The President discusses Aggies and Horns, his Rangers days and his sports idol
President George W. Bush has been a Texas sports fan since he was a young child. He grew up in the West Texas town of Midland, where his family moved from Connecticut when he was two. The former governor and onetime managing partner of the Texas Rangers recalls his excitement at seeing the first issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED at a friend’s house in 1954. On the occasion of the magazine’s 50th anniversary, he sat down with SI’s Don Yaeger to talk about sports and the Lone Star State.