Category Archives: Other sports

Congratulations to Rice’s Chase Clement and Jarett Dillard, the most prolific scoring combination in NCAA history. Rice senior receiver Jarett Dillard nearly remained stoic until the moment of truth. From the day he began fielding questions regarding the record he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Don Haskins, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Texas-El Paso, has died at the age of 78. Haskins’ coaching career took him from Enid, Okla. to basketball immortality with an NCAA championship and enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congratulations to Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon. The memories, inspired by the occasion, had been flooding back for days. Hakeem Olajuwon thought of his start in Nigeria, playing table tennis, soccer and team handball and discovering basketball. He pictured his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m an infrequent reader of Richard Justice’s sports columns because I tend to find him more annoying than insightful. I’m not a reader of his blog because I get all the Richard Justice I need in the paper. As such, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Mayor White would like for Harris County to pick up part of the tab for Dynamo Stadium. Mayor Bill White has asked Harris County to join the city in a Dynamo stadium deal, hinting that a $10 million contribution by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Bummer. Houston’s Toyota Center was not among the eight venues selected Wednesday as finalists to host the NCAA Women’s Final Four. The eight sites that remain in contention for the five-year cycle from 2012-16 are Dallas; San Antonio; Columbus, Ohio; … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Mayor Bill White and County Judge Ed Emmett have sent out a letter to help find a buyer for the Houston Comets. A copy of the letter received by the Chronicle, dated Aug. 11, states White and Emmett are working … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sadly, I can’t say that this is a surprise. Comets owner Hilton Koch is putting the WNBA franchise up for sale less than two years after he bought it. Donna Orender said in a phone interview Friday night that the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Am I a bad sports fan if I admit that the whole Brett Favre saga has pretty much bored me to tears? I swear, I think ESPN is starting a new channel just to carry this story. If the coverage … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The University of Houston has big plans for its football stadium. Like something out of Field of Dreams, the University of Houston is proposing a $38.7 million addition to Robertson Stadium. If it builds luxury suites and club seats, a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Race officials with the 2009 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon have officially uninvited walkers from participating next year. For years, they have more or less looked the other way when hundreds of walkers — most of them … Continue reading → Continue reading →

New frontiers for the NBA. Could LeBron James or Shaquille O’Neal catch on in the Hindi heartland? The NBA certainly hopes so as it plans a major push to introduce basketball to India and expand its already formidable global reach … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I confess, I didn’t know men’s fast-pitch softball leagues existed in Houston. The Lone Star State was a men’s fastpitch mecca in those days. And Houston was one of its epicenters. “Going back 20 to 30 years, Texas was definitely … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dan Cook, the longtime San Antonio Express News sportswriter who made the phrase “The opera ain’t over till the fat lady sings” famous, has passed away at the age of 81. The San Antonio Express-News, for whom Cook worked for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My friend Stephanie Stradley discusses matters relating to sexism and sports writing in a piece about Will Leitch’s to-be-named successor at Deadspin. Are Female Sports Bloggers Held to a Different Standard? On this I can offer an emphatic Yes. Whoever … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Football, baseball, and now cricket. Major League Baseball take note, Indian cricket will experiment with TV replay. Players will be allowed to appeal against an umpire’s decision for the first time in a challenge system on trial starting next month. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Indicted former referee Tim Donaghy’s claim that the NBA told him and other refs to influence the outcome of some playoff games was met with skepticism by former Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy. Van Gundy was fined a record … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who is under criminal indictment for betting on NBA games in which he officiated, is now claiming that a pair of playoff series, including one in which the Rockets played, were fixed by the league. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The folks at the Toyota Center want to bring the Women’s Final Four to Houston. Toyota Center is among 12 sites under consideration to host the women’s basketball Final Four in 2012-16. Finalists will be selected in August, and the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m watching a bit of the Women’s College World Series – I quite enjoy NCAA softball, which is a very different game than baseball. After UCLA walked Arizona State slugger Kaitlin Cochran to start the fifth inning and she came … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I took Olivia to see the Comets’ home opener last night at Reliant Arena. We only stayed for the first half, which is going to be the norm for night games, but we had a good time while we were … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today we find out if we’re getting another Super Bowl. [Texans owner Bob] McNair and the Houston Super Bowl committee, which is chaired by John Nau III, will present their bid to the NFL owners in a meeting today in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

While all the negotiations over Dynamo Stadium drag on between the city and the team, Houstonist reports on a grassroots action by fans hoping to move the process along. A group of supporters calling themselves “Home for the Dynamo” have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Maybe it’s because my high school didn’t have any modern athletic facilities while I was there – our “home games” for baseball, basketball, and football were all played someplace else, and all these years later I still have no idea … Continue reading → Continue reading →

While I mostly agree with this list of the Top 10 Worst Sports Franchises, I can’t really take seriously any list that would overlook the Philadelphia Phillies. The Twins, for all of Calvin Griffith’s penny-pinching, have had far more postseason … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The rising price of gasoline has many effects. Soaring gasoline and food prices and the nation’s housing crisis have local sports fans reconsidering how they will spend their money this summer. For now, most fans aren’t ready to part with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The TSU-Dynamo Stadium marriage is inching closer to reality. Two weeks after he first expressed interest in the project and a couple of meetings and phone conversations later, newly appointed TSU athletic director Charles McClelland said the school is willing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t actually care that much about the former Patriots coach reaching a deal with the NFL to talk about whether or not he spied on other teams, though if it turns out that they’re a bunch of cheating cheaters, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This makes a lot of sense. Texas Southern would like its football team to play in the downtown stadium being proposed by the Dynamo, but the extent of the university’s interest has been limited to talks with the team. Incoming … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Thanks to today’s Chron story on the little spat between MLS and Mayor White, we now know where that higher-than-previously-cited price tag of $105 million for Dynamo Stadium came from: During a subsequent news conference to publicly assuage the mayor’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Are you wondering what the status is of the Dynamo Stadium deal, which at last report saw City Council approving the land purchase in early March? Apparently, so is MLS, and they’re getting a mite antsy about it. On Friday, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hot dog! What was improbable on the day he stepped off the plane from Nigeria and inevitable by the time his glorious 18-year NBA career ended, became official when Hakeem Olajuwon was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Meet the new coach. Three weeks after dismissing the winningest men’s basketball coach in program history, Rice stands poised to hire former Cal coach Ben Braun as successor to Willis Wilson. According to an NCAA official, Braun will be introduced … Continue reading → Continue reading →

They may not have gotten any sellouts, but the folks at Reliant Stadium got some kind words from the NCAA about the games that were played there over the weekend. When it was all said and done, the first NCAA … Continue reading → Continue reading →