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Happy Friday, Sports Fans! We are watching our Rice Owls kick off the NCAA College World Series. We are addicted to sports - local sports - all of them! Houston can be a sports heartbreak waiting to happen! Speaking of breaks (and we seriously, seriously hope there are none - we were there when Catazon suffered hers!) some flat track action is gonna bust out on Sunday at 6:00 p.m.! Come on out and get... more ›

The Daughters of the Republic of Texas do. Big plans are underway to spend somewhere in the ballpark of $1 million to touch-up the Texas landmark. The Alamo suffers from weather erosion due to wind and rain, as well as the gentle caresses of the 2.5 million field trippers and tourists that visit every year. more ›

Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Texas. Happy birthday to you. The Republic of Texas was born 171 years ago today when forty-one recently elected delegates gathered at Washington-on-the-Brazos and unanimously decided that Texas should be free. They would no longer tolerate the dictatorship of Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna. The revolutionary war escalated. The Alamo fell. Santa Anna was captured at San Jacinto. And, the rest is... more ›

Good news: The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is opening their second theater in the Houston area next Friday. Bad news: It’s in Katy, not Houston. more ›

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