sports
Cardboarding, like Snowboarding, but without Snow or Excitement
This Houstonist post brought back fond memories. Since my elementary school had a giant hill behind the playground cardboarding was a frequent pastime in the spring and fall, as was sledding in the winter. How we didn’t break our little faces I’ll never know.
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Men’s Basketball: Houston v. Nevada
Well, um, not exactly March Madness but fellow hapless Cougar fans can watch the Houston Cougars men’s basketball team take on Nevada in the College Basketball Invitational tonight at 9pm. The television broadcast is on Fox College Sports (which I don’t have) or stream it from the CBI website for $6.95. Sigh.
More here and here.
UPDATE: […]
Slice of Houston, Expats Fuel Thriving Amateur Cricket League
A visiting professor remarked that Houston was not quite what he expected as I was driving back to the airport after one of our conferences. The image projected is a bastion of oil-rich, good-ole boy, SUV-driving, God-fearing, Bush-loving conservatism, and like most images, the reality is a lot more complex.
Case in point, the Houston Chronicle […]
Michael Lewis Studies the Plight of the Placekicker
Michael Lewis, best known for his books Moneyball and the Left Side, has carved out a niche in a sea of ESPN-addled braggadocio by bringing a novel and highly-analytical mind to bear on the world of sports.
His latest in-depth article chronicles the plight of the place kicker, the red-headed stepchild of the profession, this misplaced […]
Houston Cougars go Bowling in our own backyard, soon to be Coach-less?
The same week the University of Houston Cougars accepted an invitation to play in their hometown Texas Bowl on Dec. 28, held in Houston at Reliant Stadium, it was announced that Houston head coach Art Briles is a front-runner for the newly vacant job in Waco. Baylor fired coach Guy Moriss following their 12th straight […]
Mascot on Mascot Violence
Houstonist: Eye of the Cougar
Houston Chronicle: Oregon mascot suspended
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Houston Cougars Football Schedule Out
The University of Houston announced the fall football schedule, with relatively few surprises coming off a Conference USA championship in 2006-07. Practice is getting underway. With four year starting quarterback Kevin Kolb off to the NFL, the Cougars are still trying to sort out the QB position with some sizeable shoes to fill - UH […]
Houston Cougars Gear Up for New Season, First New QB in 4 Years
Kevin Kolb started 50 consecutive games as quarterback for the University of Houston, third most in NCAA history, and closed his career ranked first at UH in yards (12,964), attempts (1,565) and completions (964), and second to David Klingler with 85 touchdown passes. Now Kolb is off to the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles and […]
Billy Gillispie leaves Texas A&M Basketball for Kentucky
You’ll see a good many tears in the beers in College Station tonight. Houston Chronicle, reaction in the blog comments.
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ESPN: Hoops of Nazareth
ESPN has a great in-depth article on Hoops of Nazareth. It’s a great story, as much about the town as girls hoops. Worth the read.
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