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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was a sight to behold on Friday morning with the erection of Big Tex. Get your mind out of the gutter: Big Tex, the man, the legend, is risen. And he’s ready to judge your spending habits at the ...

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 ...

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 ...