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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…
Read MoreIf you build it, the serious stadium perks will come. With the University of Houston having finally officially joined the Big 12, how much the new $140 million football operations building is going to also transform TDECU Stadium is becoming clearer. T…
Read MoreNo matter how hard they’ve been hit, no matter how many guys are out, no matter how much their devoted fans are losing their damn minds on Twitter, the Houston Astros always pick themselves up off the mat. And keep fighting. Together. With whoeve…
Read MoreFramber Valdez takes all of the Houston Astros’ angst, all the frustration and any fear, and puts it on the most mentally tough shoulders in baseball. His shoulders. With Dusty Baker’s team desperate to snap a doubt-inducing five game losin…
Read MoreWith mini golf carts with Texas Children’s on their hoods, Orbit in golf clothes sporting a championship ring and enough balloons to make a 5-year-old squeal, Houston’s PGA Tournament — the one Astros owner Jim Crane saved — took another im…
Read MoreIt looks like another jolt of Houston Astros’ magic, of Jose Altuve magic. And it sure as hell sounds like it. This is the loudest Minute Maid Park has been since Yordan Alvarez crushed that ball over the concrete wall in centerfield in Game 6 of…
Read MoreJim Nantz is all in on DeMeco Ryans. The voice of CBS Sports may be more known for his support of the University of Houston, particularly Kelvin Sampson’s basketball program, in this city. But Nantz is the lead voice of CBS’ NFL coverage an…
Read MoreThe University of Houston and Kelvin Sampson are continuing to work towards completing a revised contract that would pay Sampson in excess of $4.4 million per season and also give lead assistant and head-coach-in-waiting Kellen Sampson a significant sa…
Read MoreTilman Fertitta spent $2.2 billon to buy the Houston Rockets and more than doubled his money. But it turns out even a business-shrewd billionaire can’t buy the type of luck that helps produce an NBA Championship. The NBA Draft Lottery turned into…
Read MoreThis is one of the only times that Mark Berman has ever underestimated just how big a story is. Berman, who might as well have The Best Reporter in Houston permanently attached to his name as universal (and deserving) as that praise is, just can’…
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