Email Author Sean Pendergast

2012 Stories by Sean Pendergast

• Houston Texans Grieving Process 3.0: At Least We're Not This 49er Fan

  published Jan 27, 2012

  It's been a couple weeks, but perhaps some of you are still smarting from the Texans' loss to the Ravens ending their two-game playoff run. As I expressed from the day after that game, there are lots... More >>

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  The Astros May Be Changing Their Namer My 5 Suggestions

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Yesterday afternoon, Astros owner Jim Crane built up more good will with the Houston community in about eight minutes than the team on the field has in the last six years when he announced that the 20... More >>

• Jerry Sandusky's Ill-Advised Statement on Joe Paterno

  published Jan 24, 2012

  On Sunday morning at 9:25 a.m. EST, legendary Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno was pronounced dead at the age of 85 after losing a swift battle with lung cancer. As you all know, Paterno ha... More >>

• Patriots Seal AFC Title with a Kiss (w/ AWKWARD Video)

  published Jan 23, 2012

  The Patriots and the Ravens played a classic AFC championship game yesterday that featured various twists and turns, including a couple of bizarre brain cramps from Pats quarterback Tom Brady, a "turn... More >>

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  Houston Texans "Super Bowl Tattoo Guy" Speaks in the Aftermath of the 2011 Season

  published Jan 20, 2012

  In the aftermath of the Texans' 20-13 loss to the Ravens last Sunday, the question I was asked most frequently by my Twitter followers (other than the terms and conditions of Jacoby Jones's contract) ... More >>

• Football! AFC and NFC Title Game Best Bets!

  published Jan 20, 2012

  We interrupt this Texans-grieving for an update on the Alabama tea bagger and my AFC and NFC title game picks! (I'm pretty sure when my parents sent me off to college, they didn't think I'd be typing ... More >>

• Houston Texans Grieving Process 2.0: At Least We're Not THIS GUY in Louisiana! (w/ NSFW VIDEO)

  published Jan 18, 2012

  With each day, the pain of Sunday's loss to the Ravens continues to dissipate. However, it still hasn't subsided to the point where we shouldn't be taking pleasure in the acute pain of others. In fac... More >>

• Houston Texans Grieving Process 1.0: At Least We're Not in Louisiana!

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Forty-eight hours have come and gone since Sunday, and the Texans' loss to the Baltimore Ravens is still maddening and painful. How does one process the anguish coming out of a sporting event in wh... More >>

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  Move Over, Stagger Lee, Jacoby Jones Has Something Dumber!

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Last Friday, John Granato and I were breaking down the keys to the Texans' playoff game in Baltimore on our radio show on 1560 The Game. For the Texans to win the game, I thought it would be crucial f... More >>

• A Drunken Wade Boggs Channels Garth Brooks (w/ VIDEO)

  published Jan 13, 2012

  We interrupt your Texans-versus-Ravens coverage for some drunken quasi-karaoke video! Let's face it, there's only so many different angles you can take with analysis of a football game over the cours... More >>

• Texans, Saints, Tebow and Eli! This Weekend's NFL Playoff Best Bets

  published Jan 12, 2012

  The scarcity of games on these NFL playoff weekends is a huge reason why wagering in the postseason can be a death trap of second-guessing for me. Fewer games on the board means there's way more time ... More >>

• John Parr Pays Tribute to Tim Tebow with Tebow-centric "St. Elmo's Fire" Lyrics (w/ VIDEO)

  published Jan 11, 2012

  In his brief NFL career as the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow has pulled off several feats that border on the miraculous -- a 7-1 run in his first eight games as their starter ... More >>

• Bobby Hebert Is Not a Fan of LSU Coach Les Miles's Conservative Game Plan (w/ VIDEO)

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Predictably, the BCS National Title game was, to use my good friend Jim Ross's phrase, "bowling-shoe ugly." Monday's game between Alabama and top-ranked LSU featured lots of hard hitting on defense, l... More >>

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  NBA Purgatory

  published January 12, 2012

  Check out our slideshow of one of the first Rockets games following the More >>

• Texans, Tebow and BCS Titles! This Weekend's 4 Winners and 4 Losers

  published Jan 09, 2012

  All right, this is starting to get ridiculous, football gods. First, you knock out Arian Foster for the first three games of the season with a hamstring injury. Then you rob us of Andre Johnson not o... More >>

• Landon Collins: High School Recruit Chooses Alabama and Pisses Off His Mom (w/ VIDEO)

  published Jan 06, 2012

  On Monday night, LSU will face Alabama for the second time this season for the whole ball of wax, the BCS national title. While it's unprecedented for the two teams to face each other twice in the sa... More >>

• Texans, Saints and Tebow! This Weekend's NFL Playoff Best Bets

  published Jan 06, 2012

  So is Houston ready for some playoff footballr How about we go through the Reliant Stadium checklist for Saturday's game with the Bengals to find out. Notifications to season ticket holders to be in ... More >>

• ESPN's Jon Gruden Mistakes the First Lady for Lisa Salters (w/ VIDEO)

  published Jan 05, 2012

  It's hard to find a reason to stick around and watch a college bowl game where the score is 63-20 in the third quarter, so if you caught the moment that I am about to lay out for you from last night's... More >>

• Forecasting the NFL Head Coach Guillotine

  published Jan 03, 2012

  They call it "Black Monday." It's the day after the NFL regular season ends, when any still-employed head coach whose name has been remotely associated with the words "hot" and "seat" tiptoes cautiou... More >>

• 2011-12 Houston Press Texans Game Card

  published January 5, 2012

  If predicting season results is a bottom-line business, then I was pinpoint accurate on my call of a 10-6 record for the Texans in 2011. If we... More >>

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  7 Things from Sunday's Texans-Titans Game That Made Me Happy

  published Jan 02, 2012

  Well, the time for worrying is over. Soon Saturday will be here and the playoffs will be upon us, and as the great Bobby Knight once said, if the entire two-deep winding up in the hospital at some poi... More >>