It was hard to find a louder football stadium than the Astrodome in the late 1970s. The likes of Earl Campbell and Elvin Bethea had plenty to do with that Luv Ya Blue fervor, but some of the credit ...

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In this case, it's the oil drilling ecosystem that draws workers and billionaires alike to Texas. Series co-creator Christian Wallace is the man on set who keeps things realistic. Wallace was the host ...

‘Hey, Dirt, so . . . why do they call you Dirt?” “Well . . . when I was working offshore I used to get real dirty so they called me Dirt.” And so it goes. Because, why else would someone pick up a ...

HOUSTON The BP catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico is highlighting the risks faced by drilling rig workers, who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the nation. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon ...

A few years ago, musician Brad Jackson decided to transform his scraggly whiskers into a kick-ass beard. He sees the male mane as “something we earn as we age, an accomplishment that we as men can all ...

If you climb the concrete stairs to the top of Mustang Stadium, one of the highest points in Andrews, Texas, and look in nearly any direction, past the parking lot and asphalt loop surrounding the ...

Socially and politically, Matt Damon sits on the opposite end of the spectrum from Bill Baker. That’s the character the actor portrays in Stillwater, writer-director Tom McCarthy’s dramatic thriller ...

Stillwater is about an oil rig worker in Oklahoma named Bill Baker. He travels to France to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who has been in prison for the past few years. She is serving time ...

Western movie legend John Wayne developed the genre in a way that cemented him in film history forever. He wasn’t shy in acknowledging his own impact on the Western hero’s definition in the media, as ...

Every week, in our recurring feature “Renewable Stories.” we’ll be bringing readers of the Energy Department a piece from our archives that resonates with current events. For more archive stories from ...