Daily Archives: April 7, 2008

Hakeem in the Hall

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

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Blockwalking With Richard Morrison

I had terrific experience on Saturday, block walking with Richard Morrison who is in a runoff for Fort Bend County Commissioner, Precinct 1 (see map here of Precinct 1). Election Day is tomorrow, Tuesday, April 8th. We walked in Greatwood, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Discovery Green set to open

Discovery Green, the new urban park in east Downtown, gets a nice writeup on the verge of its grand opening. Discovery Green, the 12-acre, $122 million park that opens April 13, represents Houston’s changing self-image as its leaders embrace the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Overview of Railroad Commissioner runoff

If you can call it that – there’s not much to or in this article. Henry had a career as a petroleum engineer, working in this country and the Middle East for several oil-drilling and field-service companies. He also worked … Continue reading Continue reading

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Pizza dot com

I’m fascinated by this. Fourteen years ago, Chris Clark shelled out 20 bucks to register the domain name “pizza.com.” This afternoon, he sold it for $2.6 million. “It’s crazy, it’s just crazy,” he said somewhat giddily yesterday morning from his … Continue reading Continue reading

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Bill James speaks

Nice little Q&A with baseball stats legend Bill James. Here’s a question he could have written a book about: Q: Who are ten players in the Hall Of Fame that do not deserve to be there? A: Fred Lindstrom, Jesse … Continue reading Continue reading

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