recent troubles, the industry giant seemed like the airline to beat.
Business
January 6, 2023
Southwest’s Christmas Mess Has Roots in Its Long Financial Success
The Dallas-based airline has always lagged behind in technology. Its leaders saw that as a feature, not a bug.
Business
June 13, 2022
Southwest Airlines Publishes Its Gospel of Herb
The Dallas carrier—whose success is often studied in business schools—offers up its own, self-promotional version of its management secrets.
Sports
February 8, 2022
The Passion of Eric Dickerson
With his ex-team in the Super Bowl and a new memoir on bookshelves, the Hall of Fame running back from Sealy, Texas, is back in the limelight.
Business
January 12, 2022
Southwest’s New Skipper Buckles Up
Robert Jordan takes charge as the Dallas-based airline faces the most difficult challenges since its launch.
Business
June 24, 2021
How Gary Kelly Changed Southwest Airlines
The longtime CEO is stepping down. With apologies to Herb Kelleher, it's Kelly who may be the most successful chief executive in the company’s history.
Business
June 3, 2021
Hot Pants, Love Potions, and the Go-go Genesis of Southwest Airlines
Fifty years ago this month, the Dallas-based carrier first took flight. It’s reflecting on its past as it confronts a pandemic-shaped future.