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Blogs
October 1, 2012
Texans 38, Titans 14: After Early Scare, Houston Finally Proves It Can Handle Success
One week after exorcising their Peyton Manning demons, the Texans found themselves squarely in the crosshairs of another familiar enemy: complacency. In 2011, a 3-1 start turned sour with a demoralizing loss to Oakland in Reliant Stadium. Likewise, a home disappointment against Carolina ensued afte ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2012
Boom. Roasted. -- Arkansas Sucks, OSU Cheats(?) : The Monday Morning College Football Roast
As I type this, I'm sitting in the Reliant Stadium press box after the Texans' 38-14 win over the Titans on Sunday afternoon, and admittedly it's incredibly difficult to focus on writing about college football -- partially because of the four television screens showing the late games and partially b ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2012
Texans 38 -- Titans 14: A Hasslebeck at QB Means a Pick-Six Fest
If Texans fans were expecting tense fingernail-biting to become a part of their season this week, they were disappointed. But it's the only disappointment they've had to endure so far in 2012, and the locals look in fine shape as the schedule finally begins to toughen up. A bit, anyway. The only r ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2012
Your Texans Gamewatching Prep: Lord, How Times Have Changed With The Team's Success
Man, NFL Sundays used to be so much easier when the Texans sucked. You knew they were going to lose, they knew they were going to lose, all your friends knew they were going to lose -- what was the sense in putting a lot of effort into watching? Unless you're putting together an Irish wake, you don ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2012
Texans Tailgate Thursdays: Team Duck Fallas on Eating the Other Team's Mojo
It's well known that the Houston Texans have one of the greatest tailgating traditions in the country, a fact made more impressive by the team's relative youth. On Thursdays during football season, we're spotlighting groups that make Texans tailgating the pride of Houston. It should come as no surp ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2012
Steve Beckholt: Game-Day Video of the Ultimate Texans Fan
You may not know the name Steve Beckholt, but if you've watched a Texans game on TV you've seen him. The cameras love to catch him being what he is -- the ultimate Texans fan. The Tomball dude has a wide array of gear, an endless fountain of enthusiasm, an understanding wife, and an ability to tai ... More >>
Blogs
September 25, 2012
The Price Of Matt Schaub's Ear: $50K & One-Game Suspension
Losing on your homefield to a team you might have to beat in the NFL playoffs? Priceless. Taking off a chuck of the opposing QB's ear with a cheap hit? Not so priceless. In fact, it has quite the specific price tag attached. And that tag, according to the league, is....$50,000. Plus a one-game sus ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2012
Texans 31, Broncos 25: At Long Last, Houston Has Its 3-0 Start (Four Reasons Why)
Borrowing a famous analogy from Wade Phillips's father, Bum, the Texans have knocked and beaten on the door of the NFL's elite for three straight Septembers. In 2010, a 2-0 start came crashing down in an embarrassing home loss to Dallas. In 2011, they nearly improved to 3-0 before the defense unrav ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2012
Texans Hang On For Win Over Broncos: You Thought This Would Be Easy?
Just in case Houston Texan fans were getting accustomed to easy blowouts, the locals made sure to remind everyone that getting to an AFC Championship, much less a Super Bowl, isn't exactly a walk in the park. With about 10 minutes left in this game at Denver, though, it sure looked like that -- the ... More >>
Dining
September 20, 2012
A Fire at the Broken Spoke
Roy de la Garza on what's next.
Blogs
September 17, 2012
Texans 27, Jaguars 7: Power Game Makes Long-Awaited Return
A week ago, Texans coach Gary Kubiak said he'd have trouble sleeping after his team struggled in the run game on both sides of the ball - a concerning trend that began in the preseason. He should rest a lot easier this week. The Texans (2-0) physically demolished Jacksonville (0-2) up front Sunday ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2012
Texans Tailgate Thursdays: The Lone Spot Tailgaters on Guacamole and Beer for Breakfast
It's well known that the Houston Texans have one of the greatest tailgating traditions in the country, a fact made more impressive by the team's relative youth. Each Thursday during football season, we're spotlighting one of the groups that makes Texans tailgating the pride of Houston. I was surpri ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2012
NFL Week 1: Schaub Gets Rich(er), Buffalo Gets Poor(er) -- 4 Winners, 4 Losers
Check out our slideshow of the Houston Texans' season opener against the Dolphins. Could Sunday have been any better? 80-degree day. Sun shining. Birds singing. NFL football back in our lives. Oh and someone left a whole book of Burger King coupons in the lobby of my building. SCORE! So yeah there ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2012
Texans 30, Dolphins 10: Finesse Tops Power As Texans Pass First Test
Check out our slideshow of the Houston Texans' season opener against the Dolphins. It ended with the exact lopsided score we predicted Friday, but at the same time, the 2012 season opener was quite different than the anticipated Texans blowout. The oldest NFL cliché is that winning depends on run ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2012
J.J. Watt, The Texans' Pass-Smothering Monster
The Texans finally opened the 2012 season, after what has seemed like months of speculation about relatively minor roster spots. They won, easily enough, but some things to keep in mind: -- They were playing Miami. -- They were playing a Miami team that featured a rookie quarterback who didn't re ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2012
The 2012 Season Preview: The Texans Will Be Super If...
Two days are left. After eight long months away, that's all that remains before the most anticipated season in Houston football history finally kicks off. Even the 1993 Oilers, whose brilliant 11-game win streak ended with a home loss to Joe Montana's Chiefs in the divisional round of the playoffs, ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2012
Football! This Weekend's Best Bets, Preying On UH's Misery
I was asked on a Miami radio station on Thursday if I thought that the Dolphins had any chance of beating the Texans on Sunday. While firmly of the belief that the Texans will throttle the Dolphins by more than two touchdowns, I had to leave the door slightly ajar for a Dolphins upset, and I did so ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2012
Wouldn't It Be Cool If the Houston Texans Only Played Texas Music at Games?
Much like most Houstonians, I will be in front of a television on Sunday watching our Houston Texans play the Miami Dolphins at Reliant Stadium. It's a big and promising year for our team, one of only professional sports franchises in town that are successful. Did you know that Billy Ray Cyrus is ... More >>
Blogs
September 4, 2012
Tracing Texans Hope & Optimism Through Houston Press Covers
This Sunday -- finally -- the NFL season begins, at least as far as the Texans are concerned. And that's what counts here in Houston, of course. The Texans have been with us since the 2002 season, making this year the 11th time they will be suiting up to elate, enrage or enervate us. Perhaps no t ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2012
The Houston Texans Sideline Experience
(Note: I didn't know that a man had fallen to his death yesterday at Reliant Stadium until I was leaving the complex on Thursday night. ) Check out Groovehouse's spectacular slideshow from the Texans and Vikings match-up. Yesterday afternoon I had the honor of seeing a side of the Houston Texans ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2012
Waiver Wire Guide: Where The Texans May Look For Help
Yes, the Houston Texans had a game last night. Yes, they won (28-24). No, it's probably not worth extensive discussion. Aside from the very small handful battling for the remaining roster and practice-squad slots, there wasn't much to be learned out of the preseason finale with the Vikings. Sean Pe ... More >>
News
August 30, 2012
2012: Year of the Texans
Assessing all their strengths and weaknesses, we could be looking at a repeat or better.
Blogs
August 30, 2012
Houston Texans: Some Pre-Final Preseason Game 53-Man Roster-tology!
Thursday night, the Texans' 2012 preseason wraps up with a game against the Minnesota Vikings. The game is meaningful to a couple dozen guys still battling for roster and practice squad spots (and REALLY degenerate gamblers -- seriously, final preseason game gambling is the bestiality porn of the ga ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2012
Texans Tailgate Thursdays: The Raging Bulls and Battle Red Kool-Aid
In addition to 2012 being proclaimed "The Year of the Texans" by our own Sean Pendergast, it's well known that the Houston Texans have one of the greatest tailgating traditions in the country -- a fact made more impressive by the team's relative youth. Each Thursday during football season, we're spo ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2012
For The NFL Season: The Overpowering Awfulness Of Houston Oiler Fight Songs, Collected
Everyone's happy, happy, happy with where the Houston Texans are headed into the 2012 season -- the roster battles are largely confined to low-profile back-up positions, the division's weak and a Super Bowl beckons - but this city has been there before. We've gone through it with the Texans themsel ... More >>
Blogs
August 29, 2012
Houston Texans 2012 Preview Time: Our Bingo/Drinking Game Card, and Are the Texans "The Real" or "The Jobroni"?
There's a reason why we ridicule Charlie Brown every time he falls for Lucy's tired "No really, this time I promise, I'm going to hold the ball in place while you kick, Charlie Brown!" We do it because we don't think it's humanly possible for people to fall for the same old tricks again (and AGAIN). ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2012
Saints 34, Texans 27: Five Things We Learned
In name, Saturday did represent the clichéd dress rehearsal for the Texans. In practicality, it was only the case on one side of the ball. With the defense missing Shaun Cody, J.J. Watt and Brian Cushing, there isn't that much use to reading fortunes on that side of the ball. The Saints are an eli ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2012
Texans 20, 49ers 9: Five Things We Learned (Including Linebacker Controversy?)
Check out the rest of our photos from this weekend's preseason Texans game. It was brief and incomplete, but Saturday offered the first glimpse of how the Texans (2-0) may stack up with the league's elite. Houston starters played for essentially a full half against the Niners, a team known for its ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2012
Houston Texans Knock Out 2013 Shopping Early, Lock Up Duane Brown (6 Yrs, $53.4M)
"Wanna again thank the @HoustonTexans front office and staff for believing in my ability and extending this contract." -- Texans left tackle Duane Brown (@DuaneBrown76 on Twitter), 8/16/12 Left tackle, pass rusher, quarterback. Not only are they the most pivotal positions on the football field (al ... More >>
Blogs
August 15, 2012
Texans Rewind: I Found a 2008 NFL Preview Magazine, Man Alive Was the Texans Defense Bad
On our radio show on 1560 The Game this past Monday, John Granato and I were breaking down various aspects of both the Texans 26-13 win over the Panthers and the preseason in general. The topic was the defense, specifically Whitney Mercilus and the various ways that Texans defensive coordinator Wade ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2012
Football Is Back! Texans Preseason Week One: 4 Winners, 4 Losers
At this point in the season, it's more about effort than execution. We're all rusty, even the media. Hell, Saturday night alone one local sports anchor mistook Keshawn Martin being the rookie wide receiver who was suspended last year instead of DeVier Posey (tweets deleted), the Houston Chronicle ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2012
13 Wacky Texas History Facts That Texas School Kids Need To Be Taught
This week Mother Jones uncovered a handful of spurious, less-than-scientific facts that Louisiana grade-schoolers will be learning while attending the state's new voucher schools. Obviously, people aren't happy. A new voucher program under the watch of Governor Bobby Jindal will allot money for st ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2012
Yes, Gary Kubiak Is In Mid-Season "Battling" Form
With Texans' training camp in full swing, there's one thing fans want to know -- is head coach Gary Kubiak in mid-season quote-machine form? The answer is decidedly yes. Odd circumlocutions? You bet: Former New Orleans Saint, current Texan Mitch King? "He's a try-hard player." Of Houston Cougars' ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Texans Training Camp: Crisis Averted, Duane Brown Is Gonna Be Okay
"#TexansNation I'm good!!!! Thanks for the thoughts and concerns!" -- Texans left tackle Duane Brown, 2:21 PM 8/1/12 on Twitter (@DuaneBrown76) "Thank God..." -- Every Texans fan...on Twitter, on message boards, at the grocery store, pretty much everywhere Remember the first five minutes of Raider ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2012
Houston Texans: My Annual Way Too Early Guess at the 53-Man Roster
On Sunday morning at the Texans' second day of practice of the young preseason, I was hanging out with my co-host John Granato watching the wide receivers go one-on-one against the cornerbacks in pass catching drills when Evan Koch of the Texans media relations team walked by and asked us who we tho ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2012
All Week Long: $50 Floor Seats to Chesney & McGraw's "Brothers of the Sun" Show
You know an upcoming show is a big one when you see an actual TV commerical about it like we did on VH1 over the weekend. Also a good tipoff: The concert is at the same venue where the Houston Texans will soon enough start their 2012 season. So all week long, but only this week, Rocks Off and the H ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2012
Texans Training Camp: Andre Johnson's Groin Becomes the Most Scrutinized Groin in Houston (Non-Stripper Division)
When I moved back to Houston in 2007 to start a career in radio, literally the first event I ever attended as a media member was the opening of Texans training camp. So excited I was for this assignment, I literally showed up at the facility like two hours before practice started at 8 a.m. My then-s ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2012
App of the Week: Get Ready for the Season with the Houston Texans App
App: Houston Texans Platform: iPhone, Android, Blackberry Website: Houston Texans Download Site Cost: Free If there is one thing we love in Texas, it's football. There are quite a number of sports apps out there to help you keep track of your favorite teams, football or otherwise, but when it comes ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2012
This Week In Food Blogs: Subterranean Sushi and Pizzitola's Pits
Swamplot: Craft beer lovers are about to have a whole lot more to love in Houston, reports real estate blog Swamplot. Premium Draught will be moving into the old Kaboom Books space next to Antidote Coffee in the Heights, while Cottonwood Bar will be moving in down the block from Shepherd Park Draugh ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2012
Baltimore Ravens Just Now Finding Out Jacoby Jones Can't Catch
As fans and media, many of us fancy ourselves to be experts in our sports of choice. When a questionable move is made by the brass for our favorite team (or any team, for that matter), we openly mock the general manager who made the "ludicrous" decision in question, and then go on Twitter and talk a ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2012
The Texas Chefs Hall of Fame: 1981 and Now
Assistant music editor Craig Hlavaty recently purchased a 1981 edition of The Genuine Texas Handbook, a guide to all things Texan. It's an often-tongue-in-cheek look at the people, places, outfits, songs, foods and more that made someone Texan 31 years ago. Incidentally, the book and I are the same ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2012
You Know You're a Texan If...12 Ways to Know for Sure
We Texans are a proud folk. We think of our state as its own little country and love to point out we are the only state in the union not annexed -- we signed a treaty -- and that affords us a certain let's call it swagger. A lot of people don't care for it, but it's all in good fun (mostly). The t ... More >>
News
June 28, 2012
The 2012 Houston Web Awards
The Houston Press rides the wave to the next group of winners.
Blogs
June 27, 2012
Connor's Corner: Connor Barwin's Favorite Places to Hang in Houston
To say that Houston Texans linebacker Connor Barwin has high hopes for the upcoming season is an understatement. His eyes light up when he talks about the talent and the hope for the 2012 season. Barwin is featured in this week's cover story on the Houston Web Awards, and lately he's been seen eve ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2012
Connor Barwin Goes To His First Rugby Match
Further proof that Connor Barwin is the coolest Texan when it comes to living the Houston life: He headed to BBVA Compass Stadium from his downtown apartment to catch the USA Rugby team against Italy. Despite his cheering them on, the USA lost, although the large crowd was raucous in their support. ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2012
Ranking Houston's Sports Radio Personalities
The Houston sports talk landscape is complicated and fascinating. We are blessed with four full-time sports stations, several other sports-themed shows scattered along the dial and one national sports network headquartered right here in the Bayou City. When I ranked the best sports talk shows in Hou ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2012
Connor's Corner: Texans LB Barwin Goes To Free Press Summer Fest
Recently I began work with Houston Texans linebacker Connor Barwin on an upcoming print feature. Anyone who follows him on Twitter knows that he is a huge fan of live music in Houston and can be seen at gigs all over town. I asked him if he wanted to write a few words about one of his Summer Fest ex ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2012
General Observations from the Free Press Summer Fest
See our slideshow of the food at Summer Fest. Observations while standing near a classic-style mosh pit to see The Descendants, as my friend Jay swigged Beam from a flask in one hand and deflated beach balls with a pocket knife in the other hand: There is probably not a better drinks program for ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2012
Connor Barwin Wants You At The Houston Web Awards (w/ VIDEO)
Today's the last day to submit your nominations for the best and brightest in Houston's online community. You have until 5 p.m. this afternoon to nominate in over 30 categories for the 2012 Houston Web Awards sponsored by Houston Press. Then all that's left to do is come on June 28 to the House Of ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2012
Early NFL Season Win Total Lines Have Brought Out a New Trash-Talky Side of Bob McNair
"I think we are a contender, so that's no surprise to me. I guess they got tired of losing money out there, putting our over-and-under too low, so they're getting more realistic." -- Houston Texans owner Bob McNair trash-talking the oddsmakers when asked about the Texans' status as favorites in the ... More >>
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