Category Archives: Other sports

First, congrats to the Spurs for winning yet another NBA title, and making it look easy. I don’t care what anyone says, four titles in nine years is a dynasty. Well done, guys. Second, for those of you who thought … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via King Kaufman, who does an interview with one of the investors, we have this NYT article about a proposed Friday night football league called the United Football League (UFL), which would play in the fall and thus compete with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congratulations to the North Texas Cowboys for their successful efforts. The new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington will host the 2011 Super Bowl, the National Football League announced Tuesday. NFL owners, in a secret ballot, chose North Texas over bids … Continue reading → Continue reading →

He’s a retread, but as retreads go Rick Adelman is perfectly serviceable. I’m still not exactly sure how exactly the wheels came off of the Jeff Van Gundy bus, but given that they did, we could have done far worse. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

John Lopez lays out an argument that I’m sure we’ll hear more of regarding a possible downtown stadium for the Houston Dynamo. The unwritten message in the letter of agreement with the city: The predominantly white fan base that follows … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Chron soccer writer Glenn Davis makes his pitch for the proposed downtown Dynamo Stadium. Let me borrow a real estate phrase: Location, location, location is what this is about, and a downtown stadium will be an unparalleled vehicle for promoting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dear Les, Whatever you do, please don’t hire this guy. We Rockets fans have suffered enough. Yours, Charles Continue reading →

We first heard about this last week, and now it’s official: The Houston Dynamo are talking to the city about building a stadium near Minute Maid Park. The Anschutz Entertainment Group, owners of the Dynamo, would bear the brunt of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Miya Shay reports that the Houston Dynamo may become the Houston Astros’ newest neighbor. Officially, the Dynamo say they are still looking at building a new stadium either in Sugar Land or Houston. But I’ve learned there’s been a strong … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I just have one question regarding the weekend’s NFL draft: What do you have to do to earn a failing grade from John McClain? I mean, look at his recap of the AFC and NFC teams. I mean, I can … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I drove past Reliant Stadium on Friday coming back to my office from lunch, and with the car windows up, the air conditioning on, and music playing, all I could hear was the noise of the cars coming from the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I love stories like this: Eldridge Small was in for a surprise on the first day he coached the Wheatley softball team. The girls were excited to start playing, but several of them had never even put on a glove. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Legendary coach at Grambling University Eddie Robinson has passed away at the age of 88. Robinson’s was a career that spanned 11 presidents, several wars and the civil-rights movement. His older records were what people remembered: in 57 years, Robinson … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congratulations, Coach Chancellor! Van Chancellor’s chest swelled with pride when the national anthem played for his undefeated United States women’s team at the Athens Olympics, and there was an overwhelming sense of achievement when the Comets won each of their … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve been wondering if the size of the NCAA tournament is something that might get tinkered with again now that 64 is no longer a sacred number. Looks like the possibility exists for it to happen, though apparently not soon. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Gotta love Jeff Van Gundy. The man is not afraid to speak his mind. Weeks before accusations could begin that teams were tanking games to improve their chances of landing either of the season’s celebrated college prodigies, Greg Oden and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Interesting article on how the Reliant Stadium crew and associated others are studying what other Final Four sites have done in preparation for Houston’s turn as host in 2011 (we get regionals next year and 2010 as warm-up acts). Just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

For your amusement, one blogger’s opinion of the 25 Worst NCAA D-I College Mascots. I might have skipped over this, but she picked Rice’s Sammy the Owl (warning: that link will be blocked by any corporate net.nanny worth its salt) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If the Dynamo don’t come to an agreement with Houston for a stadium location, then one possible landing point for them is Sugar Land. “Sugar Land is very viable for us,” [team president Oliver] Luck said. “The discussions we’ve had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Looks like the golf-or-soccer conundrum regarding the Gus Wortham golf course has been resolved in favor of the fairways. Mayor Bill White on Tuesday all but ruled out use of the Gus Wortham Golf Course on Houston’s East End as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We now have some official opposition to the proposal that’s been floated to turn the Gus Wortham golf course into a soccer facility for the Houston Dynamo. Walter Boyd makes the case for saving the Wortham course in this Sunday … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you hated the new clock rules that the NCAA implemented for football this past season, then this will warm your heart. Upon review … college football’s rules-makers found evidence to overturn last season’s controversial efforts to speed up games. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

New comets owner Hilton Koch has his new head coach: current assistant Karleen Thompson. On Feb. 2, Koch contacted Thompson, who was in Prague, Czech Republic, serving as an assistant coach on a team based in Moscow. After that phone … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Eddie Feigner, the greatest softball player ever, has passed away at the age of 81. With a fastball once clocked at 104 mph, Feigner threw 930 no-hitters and 238 perfect games and struck out 141,517 batters while playing more than … Continue reading → Continue reading →

And speaking of new sports venues, here’s one that’s a way long time in coming. Rice announced Tuesday a $7 million gift from [Bobby] Tudor, a 1982 Rice graduate, and his wife, Phoebe, that will jump-start a $23 million, 18-month … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Since I stopped paying attention to the Dynamo a few minutes after their team name was chosen, I hadn’t realized that they were seriously looking at moving to a to-be-built stadium somewhere out in the ‘burbs unless the city of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congratulations to the Colts on their Super Bowl victory. You might have seen some of them wearing official gear at the end of the game last night, proclaiming “Indianapolis Colts – Super Bowl XLI Champions”. The NFL has such items … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As noted last week, the sale of the Comets to Hilton Koch has been completed. The WNBA board of governors has approved sale of the Comets to Hilton Koch/Hilton Acquisitions, LLC, Rockets owner Leslie Alexander announced [Wednesday] at Toyota Center. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

According to the Houston Roundball Review, the Houston Comets are going to have a press conference on Wednesday, January 31, to announce that the proposed sale of the franchise to Hilton Koch has been approved and will go through. The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Good-bye, Todd Graham; hello, David Bailiff. Texas State coach David Bailiff will be introduced as the Owls’ 18th football coach at 11 a.m. today. Bailiff, 48, compiled a 21-15 record over three seasons (2004-06) at his alma mater, and he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Meet Summer Williams: Aerospace engineer by day, Houston Texans cheerleader by weekend. Williams is a 25-year old aerospace engineer for the Jacobs Engineering Group, which is NASA’s main scientific support contractor. Williams, a small-town Kansan, is an assistant project manager … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Holy crap. Twelve months ago, Todd Graham stood before a roomful of players, administrators and supporters, and spoke of initiating a Rice renaissance. He presented a plan to revitalize the football program and then steadfastly set out to put that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We all knew this was a matter of time, though I think we all hoped it would be a matter of a little bit more time than this: Rice offensive coordinator Major Applewhite has been contacted by Alabama about a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This comes as a surprise to me. Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor has told FOX 26 sports that he has resigned after 10 years with the team. Chancellor led the Comets to the first four WNBA championships and won the … Continue reading → Continue reading →