Category Archives: Other sports

It’s still technically unofficial until a formal announcement by Conference USA at noon today, but as Moisekapenda Bower reports in the Chron, the Rice Owls will be headed to New Orleans for their bowl game. If you plan to attend … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Rice Owls are going to a bowl game. For the first time since 1961. Holy $#|+! I’m still getting used to the idea. After all I’ve seen since 1988, it’s a little unreal. But at least it’s unreal in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In writing about why Dennis Franchione is the right coach for Texas A&M, Richard Justice says the following: The Aggies aren’t going to get anyone better. Franchione is tough, organized, smart and detail-oriented. Unless the Aggies are willing to enter … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So the Chron has projected who’s going to which bowl game this postseason. Has anyone informed Tulsa that they’re doing double duty? GMAC (Jan. 7): Tulsa vs. Ohio New Orleans (Dec. 22): Middle Tennessee State vs. Tulsa Pretty neat trick, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Former University of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler died yesterday at the age of 77. In the end, Michigan vs. Ohio State might have been too much for Bo Schembechler’s failing heart. The man with half-century-old roots to The Game died … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ladies and gentlemen, the Rice Owls football team – winner of four straight (three on the road) and five of six – are tied for thirty-third in the Harris Interactive College Football poll. This is the same Rice Owls about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congratulations to the Houston Dynamo for winning the MLS championship in their inaugural year. I confess, I went back to my normal level of interest in soccer about five minutes after the whole team name flap ended, so I wasn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Did you know that the old American Basketball Association has been reincarnated as a regional minor league, with a total of 53 franchises across the country, including a new one here in Houston? Me neither, but it sure sounds like … Continue reading → Continue reading →

NBA legend and Boston Celtics fixture Red Auerbach passed away over the weekend at the age of 89. Arnold Jacob Auerbach was born on Sept. 20, 1917, the son of Marie Thompson and Hyman Auerbach, a Russian immigrant. Red grew … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Astros owner Drayton McLane and Rockets owner (soon to be former Comets owner) Les Alexander did a Q&A session at Rice last night – it was supposed to be a trio along with Texans owner Bob McNair, for whom the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Has anyone ever seen a team kick off from its own five-yard line before, as the Redskins were forced to do after a series of penalties in yesterday’s game against the Colts? I can’t say that I have. For that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Want to buy a WNBA team? Here’s your chance, as long as you promise to keep them in Houston. “After a lot of discussion and trying to figure out what’s best for the Comets organization, [owner Les] Alexander has decided … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I would have blogged about John Lopez’s latest comic masterpiece before now, but I kept laughing too hard every time I tried to set fingers to keyboard. Honestly, the man is funnier than Robin Williams at the Metropolitan Opera House. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve been attending Rice football games since 1988, my first season with the MOB. Yesterday’s game was the first time I’ve seen the Owls come from behind in the fourth quarter to win. I’ve seen plenty of come-from-ahead losses, enough … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If it’s football season, it must mean that the Stanford band is in trouble again. Stanford officials placed the always controversial and provocative group on “indefinite provisional status” Thursday for its members’ apparent involvement in campus vandalism. That means no … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Oldtime Houston Oilers fans ought to enjoy this retrospective on the life and times of Warren Moon, who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame next weekend. A little sample: Clyde Walker had a brown Ford Falcon. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I had a post drafted last night about this story concerning the US Olympic Committee’s intent to trim two potential host cities from its list of 2016 hopefuls, but other events overtook my ability to finish and post it in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rice fans hoping for big things from new Athletic Director Chris Del Conte, in particular hoping for a better venue for basketball, may find some solace in these remarks to the Chronicle. Our men’s basketball program should be an economic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I just have one question regarding this article that names and asks for feedback on “your favorite Houston-based athlete of all time”: A.J. Foyt?? His uniform was his own, but is it even debatable that anybody was more identified with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Boy, I’ll bet that Texans draft day party was a hoot. The Texans threw a draft-day party at Reliant Stadium on Saturday in anticipation of celebrating their selections with the fans. But the party changed into a Texans roast as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I can’t really claim to be a Texans fan, so I don’t have emotional investment in their rather curious draft choice. But judging from the reactions of others, Mario Williams had better be all that and a bag of chips … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rice Athletic Director Bobby May, who’s been with the school in one form or another since he was a student in the early 1960’s, is going to retire. May spent five years preparing for this moment, but needed additional time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I confess, what with all the Domeneching recently, I’d not heard of the case of ESPN Radio personality Colin Cowherd and the charges that he’d reada humor piece from a Michigan Wolverines fan blog called the M Zone on the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue is going to retire in July. The 65-year-old commissioner has led the league since 1989, when he succeeded Pete Rozelle, and had recently signed a two-year contract extension to complete the television and labor deals. He … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Banjo, I too would like to extend a (belated) Happy Birthday to Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, the first truly great quarterback in the NFL and to this day, the only punter to average better than 50 yards per kick for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The new MLS team Houston 1836 is considering a name change. Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Sylvia Garcia said Tuesday that Philip Anschutz, owner of the Anschutz Entertainment Group, which in turn controls 1836, confirmed that a name change is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Major Applewhite, former Longhorns quarterback and new Rice offensive coordinator, gives an entertaining interview to Houstonist. Check it out. Continue reading →

I’m back from Portland, where a depression is now settling over the Seahawk-rooting city. There’s no shame in losing to Bill Cowher’s team. He’s one of the good guys of coaching, and he deserves this one. Congrats to Cowher and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The new Houston MLS franchise has a name. How does Houston 1836 grab you? No, it’s not a spinoff of Beverly Hills 90210. For better or worse, it really is the name chosen for the city’s Major League Soccer team. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Super Bowl XL – not such a hot ticket. With the NFL’s first cold-weather Super Bowl in 14 years, and only the third one in the event’s 40-year run, just three weeks away, many of the firms that arrange Super … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This was not a good day to sleep in if you live in my neighborhood. The 2006 Houston Marathon ran through the Woodland Heights early this morning, with the first runner speeding past me on Michaux at about 7:15 AM. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Had enough of the Draft Vince Young hype in the last week or so? Here’s a little cold water for those who’ve decided that Reggie Bush isn’t good enough any more, courtesy of the statheads at Football Outsiders. I tend … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rob Booth has been my one-stop shop for all things related to the new Major League Soccer franchise that’s set to come to Houston. He’s obviously doing a good job of this, because I don’t really care all that much … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Forty-one to thirty-eight. Well done, and well deserved. And to think the storyline could have been about two missed placekicks. Much better this way. Congrats, Texas. By the way, does anyone else think it would be funny if after all … Continue reading → Continue reading →