Email Author Richard Connelly

Awards

• 2007 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published December 7, 2006

  "Punk'd"

• 2007 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published November 2, 2006

  "Candidate of the Year"

• 2007 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 18, 2006

  "Lost Dog"

• 2006 - Lone Star Awards, published April 14, 2005

  "What a Devil"

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1999 Stories by Richard Connelly

• Lindsay's End Run

  published April 8, 1999

  The Port of Houston Authority is apparently worried about growing opposition to its planned billion-dollar Bayport project. And it has gotten its... More >>

• WorldFest: Wild, Mild and Wicked

  published April 8, 1999

  Get ready, film fans. The indie invasion of Houston is under way. The curtains go up Friday, April 9, on Three Seasons, but it will begin... More >>

• Strike Three, They're Out

  published April 1, 1999

  Library shelves groan under the weight of poetic tomes extolling the Paradise Lost of Ebbets Field. Our own Astrodome, on the other hand, has... More >>

• News Hostage

  published April 1, 1999

  Oldies But Oldies It's always nice to come back from vacation and be greeted with two pieces of welcome news. The first piece of... More >>

• News Hostage

  published March 18, 1999

  Workin' Overtime During his stint as the Chronicle's main baseball writer, Alan Truex never seemed to be one of those many Chron... More >>

• Blowing Away the Competition

  published March 11, 1999

  You've got to hand it to Channel 13, the local ABC affiliate. They have been racking up scoops that have left the city's other TV stations gasping... More >>

• Storming the Ramparts

  published March 11, 1999

  When the Texas Southern University Board of Regents met in the first week of February, the most recent episode of the chronically troubled... More >>

• News Hostage

  published March 4, 1999

  Witnesses Say Sun Rose in East We always like to give credit where it's due, so let's hand out a hearty round of congratulations to the... More >>

• News Hostage

  published February 25, 1999

  Pay No Attention to the Man on the Crutches It took only two games of the truncated NBA season to show that Rockets Myopia is once again in... More >>

• A True Spirit of Giving

  published February 18, 1999

  It's nice that the Chronicle -- Houston's self-confessed leading information source among all the daily newspapers in Houston -- is willing to... More >>

• Killer Weed

  published January 14, 1999

  It was at Browning Elementary, a neighborhood public school near the Heights, that The Beast first made its appearance. Ron Jones, a... More >>

• Business As Usual

  published January 7, 1999

  The large ceremonial courtroom on the third floor of the Harris County Civil Courthouse was quiet. Sally Stephenson, a matronly African-American... More >>