Ben Fischer - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/ben-fischer/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:03:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ben Fischer - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/ben-fischer/ 32 32 103504436 The complicated saga of Jack Easterby, Houston Texans’ former executive vice president of football operations https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-complicated-saga-of-jack-easterby-houston-texans-former-executive-vice-president-of-football-operations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-complicated-saga-of-jack-easterby-houston-texans-former-executive-vice-president-of-football-operations Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:03:05 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=55514398de9852f2458478a5dc5d3214 His rapid rise to the top of the Houston Texans stunned observers. His fall was even swifter. Now he’s hoping for a second chance in sports. Will he get it?

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]]> 881310 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, RedBird Capital buying XFL for $15M https://houstonnewmedia.org/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-redbird-capital-buying-xfl-for-15m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dwayne-the-rock-johnson-redbird-capital-buying-xfl-for-15m Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:49:53 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=5ce9a13a1633f4aa54ce1daeb53ebf96 Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and RedBird Capital are buying the XFL out of bankruptcy, XFL President Jeffrey Pollack said Aug. 3, less than an hour before a planned auction was set to begin.

They are paying $15 million for the assets, plus agreeing to as...

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]]> 64274 NFL won’t bow down in face of political pressure https://houstonnewmedia.org/nfl-wont-bow-down-in-face-of-political-pressure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nfl-wont-bow-down-in-face-of-political-pressure Sat, 27 Jun 2020 23:47:27 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=5c963797bb229c6d1d691536afffcecb The nationwide protests against police brutality have reignited the political feud that threatened to consume the NFL three years ago — players kneeling during the national anthem.

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]]> 55737 Curtains fall quickly on XFL’s second act https://houstonnewmedia.org/curtains-fall-quickly-on-xfls-second-act/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=curtains-fall-quickly-on-xfls-second-act Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:29:34 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=9b952445353c7f2b6120b0b0acccec4d On the afternoon of March 20, a current of optimism coursed through the Stamford, Connecticut, headquarters of the XFL and its eight clubs — including the Houston Roughnecks — around the country.

Despite that day’s decision to cancel the remainder of...

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