Email Author Sean Pendergast

2010 Stories by Sean Pendergast

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

  published Oct 21, 2010

  Before I get into the Best Bets for this weekend, a public service announcement for those of you traveling to Singapore any time soon. They still cane people there. Just ask former Florida State tig... More >>

• NFL -- James Harrison And A Funny Sex Story

  published Oct 21, 2010

  According to a March 2009 study, the average veterinarian in the United States makes $93,398 per year. According to foxsports.com, James Harrison is set to make $13,357,280 for playing football in 20... More >>

• NFL Headhunting -- The Party Is Over

  published Oct 19, 2010

  With many of life's problems, sometimes the issue isn't finding the solution, it's experiencing a trigger event that makes you put the solution into action (and 99 percent of the time, wondering why y... More >>

• Houston Texans -- The Green Mile, 5 Winners and 5 Losers

  published Oct 18, 2010

  The Texans beat the Chiefs on Sunday afternoon 35-31 to move to 4-2 for the first time in the history of the franchise, and I for one am going to enjoy it. Seriously, try to stop me. You can try and... More >>

• Best Sporting Event I Ever Attended -- 10/15/88

  published Oct 15, 2010

  "This game was won by the Notre Dame spirit." -- Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz after Notre Dame's 31-30 win over Miami, October 15, 1988 Fact. Those eight words uttered by Lou Holtz encapsulate so... More >>

• College Football and NFL: Weekend's Best Bets (One Day Early)

  published Oct 14, 2010

  If you're keeping score at home, it was not a pretty week for society. In no particular order, in the last seven days, the following occurred: -- Much like the self-handling of his own Johnson (and w... More >>

• Tracy McGrady And His Tired Legs

  published Oct 13, 2010

  "I have been working hard all summer to get ready for the upcoming season an am thankful that I landed in Detroit. I'm doing my workouts with my trainer Ben, and I am now able to finish full workouts ... More >>

• Favre In Charge -- "The Media Still Sucks" Edition

  published Oct 12, 2010

  The mainstream sports media couldn't avoid the topic forever. Eventually, the story of Brett Favre's penis would have to be addressed. And as deafening and infuriating as the silence in Bristol and ... More >>

• Texans-Giants, Debacle: The Sequel -- 5 Winners, 5 Losers

  published Oct 11, 2010

  Driving down Murworth to the media lot on Sunday morning at around 10 a.m., if it weren't for signs directing us to various colored lots and a few orange cones, you'd have barely known there was anyth... More >>

• Favre In Charge: A Very Special Episode

  published Oct 08, 2010

  "I'm not getting into that ... I've got my hands full with the Jets." -- Brett Favre, in his weekly press conference on Thursday Hands fullr Right. Sure. With the Jets, Brett. Gotcha. If everything ... More >>

• College Football and NFL: This Weekend's Best Bets (And a Promise From Me)

  published Oct 08, 2010

  I'm coming up on almost one year now writing a daily post on Hair Balls for HoustonPress.com. In that time, I've written tens of thousands of words about topics like the Summer of LeBron, the Brian C... More >>

• Randy Moss Gets Traded For Magic Beans

  published Oct 06, 2010

  "I'm still in awe that I'm a part of this organization. I think that he's the kind of coach that can motivate me. He has a proven track record." -- Randy Moss on Bill Belichick the day he was acquire... More >>

• The Quotable Tracy McGrady: "It's About Winning."

  published Oct 05, 2010

  Well, apparently I've pissed off Canada.In a post that was largely meant to illustrate the cavalcade of clown that is Les Miles and make a salient point or two about the Houston Texans, the biggest re... More >>

• Les Miles for President (Also, 5 Winners and 5 Losers From This Weekend)

  published Oct 04, 2010

  r"In the game of life nobody -- repeat, NOBODY -- is playing with more house money than Les Miles." -- Me on Twitter just after LSU's 16-14 win over Tennessee As Homer Simpson would say, it's fu... More >>

• Texas A&M Aggies: Care To Make The Rest Of The Season Interestingr

  published Oct 01, 2010

  I had other things I wanted to get to today, other anecdotes and information I wanted to share with all of you. Really, I did. But this one is time sensitive.If I wait even 48 more hours, the impact... More >>

• College Football and NFL: This Weekend's Best Bets

  published Oct 01, 2010

  Now that The Office has turned into a big, directionless mess, the title for Most Watchable Thing on Thursday night television (with apologies to It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia and The League) is t... More >>

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  Five Step Plan To Being A Terrible Little League Parent (w/ VIDEO)

  published Sep 29, 2010

  Let me preface this post by saying that I love my kids, all three of them. They are named James, Judy Anne, and Sammy and they are ages 12, 12, and 11. They have all played sports since virtually ... More >>

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  Texas Longhorns: The Most Laughable Report Card Ever

  published Sep 28, 2010

  There's an episode of The Sorpanos in Season 5 entitled (ironically so) "All Happy Families." Sopranos fans will remember the fifth season as the one where Tony and Carmela spent a majority of the se... More >>

• Texans-Cowboys Debacle 2010 -- 5 Winners, 5 Losers

  published Sep 27, 2010

  In retrospect, we probably should have seen this coming. For all the talk about this being a different Texans team, about the Cowboys coming in as a wounded animal, about Wade Phillips being thrilled... More >>

• Houston Texans -- F the Cowboys (or #FDACOWBOYS on Twitter)

  published Sep 24, 2010

  Not long ago, I got into a brief discussion on Twitter with another radio personality whom I am forbidden to name whose name I don't exactly recall. I don't remember the crux of the tweet-versation (... More >>

• YouTube Sports Time Wasters (i.e. VIDEO!!) -- "Fans Running On Field" Category

  published Sep 23, 2010

  "All things end badly, or else they wouldn't end." -- Brian Flanagan, Cocktail (Yeah, you saw that right. I just started a sports post with a quote from Cocktail, which, having now seen my first epi... More >>

• Duane Brown -- I'm The One Guy Saying Something Nice About You

  published Sep 22, 2010

  "I vow to learn from this mistake and be a better player and teammate because of it." -- Duane Brown In May, when the news came down that Brian Cushing had been suspended for violating the league's ... More >>

• Houston Texans Turn The Corner -- 5 Winners, 5 Losers

  published Sep 20, 2010

  I shouldn't enjoy carnage as much as I do, but I have to admit that a few hours after Neil Rackers' 35-yard field goal sailed through the uprights, sending the Houston Texans to an improbable 30-27 ov... More >>

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

  published Sep 17, 2010

  I'll get to the Best Bets of the weekend in a second, I promise, but first some venting.Reggie Bush is rapidly moving up my most hated list.Not because he chose to attend Southern Cal instead of Notre... More >>

• Houston Cougars -- An Early Lock of the Century

  published Sep 16, 2010

  I realize that my Best Bets for the weekend are usually a Friday thing, and rest assured after my fast start last week, no one is chomping harder at the bit to get back to the business of picking winn... More >>