Results tagged “basketball”

Yahoo! Sports is reporting that there's a strong possibility that Yao Ming could be out for the year and maybe even longer.

That playoff run was swell and everything, but if you think that that Rockets are going to stand pat and take another bronze medal next year (and the year after...), then you don't know the manic machinations of GM Daryl Morey. Since Morey can't say anything about his shopping list, let's put on our amateur executive hat and see what pieces the Rockets can add this season and beyond.

Former Houston Rockets star Robert Horry presented Alief Elsik High a $1,000 check last week as part of the NBA's "Got Milk" Get Fit by the Finals Challenge.

Every time the Lakers, the national media, and even Houstonians like yours truly count the Rockets out, they find a way to change all our minds. After a forty-point drubbing in LA in game 5, the Rockets faced elimination last night at Toyota Center. In true Clutch City fashion, they hitched their wagon to Luis Scola and Aaron Brooks for a scrappy, emphatic win, sending the series back to Los Angeles.

Undermanned. Undersized. Under dog.

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming was named to the All-NBA Second Team yesterday.

As we've all seen, the Rockets v. Lakers series has had its ups and downs. One thing's for sure, though: It's good basketball, which is all the more reason to head over to Discovery Green tomorrow night (that's Thursday, 5/14) to cheer the Rockets on. The game will be shown on Disco Green's big inflatable screen right in front of the Anheuser-Busch stage; tipoff is at 8:30 p.m., but if you want to show up earlier, you can spend some quality time with The Hollisters (performing as part of the park's Thursdays Rock concert series). Seriously: Texas rock, sweet potato fries from the Lake House and basketball on a giant inflatable TV — what's not to love?

There's nothing like spending an afternoon with the Rockets Power Dancers. And with that note, Houstonist was at the Toyota Center on Sunday as die-hard fans came out to send the Houston team off to Hollywood as they prepare to face Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Semi-Finals.

Well, that took long enough. After failing to make it out of the first round of the playoffs since the waning years of Hakeem and Clyde's careers, after surviving the career of the woefully mis-nicknamed Stevie Franchise, after watching Tracy McGrady go back to the OR more often than House, M.D., the Rockets are in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.

From 1982-84, the high flying act of Phi Slama Jama which starred future hall of famers Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, helped lead UH to a 31-3 record and three Final Four appearances.

In a world of compromise, some men don't. So vote for your 2008-09 Houston Rockets Power Dancers as the cream of the crop of the NBA.

Sports radio this morning is reporting that rookie Rockets forward, Carl Landry has been shot in the lower leg. First reports are stating that it's just a flesh wound and Landry is already out of the hospital. The incident took place early this morning after a possible car accident in which the other driver fired the shots. Landry was on a late night food run after the team had arrived back in Houston from a game in New Orleans.

Well, it's not what University of Houston basketball fans wanted, but it's the best they're going to get so they'll take it.

Well, probably not. But he's damned good. And Michael Lewis of the New York Times, best known for his book Moneyball (about the stat-obsessive front office of the Oakland A's), is out to prove that Battier may be the Rockets' most valuable player, and the focal point of GM Daryl Morey's mad genius schemes.

The final spot on Houstonist's Mt. Rushmore of Sports goes to a legend. An icon. A sports hero. None other than Hakeem Olajuwon.

Channel 2 is reporting that Rockets guard Tracy McGrady could be out for the rest of the season.

ESPN did their take last week on the four best athlete's from each state. For Texas, Lance Armstrong, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan and Tom Landry were selected as Texas' Mt. Rushmore.

That's pretty much the only reasonable explanation for this odd announcing gaffe by Rockets great and current play-by-play guy Clyde Drexler.

Submitted without comment. Stay classy, Owls.

Houston, do you have $150,000 lying around? If so, then here's your chance to own Tracy McGrady's 2001 Mercedes Benz CL600.

In 2003, Houston was named as the 2011 host of the NCAA Final Four and today they were awarded as the host city for the 2016 Final Four.

The Houston Rockets and Memorial Hermann will be holding a "Give Red, Get Red" blood drive today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Toyota Center (1510 Polk St.). The first 300 blood donors will receive a "Give Red, Get Red" t-shirt and an opportunity to purchase tickets to a Rockets pre-season game for only $2. Limit two. Also, a raffle will be held and each donor will have a chance to win pre-season tickets.

The Houston Rockets will be helping out in the Hurricane Ike aftermath by giving out relief packages that will include toiletries and non-perishable food at Robertson Stadium, Lot 12B, located on the University of Houston campus, beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Yesterday was a great day in the Bayou City. Two things happened to make Houstonist happy. First off, what has blossomed into a great rivalry, the Dynamo defeated Mexican powerhouse Pachuca CF in thrilling fashion last night to advance to the SuperLiga final and then to make things even better, the Rockets officially became a Western Conference favorite with the addition of Ron Artest.

All of the sports world is in envy of Boston fans today. Since October, the New England area has had the Red Sox (MLB), Patriots (NFL), Revolution (MLS) and Celtics (NBA) make their respective league championship game and two (Red Sox and Celtics) have won the title. It's rare and quite an impressive feat. Houstonist takes a look at Houston's sports teams and sizes up their chances at bringing home some hardware.

In the wake of a disappointing 0-fer season in Conference USA and the firing of head coach Willis Wilson, Rice's basketball program is in dire need of a turnaround. They may have found the captain to right their ship in recently available Cal-Berkley coach Ben Braun.

Well, the Streak is over, but the Rockets' chances of a top seed in the West are still intact. Will they be able to pull it out in the first round with all this momentum behind them? The Astros' rotation is almost set, but can Woody Williams find enough juice for one more season? Will the Texans' roster needs be met via free agency or next month's draft? All these questions (and a few answers) plus more in this week's examination of the blog zeitgeist.

Robert McKiver exploded for 52 points last night as the Houston Cougars (21-6, 10-3) ripped apart Southern Mississippi (15-12, 7-6) for a much need 95-67 win.

Well, it was fun while it lasted. The Rockets, riding high on a 12 game winning streak going into tonight's game against the Wizards, will be without star Yao Ming for the rest of the season after Yao was diagnosed today with a stress fracture in his left foot. The team's medical staf will speak to the press later today, but the word from the nearly-infallible Chris Berman at Fox26 is that Yao will have surgery on the foot and won't play again this year.

You know what they say, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.