Subject: Athletic Awards

• Which Texas Team Will Take Home the Title?

  April 20, 2007

• Dear Diary

  April 24, 2007

• John Royal’s MLB Awards: Why Wait for the World Series?

  October 3, 2007

• John Royal’s Championship Series Predictions: Jobu and the Flying Spaghetti Monster Shall Emerge Victorious!!!

  October 11, 2007

• Stuck with a Fork: Baseball Writers, Awards, Bonuses and Curt Schilling

  December 7, 2007

• No Hall of Fame for Dale Murphy?

  January 9, 2008

• Giants Win. You’re Welcome.

  February 3, 2008

• Rockets-Lakers: McGrady and the Miracles

  March 16, 2008

• Rockets-Kings: The Art of Adelman

  March 25, 2008

• The Five Best Trades in the History of Houston Sports

  May 30, 2008

• John Royal's Forecast for the Astros in June: Not So Hot

  June 3, 2008

• Madison High's Ray Seals Honored By NFL, As Vince Young Finally Does Something Right This Year

  Seals and VYRay Seals, head coach at Madison High, has been chosen the 2008 National Football League High School Coach of the Year. Two of his former players, Vince Young of the Tennessee Titans and Moran Norris of the Detroit Lions, nominated Seals for the award.  In his essay, Norris called Seals "a great inspiration" and wrote, "Even though I grew up with two parents, he was like another father. He always guided me right, and it wasn't always about football. He wants you to be successful

  January 26, 2009

• The Legend

  August 14, 1997

• Randy Johnson's Astro Days -- Short But Electrifyingly Sweet

  Randy Johnson got his 300th career victory yesterday as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Washington Nationals 5-1. Johnson pitched six innings, giving up only two hits and one unearned run (he had a no-hitter through four innings) as he got the 300th win in his first try.Johnson got the victory by defeating the organization he started his career with, as he was drafted by and originally pitched in the majors for the Montreal Expos, the team that went on to become the Nationals. He's the 24t

  June 5, 2009

• Astros Sign Ivan Rodriguez

  Photo by Bob Jeter After denying interest for most of this past year, the Houston Astros yesterday inked catcher Ivan Rodriguez to a one-year $1.5 million contract that also includes $1.5 million in incentives. Reportedly, the Astros had not been interested because he didn't mix well with pitchers, but supposedly Astros ace Roy Oswalt had been pushing the team to sign Rodriguez. Rodriguez is known as one of the game's greatest catchers, having won 13 gold gloves for defensive excellence along

  March 17, 2009

• This Season's MLB Predictions: The National League

  With baseball season due to start next week, I thought I should put myself on the line and make some predictions. I made my American League predictions yesterday. Today I'm going to take a look at the National League, and on Monday, I'll take an in-depth look at the Astros as they prepare to open the season against the Cubs. So here's the National League. I list the teams by division, and by predicted order of finish in the division from first place to last. NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST: 1. Phila

  April 1, 2009

• Best Houston Comet

  September 21, 2000

• Best Houston Astro

  September 21, 2000

• This Season's MLB Predictions: The National League

  With baseball season due to start next week, I thought I should put myself on the line and make some predictions. I made my American League predictions yesterday. Today I'm going to take a look at the National League, and on Monday, I'll take an in-depth look at the Astros as they prepare to open the season against the Cubs. So here's the National League. I list the teams by division, and by predicted order of finish in the division from first place to last. NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST: 1. Phila

  April 2, 2009

• This Season's MLB Predictions: The American League

  With baseball season due to start next week, I thought I should put myself on the line and make some predictions. I'm going to do the American League today. I'll follow up with the National League and postseason picks tomorrow, and I'll give a more in-depth look at the Astros on Monday. So here's the American League. I list the teams by division, and by predicted order of finish in the division from first place to last. AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST: 1. Boston Red Sox: The Red Sox didn't go mone

  April 1, 2009

• Astros Sign Ivan Rodriguez

  Photo by Bob Jeter After denying interest for most of this past year, the Houston Astros yesterday inked catcher Ivan Rodriguez to a one-year $1.5 million contract that also includes $1.5 million in incentives. Reportedly, the Astros had not been interested because he didn't mix well with pitchers, but supposedly Astros ace Roy Oswalt had been pushing the team to sign Rodriguez. Rodriguez is known as one of the game's greatest catchers, having won 13 gold gloves for defensive excellence along

  March 17, 2009

• Pro Athlete Musicians

  Athletes step off the field and into the studio

  November 29, 2007

• Are You Ready for Some Fútbol?

  August 3, 2006

• Victor Wooten

  Wooten opens for the Dave Matthews Band Monday, September 5, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 2025 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, 281-363-3300. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are also on the bill.

  September 1, 2005

• Swoopes: Hardwoods Homie

  A Comets star helps redefine Houston basketball

  May 5, 2005

• Best Comet

  September 23, 2004

• Play Ball

  The greatest in the game come to Houston

  July 8, 2004

• Best Comet

  Sheryl Swoopes

  September 25, 2003

• Best Comet

  Sheryl Swoopes

  September 26, 2002

• Janeth Arcain

  Houston Comets guard

  September 20, 2001

• Best Houston Comet

  Tina Thompson

  September 20, 2001

• If There's A Watch List For QB Awards, UH's Case Keenum's On It

  Photo courtesy UH​If the honor is in being nominated, then UH quarterback Case Keenum can just go ahead and shut it down before the season gets started. The junior QB, last season's Conference USA offensive player of the year, has had his name added to two more postseason watch lists, putting him on four with the season still weeks away and preseason practice being just a little over a week old.Then again, after having talked to Keenum, his coach, and several of his teammates, I have the feeli

  August 18, 2009

• Game Time: Weekend Review

  ​I hope everyone had a great weekend, and that you were all able to enjoy the nice weather by moving your television and recliner into your driveway to watch football on TV.  I'd like to start off by welcoming the Texans to this new thing for them called "November".  Boys, I know in the past this has typically been the month where you start making hotel reservations for your first post season golf trip (or if you're a wide receiver, this is the month you hope and pray that Andre

  November 2, 2009

• Why Notre Dame Will Win The BCS Title And Texas Won't: Part Nine

  ​We have documented weekly just how Notre Dame is moving inexorably towards a BCS championship while UT is deluding itself that it is doing so.Today, though, we discuss why ND's road may be harder.We have discovered, shockingly, that the pernicious influence of the KKK and other such anti-Catholic institutions have, sadly, not been relegated to the dustbin of history, as the kind of people who say "the dustbin of history" say. Frankly, we thought this sort of discrimination had been dealt with

  November 3, 2009

• Game Time: Road Trip Edition, The Middle And The End

  ​(Cue cheesy announcer voice:) "When we last left our our venerable 1560 The Game crew of Pendergast, Nuno and Ramzanali, they were checking into the Norman, Oklahoma Days Inn at 2:30 in the morning, readying themselves for three days of free continental breakfast and lumpy mattresses. To read about the trip up to Norman, click here. We press on..."FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13: As I mentioned in the blog post about our trip up to Norman, this trip was one of those combination business-pleasure type tr

  November 16, 2009