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Well, today is the first day of finding out which four Houston icons makes Houstonist's Mt. Rushmore of Sports and former Houston Oilers running back Earl Campbell gets the first spot.

Can you remember the last time a Houston pro football team had a winning season?

Matt Schaub? Big Bad Bust! Sage Rosenfels? Well, he has seven turnovers in seven quarters of play this year to go along with that Texas-sized meltdown against the Colts in week four. Sprinkle some sage on that Texan fan.

Houstonist is giving you a fair warning. At least a year in advance. Don't roll over next year when you're tuning into some NFL football and you notice the Houston Oilers playing the New York Titans in Nashville. Why you ask? It's the 50th anniversary of the AFL and the NFL will honor the original AFL teams next year.

As Houstonist anticipates this Friday's pre-season match-up in Irving, Texas between the Texans and Cowboys, Houstonist was wondering why it isn't an annual regular season game?

The Texans 2008 training camp is just around the corner. Saturday, July 26, to be exact. And there is one thing that puzzles Houstonist. Why hold training camp in Houston? What's the benefit of that? Their fan base is here. It's not going anywhere anytime soon. It's time for Bob McNair to pack the Texans and put them on the move.

Former Houston Oilers kicker Tony Zendejas was arrested at his Yorba Linda home by Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives on Thursday morning for suspicion of drugging and raping a female customer at the bar inside of his own restaurant (Zendejas Mexican Restaurant) in San Dimas, California.

Former Houston Oilers linebacker John Grimsley was found dead in his Missouri City home this morning. After receiving a 911 emergency call from the Grimsley household, police rushed to the scene at 9:00am only to find a lifeless body.

Houstonist proudly names 2007 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Bruce Matthews, the first of a series of great Houston athletes to be honored. Matthews, who was drafted ninth overall in the 1983 NFL draft, could possibly be the last of the Houston Oilers to be inducted. Matthews was a rare specimen. He played 19 seasons with one franchise which included 296 games, a NFL record for lineman and sixth best in NFL history....

Jim Nornton, the all-time Houston Oilers franchise leader in interceptions, passed away June 12 in Garland, Texas. He was 68. Nornton, was an original member of the franchise after being drafted from Idaho in 1960. In his rookie season in 1960 as a backup saftey, the Oilers won the AFL title game 38-28 over the Chargers. In his second year, Nornton earned the starting job at safety and he helped the Oilers back to...

Another school fight between Katrina evacuees and locals broke out at Westfield High School this morning; one student called it a "riot" HFD workers rescued a city employee who fell into a hole at a southeast Houston sewer lift station this afternoon Lewis P. "Bud" McFadin, a former player and coach for the Texas Longhorns and Houston Oilers, died in a Victoria hospital Monday at age 77 Looking for cheap gas? Head to Yale and...

By halftime at today’s Houston Texans game, the fans and Houstonist were feeling rather confident at our chances to improve the team's 1-9 season, especially after the recent comparison with a few of the worst seasons the Houston Oilers had back in those gloom days. A 24-to-3 lead over the St. Louis Rams, and their quarterback out for the remainder of the game — we have to win that one, right? It comes down to...

Houstonist is well aware of the talented people this city produces. It’s not often that you come across a NFL football player, noted physicist and inventor — all in one. Alfred Hildebrand’s death last month was noted in yesterday’s Houston Chronicle. Although his career with the Houston Oilers was short-lived, his work at Spectra-Physics, developing the barcode scanner used at your favorite supermarket and retailer, will be remembered.