Author: Chris Baldwin

Jose Altuve may still literally love Justin Verlander, but Kyle Tucker isn’t that far behind these days. The All-Time Greatest Houston Astro sounds ready to serve as the campaign manager for Tucker’s future MVP campaigns. Including this sea…

Jon Singleton allows himself a moment to think about it. Several moments actually. To let it settle in. To realize how far he’s come — and maybe even mull over what it all means. Singleton might not know that he’s authored one of the great …

Nathaniel “Tank” Dell has already removed any doubts. About his size. About his ability to do the same things in the NFL he did at the University of Houston. Even before his juggling, on-his-back, off-his-thigh catch in the end zone that wi…

After the University of Houston guards are done with their post practice shooting as a group, Emanuel Sharp sticks around for more. The sophomore guard who is newly metal free (more on this later) is focused on a specific mission. Sharp is determined t…

There is less expected out of the University of Houston football team than even Meg 2. Barbie has more confidence in Ken getting something important done than most college football observers have in Dana Holgorsen’s team being a factor in its fir…

The newfound confidence of Ja’Vier Francis comes through when I ask if playing with NBA Lottery Pick Jarace Walker helped him get better at blocking shots. “I think I taught him a few things,” Francis shoots back with a hearty laugh. …

Donovan Smith is determined to make sure his feet are in the right place. This isn’t some metaphorical expression about the University of Houston’s likely new starting quarterback staying grounded. No, Donovan Smith is really working on mak…

When your dad played football in college — and not just played, but earned a spot in Grambling State’s Hall of Fame as a hard-hitting linebacker — you’re going to have a little extra toughness. The way LJ Cryer tells it, his dad made sure o…