Author: Chris Baldwin

Standing in front of the University of Houston football team, Tilman Fertitta got right to the point. The Houston billionaire and UH Board of Regents chairman is not one for long speeches (this business tycoon talks with a purpose and hates speakers wh…

This should be the time of Yordan Alvarez’s life. And in many ways, it is. His parents and younger brother are finally safely out of Cuba and in Houston, watching him play in person for the first time in years. He’s in the midst of a season…

Dameon Pierce really shouldn’t have been able to supplant Marlon Mack and prove he clearly should be the Houston Texans’ No. 1 running back in about the time to takes to watch a TikTok video. A fourth round pick whose college coach showed l…

Dameon Pierce really shouldn’t have been able to supplant Marlon Mack and prove he clearly should be the Houston Texans’ No. 1 running back in about the time to takes to watch a TikTok video. A fourth round pick whose college coach showed l…

Many sports superstars look at homecoming games as something of a chore. The extra attention, demands and constant spotlight wears on some. Shaquille O’Neal certainly never seemed pumped to return to Orlando. But Carlos Correa is a different bree…

Ta’Zhawn Henry knows big plays the way Bo Jackson used to know everything. The University of Houston’s “new” starting running back seems to collect them. Henry’s been doing that as long as Patrick Jefferson’s known h…

Old is often thought of as a dirty word in sports. No one really wants to be called old in a world where many careers end before the age of 30. But college football is a little different. In the arena where Dana Holgorsen operates, maturity (both physi…

Terrance Arceneaux will tell you that he learned how to be crazy competitive from his older brother Byron. The 6-foot-6 forward with the seemingly endless arms is major part of the highest-rated freshmen class that Kelvin Sampson has ever brought to th…

Doug Belk is already one of the more respected and well known defensive coordinators in college football. He’s the highest paid assistant coach in the University of Houston’s history. But also, in some ways, he’s still a defensive bac…

Well, at least Davis Mills looks pretty good in a baseball cap. Whether it’s the camouflage that he sports on the sidelines or the El Do hat he wears to the postgame press conference. Mills’ time in the hats goes much better than his time o…