Justin Jackson is considered by ESPN the #1 high school small forward in the ’14 basketball class. Jackson is the 1st ever home-schooled McDonald’s All-American. I had a chance to visit Justin & his family at their Tomball home for Fo…
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Here an article by the Chronicle’s Jenny Dial Creech on the Rockets new Junkyard Dog. Patrick Beverley made his way out of a tough part of Chicago & took the hard road to the NBA. Dwayne Wade says he wanted Beverley on the Heat….
Several key components of the Astros future are in Spring Training but the guy everybody is talking about is shortstop & #1 pick of the ’12 draft, Carlos Correa. Would GM Jeff Luhnow consider moving him quickly through the organization? To…
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Jermaine Taylor’s injury forced him to miss last year’s playoffs for the Dynamo but he’s working to be as good as new this year. Here’s a link to an article from MLSSoccer.com on Taylor about his comeback….
Podcast Kiss of Death (from January) The high & mighty baseball Hall of Fame voters for some unknown reason decided they needed to make Craig Biggio sweat one more year. Any of us who watched Craig Biggio knows he sweat MORE than enough over his…
Podcast Kiss of Death As I watched SMU head coach June Jones pace the sideline against U of H late last year, I couldn’t help but think about what he & the entire Houston Gamblers staff did nearly 3 decades ago… and just a couple hundred yards aw…
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HST Holiday Podcast Final Take What a heartwarming week it was for our Houston pro athletes & one that makes me incredibly proud these guys represent our city. Brian Cushing gave a family in need a $1,000 gift card for groceries, two $250 cards f…
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Kiss of Death The BCS, as we know it, came to an end a few weeks ago. Like everybody else, I’m pumped to see a 4 team tournament. I think the right number is still 8 teams, but we’re making progress. At some point, we need to discuss the issue of t…
Changing Titanic’s Course Since Astros Owner Jim Crane took over, he’s taken a lot of hits. We all know about the TV deal but wasn’t that really Drayton’s mess? We all know they’ve been the worst team in baseball his 1st 2 seasons, but again,…
Here’s my video highlights from North Shore’s 10 year championship anniversary pre-game tribute. It starts with current Texan & North Shore alum Earl Mitchell. HST Podcast Final Take: March 4th Houston area high school football lost …
Every year the Sloan Analytics conference gets more & more attention. Rockets GM Daryl Morey is the brains behind it. This article on SI.com has 50 NBA notes, quotes & anecdotes from the conference. There’s plenty of interesting argumen…
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HST Podcast Final Take: Feb 23rd You won’t find a much bigger Daryl Morey fan than myself. I didn’t join the Morey party when he made the Harden and Howard deals. No bandwagon jumping from this guy. What he has done over the last few years is downrig…
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