Results tagged “sportsmiscellany”

It's time to dredge through the muck and mire of the blogosphere to come out with a few gems of commentary, sass, and sarcasm about our Houston sports teams. And awaaaaaay we go: - If you're a Mario Williams apologist, Sunday was Redemption Day. The good folks at Brahsome are shouting it from the rooftops today. - As noted last week, the miscreants over at Orange Whoopass are all over the Astros search for a...

It's time again to look into the wilds of the internets and see what people are saying about Houston's sports teams. Without further ado, here we go. -Jacoby Jones is hands-down the most exciting player on the Texans right now, and probably their most anticipated rookie since David Carr. The national press is starting to take notice as well, as noted in this NFL.com article that compares Jones to last NFL season's IT GUY Devin...

Every week or so, Houstonist provides a rundown of what the Blogs are saying about our city's sports teams. Here's what we found this week: -Jeff Bagwell's life isn't all San Diego sun and jersey retirements. He's still working as a special assistant to Tim Purpura. He was recently in Lexington, KY to check out the Astros A-ball affiliate. Obviously, this was big news in Lexington. -The Texans have shown some interest in A&M and...

Well, at least some new Mike Jones music came out this week. In spite of his oft-delayed second album, Adidas, MLS, and Jones teamed up to create an anthem for the Dynamo, entitled Houston Dynamo (Don't Play). The song is part of the "MLS Represent" album, which matches all 13 MLS teams with a local band or artist to create a fight song for the team. You can find the song here: you'll have to...

Rockets center Yao Ming got married yesterday, or two days ago, or perhaps last month (we're not good with the whole International Date Line thing here at Houstonist) to his long-time girlfriend Ye Li. Lest you think that Ye is going to look like a pixie next to 7'6" Yao, keep in mind that she's 6'2" herself. She's a basketball player on China's national team in her own right. Their children will no doubt be...

If you're anything like us, you're probably waist deep into fantasy football magazines, watching ESPN's "Sportscenter" five times a day to catch the latest NFL training camp updates, and surfing the Internet until the wee hours of the morning to find out how that starting running back's knee is holding up to the rigors of two-a-days. No, it's just us? Either way, the dawn of a new NFL season brings with it another year of...

Spring time in Texas and Easter is Sunday. Bluebonnets are blooming on the roadsides of Texas highways and hordes of partying co-eds are migrating to South Padre Island for Spring Break. Thousands of miles away in Rimini, Italy a different group of Texans, known as No Tsu Oh, is migrating to a different beach in hopes of successfully defending their fifth world title. Paganello is a five-day frisbee related event held annually on the Rimini...

Remember when the Astrodome was considered to be the 8th wonder of the world? It is amazing how quickly times have changed…now the redevelopment is struggling to meet funding deadlines for the $450 million project. In August 2006, the Astrodome Redevelopment Corporation (catchy name) signed a letter of intent proposing a 1,000 room 4-star luxury hotel and parking garage inside the previous sports stadium. The first 'proof of funding' deadline passed in December of 2006,...

Attention Dynamo fans and freeloaders! Houstonist has tickets for tonight's game versus Pachuca. We're giving them to you. Here's what you need to do to score tickets for the match: Drop us an email (jason at houstonist dot com) before 2 PM with your name and the name of your guest. Let us know: why you deserve the tickets, your favorite Dynamo player & anything else you think would lead to us giving you...

So, admittedly this holiday is secular, and this news is Jewish. And the sport it concerns? Not the usually turkeyday classic. But we thought you would want to know anyway, all about Jews in baseball. (OK, we might be a little starved for off-season news. But the article has our favorite Astro, Brad Ausmus in it! Turns out there's a Jewish MVP award (the Hank and Sandy, after famous Jewish baseballers Greenberg and Koufax). This...

He may be under as much pressure as any rookie in the history of professional sports, but at least Mario Williams has figured out how to settle in proper in Houston. As previously reported by Houstonist, he first plunged himself into local lore by purchasing Priscilla Slade's mega-house. And now, according to a cover story in the 7/17 issue of ESPN The Magazine, he's already figured out all that this fair city has to offer...

No doubt these Houston Texans are serious about getting their act together. They've brought in a new coaching staff, a new general managers, plan to build a championship-caliber defense, and will hopefully reap the benefits of the vaunted Broncos running system. After four years of scraping by and being allowed newbie excuses, it's looking like we've finally got a real organization on our hands. Reggie or no Reggie, hopefully this is going to be a team worth taking seriously from top to bottom.

Is the Scripps National Spelling Bee ready for primetime television? Disney Executives seem to think so, and thus are furiously flexing their media muscle to make sure America tunes in to ABC for the championship rounds. ESPN is all over the event, posting several stories on tonight's competition, and even going so far to predict the top eight to assist those who wish to gamble on the results. According to Darren Rovell at ESPN, the...

Need proof that throwing a ball really fast and really well can get you anything you darn well please (even from countries where baseball matters not at all)? The KHOU newsblog is reporting the planned presence in our fair city of Real Live Royalty: the Earl of Sandwich is coming to town at Clemens' request to christen a new sandwich shop. The restaurant, at 1930 Highway 6 South, is the first Houston location of the...

A lot of people have been trying to figure out what has happened to our beloved Astros' relief pitching. It's a little hard to win a game when you keep giving up runs in the ninth. Seriously, is someone poisoning the water?

In case you haven’t noticed, we are hanging by a thread around here. Valentine’s Day has already snuck up on us, we still haven’t recovered from our holiday spending (two words: holiday party), and rent is late (again). How will we ever survive? Two more words: Super Bowl. With over $450 million to be bet online on the biggest single sports event of the year, what harm is a small, friendly wager? By no means does Houstonist endorse gambling as way to make a living, but if you have a few greenbacks to lose, we say “Place your bets right here.”

Remember, today's your last chance to name Houston's new soccer team. To cast your vote, visit the MLS "Name the Team Sweepstakes" page and pick which of the 13 names you like best — unfortunately, still no place for a write-in.

Many are the times Houstonist has laid awake at night wishing we had the chance to name a professional sports team — no, really. Where would we turn to find the right name? Ferocious animals? Space-related words? Military titles? Important historical dates? Ah, it's nice to see all of the above represented in the naming contest for Houston's new soccer team, formerly the San Jose Earthquakes.

Sure, Roger Clemens gave the Astros the disguised finger, but that doesn't mean he harbors any ill will toward the Bayou City. On the contrary, he's going to give us just what we need: a restaurant. Some time in May, the pitching phenom will open Roger Clemens' Rocket Sports Grill in Memorial City Mall, not far from his Memorial area home. Clemens won't just slap his name on the place and stay away, according to...

Things are changing in the Astros broadcast booth: Drayton McLane and team President Pam Gardner told veteran broadcaster Alan Ashby yesterday that he won't be returning for the 2006 season. Ashby, who played with the 'Stros for 11 years and has been in the booth with the team for eight years doing color, hoped to do play-by-play for road games next year, but instead, the team will go with a pair of rookies: The Astros...