Email Author Sean Pendergast

2010 Stories by Sean Pendergast

• Year in Review Appendix -- Five More Stories For The Road

  published Dec 31, 2010

  I love the last week of December. Between Gary Kubiak and the option to just pick out some category from the past year and recap it, it's ready-made content. Just add snark! So in the spirit of lazy ... More >>

• Top Ten Houston Sports Stories in 2010 (Alternate Title: "Here Comes The Prozac")

  published Dec 31, 2010

  Putting together a "Top 10 Sports Moments" list is not supposed to invoke these feelings of anger and depression. But then again, I live in Houston, so try as I might to make this a list that is upli... More >>

• College Football Bowls -- This Week's Best Bets

  published Dec 31, 2010

  Since it's Week 17 of the NFL season, we're changing it up a little bit this week. I don't know about people who actually know what they're doing when it comes to wagering, but my experience with the... More >>

• Houston Texans -- Home For Wayward NFL Coachesr

  published Dec 30, 2010

  When the final gun sounds on Sunday after the Texans game with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the home team is either 5-11 or 6-10, change is coming for the Texans. At the very least, you'd have to th... More >>

• Gary Kubiak: Three Questions To Be Answered Without The Same Tired Script

  published Dec 28, 2010

  The only thing that has become more predictable than the Houston Texans' collective performance each Sunday (or random Monday or Thursday) is Gary Kubiak's weekly "day after game" press conference, no... More >>

• Merry Christmas and 4 WTF Questions About Christmas Specials (w/ video)

  published Dec 24, 2010

  First, I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas (or Festivus or Hanukkah or whatever you celebrate this time of year)! It's definitely a time to be thankful, and I want to use this space to t... More >>

• Awkward Price is Right Videos! Merry Christmas!

  published Dec 24, 2010

  If we can all agree that the four major sports in this country are baseball, football, basketball, and hockey (sorry Dynamo fans), then I'd like to take a moment just to make an analogy on the marketi... More >>

• More Rex Ryan, the Ryan Leaf Trilogy & NFL Best Bets

  published Dec 23, 2010

  Two more shopping days left. I need money. You need money. So let's get to winning. And by winning let's find a way to weave more Rex Ryan "foot fetish" talk into a handicapping discussion. Can we ... More >>

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  Rex Ryan Has A Foot Fetish

  published Dec 22, 2010

  I have to admit, the information age in which we live has been largely a positive thing for me. In a line of business where you are constantly needing to generate new content -- particularly sophomor... More >>

• Houston Texans -- My Question to Bob McNair

  published Dec 21, 2010

  "I just wanted the team to know how close, not only we think they are, but how close our competitors think they are to being an outstanding team...I think what it does it's sort of an affirmation that... More >>

• NFL -- Bob McNair's Delusion, Twitter Madness And The Weekend's Best Bets

  published Dec 17, 2010

  "I wanted the team to know not only how close we think they are but how close our competitors think they are to being an outstanding team." -- Texans owner Bob McNair, presumably not being held at gun... More >>

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  Yao Ming -- God Dammit

  published Dec 16, 2010

  "An MRI performed today on Rockets center Yao Ming revealed a stress fracture of the Medial Malleolus in his left ankle. The fracture, which is related to his previous injury of the Tarsal Navicular b... More >>

• So You Want To Be The University of Texas Offensive Coordinator...APPLY HERE

  published Dec 15, 2010

  As a resident of the great state of Texas, it pains me to see our tax dollars being wasted. Case in point, somewhere in Austin there is a person who had to spend a couple hours of his or her day pos... More >>

• Houston Texans 2010 -- ....And Boom Goes The Dynamite

  published Dec 15, 2010

  "I told them that we're playing for our pride these next three weeks, and there's a hell of a lot of pride in that room. We will play well. We will work hard and we will play well." -- Gary Kubiak a... More >>

• NFL -- (Really F-ing Weird) Weekend In Review

  published Dec 13, 2010

  Admittedly, on Sundays when the Texans are playing, I tend to get engrossed in whatever it is they're doing. I do a radio show in Houston, I talk about Houston sports, and therefore it is most import... More >>

• Friday Juvenile Time Waster -- Live TV Cussing Videos!

  published Dec 10, 2010

  Since getting into radio a few years ago, my biggest fear hasn't been a "dear in the headlights" moment (I prepare pretty meticulously), it hasn't been a guest or caller sending the show sideways. Th... More >>

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  NFL & College Football Best Bets -- How Ebenezer Scrooge Saved Me

  published Dec 10, 2010

  I went to the Alley Theater last night and saw A Christmas Carol. Fantastic production and actually my first time ever seeing it in any venue, let alone the Alley. For the completely un-Christmased ... More >>

• December 9, 2013 Headline: Hunter Pence Signs With Pirates For 7 Years, $168M

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Most major league baseball owners are billionaires or, at the very least, incredibly wealthy leaders of investor groups. And I'm pretty sure you have to be smart to become a billionaire (although I a... More >>

• Time Waster Tuesday -- NBA Superstars Videos (via YouTube)

  published Dec 07, 2010

  "'Remember when' is the lowest form of conversation." -- Tony Soprano Tony was right, you never want to be "remember when" guy, and I try my best not to be. But the fact of the matter is, for many ... More >>

• Big 12 Title Game -- Loser Leaves Town

  published Dec 06, 2010

  It's probably appropriate that the most recognizable non-player/non-coach on the sidelines at the Big 12 Championship Game Saturday night was WWE Hall of Fame announcer Jim Ross because the final Okla... More >>

• 2010 Houston Texans Mad Libs

  published Dec 03, 2010

  I'm busy, you're busy, we're all busy. The Texans'34-24 loss to the Eagles is the game that has pushed me over the edge. On a night when the Texans won literally every statistical category (save the... More >>

• NFL & College Football -- Weekend's Best Bets

  published Dec 02, 2010

  When it comes to college football, I'm not a staunch traditionalist. I believe the season is more compelling when the longtime powers are strong (Translation: Texas, Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, an... More >>

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  Magnolia High School Gets Its Own Driving Range! -- Five Suggestions

  published Dec 01, 2010

  "For the longest time, we just had a few individuals in our golf program. Our previous coach did a nice job of building up the program, but now we are trying to take it to the next level." -- Magnolia... More >>

• Derek Anderson Tirade -- He Isn't A Punk Ass Bitch, But He Sure Is Angry (w/ video)

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Who knew it could be so much fun calling someone a punk ass bitchr Certainly not me. But you've all climbed aboard the Cortland Bitcheggan pain train and have turned "punk ass bitch" catcalling into... More >>

• Houston Texans -- Cortland Finnegan Is A Punk Ass Bitch

  published Nov 29, 2010

  ''I want to apologize to the organization, our owner and my teammates. What happened out there today wasn't me. I just lost my cool. I wish I could take back what happened. I can't. It's over and done... More >>