AltWeeklies Wire
Trench Life: Chris Myers and Duane Brown are Crucial to the Texans' Success, On and Off the Fieldnew
Quarterbacks may be the stars of the NFL, but the offensive line is the heartbeat. In Houston, Chris Myers and Duane Brown are trying to bounce back from a 2-14 season on the field while helping out one of their Trench Life brothers off of it.
Houston Press |
Sean Pendergast |
09-10-2014 |
Sports
Houston Baptist University Turns to Football to Build a Namenew

Houston Baptist University decides the best way to grow is to start a football team for the first time in its 50-year history.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen |
09-26-2013 |
Sports
Tags: Houston Baptist Football
The Astros: Out of Their League?new
The Houston Astros take on a new season in a tough division with things all-new — uniforms, owner, manager, team and rules — not to mention a new/old mascot. And road trips to Dallas.
Houston Press |
Sean Pendergast |
03-27-2013 |
Sports
2012: Year of the Texansnew

Ten years after professional football returned to Houston, the Texans could go all the way.
Houston Press |
Sean Pendergast |
08-30-2012 |
Sports
Tags: 2012 Houston Texans
Houston's Babies Play Baseball 1860s-Stylenew

There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-16-2012 |
Sports
Is There Hope for the Houston Texans?new
Gary Kubiak and team search for their first winning season.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
09-09-2008 |
Sports
Who's On Deck for the Houston Astros in 2008?new
The Astros' post-Biggio era begins with a lot of unanswered questions, but the biggest one of all is: Just how bad are things going to get?
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
04-08-2008 |
Sports
Outside the Boxnew
Turns out a player's scoring average isn't the big key to a win.
Houston Press |
Jason Friedman |
11-06-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Bringing Hardcore Statistical Analysis to the NBAnew
The Houston Rockets pins (at least a part of) its hopes on brainiac GM Daryl Morey.
Houston Press |
Jason Friedman |
11-06-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Everyone's All-Americannew
Joe Savery and the top-ranked Rice Owls fight for college baseball glory.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
02-13-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Making the Callnew
High school football gets ESPN-style broadcast treatment.
Houston Press |
Steven Devadanam |
11-13-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Lights On or Off?new
A community takes up sides over a TV show about truth, justice and high school football.
Houston Press |
Ruth Samuelson |
11-13-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Tough Guysnew
Full pads, full contact, no slackers -- these little guys play with big-league intensity.
Houston Press |
Daniel Kramer |
11-13-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Roller Grrrlsnew

The women of roller derby are tough, fast and back on track.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
01-17-2006 |
Sports
Houston Astros Daily Updatenew
With the Astros, it's best to take the Irish Fatalism approach, where you assume the worst is going to happen. And when something good happens, you feel more relieved than happy.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
10-24-2005 |
Sports