Category Archives: Other sports

The Houston To-Be-Determineds of MLS are officially looking for that special someone to help them build their dream stadium. The Anschutz Entertainment Group, owner of the team relocating from San Jose, Calif., would share a new stadium with Houston high … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Houston To-Be-Determineds of MLS have a new, temporary home for next season. [Franchise owner] AEG also announced the team will play at the University of Houston’s Robertson Stadium when the 2006 MLS season begins April 1. UH athletic director … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s official: the San Jose Earthquakes of MLS are coming to Houston. Major League Soccer announced Thursday that the Anschutz Entertainment Group will relocate its Earthquakes franchise from San Jose, Calif., to Houston, less than four months before the start … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You have to admit, the Texans do have more entertainment value than your ordinary 1-12 team. They give you a reason to tune in every week, and that reason is to find out what new way to lose they’ll use. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Despondent because your team may not play for the national championship in college football? Sad because said championship is called a “mythical” one in the first place? Do you feel that your life will lack purpose until Division IA football … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In case you missed it, Rice head football coach Ken Hatfield resigned on Tuesday – more specifically, he agreed to a buyout of the remaining years on his contract. There’s more on this today, as both his legacy at Rice … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Many years ago, I turned off a Giants football game with a few seconds left and the New Yorkers safely ahead, and headed outside to play. I got to the front yard (I left through the back door), where I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The New Orleans Hornets are doing way better than anyone expected drawing crowds in their maybe-temporary home of Oklahoma City. After Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29 and then the levees broke and New Orleans … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I suppose if one must spend the day on the couch recovering from a cold, the least the universe could do for you is to provide seven hours of nonstop football to help pass the time. It’s always fun to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Houston Comets star Sheryl Swoopes has outed herself in a magazine article. “My reason for coming out isn’t to be some sort of hero,” Swoopes said in an interview that appears in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine. “I’m … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The most remarkable streak in sports came to an end this weekend: Mount Union College lost a football game. Its end came exactly 11 years after it began. The Purple Raiders survived a couple of close calls along the way, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The unemployment rate among professional sports team mascots just got a little lower. After almost a year on vacation, Youppi!, the furry, orange mascot of the Montreal Expos, has gone back to work. He has been picked up by the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s quite a lively debate going on at James Campbell’s About:Chron blog regarding their level of coverage of the Houston Comets. Personally, speaking as a six-year season ticket holder, I think the level is about right. Campbell’s point about all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Derek Jeter and Curt Schilling subregionals in the Road from Bristol tournament of ESPN “personalities” are over, with one upset and some big wins for the heavier favorites. Voting concludes tomorrow evening in the Kobe Bryant subregional, which features … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Former Oilers coach Bum Phillips is back home after coronary bypass surgery. Phillips, 81, returned home to his ranch in Goliad, about 150 miles southwest of Houston. He underwent surgery July 8 at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital after doctors discovered … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Do you ever find yourself wishing that ESPN would go back to how it was in the old days, when SportsCenter was about scores and highlights, and not the incessant, over-the-top stylings of a bunch of walking billboards for Prozac? … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Former Houston Oilers Coach and Official State Treasure Bum Phillips is recovering from surgery. Doctors discovered blockage in Phillips’ arteries and performed triple bypass surgery on Friday after he was taken to the hospital with chest pains. No evidence of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I confess, I don’t pay all that much attention to soccer, so I haven’t been keeping up with this story. The Astrodome might recover some of its faded glory if a Mexican club interested in bringing a professional soccer franchise … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Last week, the NCAA socked it to Baylor for multiple infractions committed under former coach Dave Bliss. The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions on Thursday placed Baylor on probation for five years and barred the men’s basketball team from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The NBA managed to come to a six-year labor agreement on Tuesday, thus avoiding a lockout and possibly having to cancel games next season. I don’t much care one way or the other as to the fine points of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So I guess we’ll find out if Phil Jackson can coach a team that isn’t already playoff caliber. To be honest, I kind of think he will make a difference, though how much of that will be due to Kobe … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, a proposed stadium deal in New York has been killed by the State Assembly, meaning the City’s bid for the 2012 Olympics are very likely dead. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno instructed their representatives … Continue reading → Continue reading →

George Mikan, the original dominating big man of the NBA, who led the then-Minneapolis Lakers to five titles in six years, died today just shy of his 81st birthday. A superstar decades before the term existed, Mikan was the first … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So the rumors out of the NFL owners’ meeting is that Houston didn’t actually have a real shot at getting Super Bowl 43, and the reason for that is McNair envy. Texans owner Bob McNair’s role with the NFL’s special … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In a surprise move, the NFL owners have awarded Super Bowl 43 to Tampa. The owners eliminated Houston first and Miami second with Tampa beating out Atlanta for the winning bid. Atlanta and Houston had been considered the favorites, with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My sister Eileen sent me this article in which the Ten Greatest Individual Streaks in Sports are named, and she asked me what I thought of it. Bearing in mind that this sort of thing is always extremely subjective, I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Rockets’s season may be over, but at least they don’t have to worry about their coach being on double secret probation any longer. A week after NBA commissioner David Stern hit Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy with the largest … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s a saying in politics that if you’re going to lose, it’s better to lose big so that there’s no doubt in your mind about it. I don’t know if the same is true for sports, but there’s no doubt … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I did not see any coverage of this yesterday, but apparently Dallas Mavericks Coach Avery Johnson had a little meltdown after Game 6: A lot of things surprise me. You know one of the things that surprises me? Here a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, at least Rockets owner Les Alexander is standing by his man, at least within the bounds of Commissioner Stern’s temper. “He’s a tough guy,” Alexander, the Rockets’ owner, said admiringly. “He’s always willing to battle as hard as he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy is $100,000 poorer today after getting fined by the NBA for his comments about refereeing in his team’s playoff series. The powers that be told the Houston Rockets’ head coach to stop making an issue … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Now that the Mavericks have seized home-court advantage back from the Rockets (for what it’s been worth so far this series), Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy is looking to get the edge back for his team. Could it be in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m not a golf fan, but if you are, you should check out Texas Golf, a blog devoted to (you guessed it) golf in Texas. Even if you’re not, do read this post about the development of a PGA Village … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Cicero and The Jeffersonian talk about the Alamodome, quite likely the least utilized stadium in all of Texas. I believe they are both correct in saying that San Antonio will never get an NFL team, but I don’t believe it … Continue reading → Continue reading →