ALAN TRUEX, Publisher and Executive Editor
Home: Llano, Texas
Prior homes: San Antonio, San Francisco, El Paso, Austin, Fort Worth, Port Lavaca, Atlanta, Orlando, Nashville, Oklahoma City
Journalism Experience: 20 years as Sports reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Houston Chronicle
Beats: Atlanta Falcons, Houston Astros, Houston Rockets, Georgia Bulldogs (1980 National Championship), National Hockey League, Horse Racing, Golf
Age: Probably older than you are.
Favorite Sports Reporters: Jim Rome, Bob Ryan, Randy Harvey, Terry Pluto, Tim Tucker, Danny Robbins, John McClain, Barry Warner, Mark Berman
Favorite Sports Events to cover: Kentucky Derby (the parties as well as the race), Indy 500 (a press box as close as you want to be to these screaming cars)
Favorite Honor: First Place, Texas Sports Writing, Associated Press Managing Editors, 1998
Education: Bachelor of Journalism, U. of Texas at Austin; 30 hrs. Vanderbilt University; 9 hrs. UT El Paso
Interests besides sports: history, ranching, oil, children, grandchildren, Red Heelers, Japanese food.
Favorite movies: Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis), Silver Linings Playbook (Jennifer Lawrence), Hyde Park on the Hudson (Bill Murray)
Favorite music: Dixie Chicks, Old Crow Medicine Show, Robert Earl Keen, Springsteen (not necessarily in that order)
I WANTED TO BE A SPORTS WRITER WHEN: my dad took me to my first big-league game and I asked him: “Who are those men moving around in the deck above us?” . . .
“They’re sports writers, writing about this game.” . . . “They make a living doing that?” . . . . “Not a great living, but yeah, that’s what they do.”
