Carlos Mendez spent 19 years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, starting his career covering DFW high school powers like Euless Trinity football, Fort Worth Dunbar basketball and Arlington Martin baseball and volleyball and moving on to three seasons on the Texas Rangers, 10 on NASCAR (including five Daytona 500s), 12 on the Dallas Cowboys and four on TCU athletics. He is a Heisman Trophy voter, covered Super Bowl XLV, three MLB playoff series and dozens of high school state championship events.
Carlos is a San Angelo native with a sports writing career that began at the San Angelo Standard-Times three months out of high school. His parents still live in San Angelo, and he keeps up with his alma mater Lake View Chiefs and crosstown rival Central Bobcats. He lives in Arlington with his wife, two kids, two cats and a dog.