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  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Dynamo's New Stadium To Compete With Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion For Music Acts

    A new player for concerts​The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority agreed on a deal today to be the landlord for the Houston Dynamo in a new downtown stadium, an important -- but not final -- step on breaking ground. Dynamo president Chris Canetti tells Hair Balls the new facility won't jus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Is Bob McNair Houston's Worst Sports Franchise Owner

    Sad McNair is sad​No matter how beloved the owner of a sports franchise may be, there will always be plenty of reasons for fans to hate him. In a city like Houston, with three major sports franchises, there are bound to be times when owners take a beating, particularly when the teams are losin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    McLane Appears Serious About Trying To Sell Astros

    The Houston Astros have set a 2:30 p.m. press conference for owner Drayton McLane to discuss his plans to try to sell the team. Fox 26 and the Houston Chronicle reported that McLane had hired an investment bank to help in any sale, and now it looks like things are going forward. McLane is hoping t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Sports Authority's Bond Rating Now Equals The Quality Level Of Teams Playing In Its Stadiums

    The bonds are junk, but so are the teams​The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, the entity created to build new stadiums for billionaire sports owners, has found itself reduced to junk-bond status.Kind of like the Astros, Texans and Rockets, really.Hotel occupancy and car rentals -- the magic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Mark Cuban: With Nolan Ryan Out, It's Now Up To You To Save The Astros

    Mark Cuban: Houston needs you, desperately​My dream for the Houston Astros was destroyed very, very early on Thursday morning when Nolan Ryan and his business partner, Chuck Greenberg, won the bankruptcy bidding for the Texas Rangers. I've written before that I was hoping Ryan's bid would lose, an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2010

    Christopher Titus

    He puts the "fun" in dysfunctional

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Bud Lee, Young & Recessioned: Working In Porn Is Not Like Working At Target

    ​Today's installment of Young & Recessioned features Bud Lee, who has worked in every area of the adult industry during the last 30 years. Today he works as an agent at LA Direct Models and says that these days more young women are choosing pornography as a career. I think because of the econo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Mack Rhoades Wants UH Fans To Show Up, Darnit

    No, this is not DURING a Coog game​I got the chance to visit with Houston Cougars athletic director Mack Rhoades last Friday to discuss the school's new stadium plans -- I was just one of the several media members there. And while Rhoades was trying to get out his vision for the future, there was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Still Recovering From Ike, Galveston Ponders A $35 Million High School Stadium

    Illustration courtesy GISD​The residents of Galveston Island, still trying to recover from Hurricane Ike, have a decision to make: whether a $34.9 million new multipurpose stadium is worth an approximate 11 cents pday tax increase.The new stadium, proposed by the Galveston Island Independent Schoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    The Dynamo Stadium, One Step Closer To Reality, Due To Elephant Sex

    ​Dynamo president Oliver Luck talked to media all morning about a new soccer stadium, what it will mean to the city and county and Dynamo fans, fun stuff like that. But when we spoke with him, he just wanted to talk about elephant sex. "What's the elephant gestation period, 18 months or something ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2010

    Teen Porn 101

    If they're taking their laptops and cell phones to bed with them, it's probably not to do homework.

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Dynamo May Go Uptown For A New Stadium

    ​KTRK's Miya Shay reported an interesting development in the never-ending quest to build a stadium for the Houston Dynamo -- the team is considering an offer to build it near the Galleria, instead of the east side of downtown.The idea surfaced at yesterday's Commissioner Court meeting, and Dynamo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    A Decade of Landry's

    Photo by B. Tse​Whether you love them or hate them, you can't escape them -- not even if you leave Houston. Over the past ten years, Landry's has become a household name. Besides owning such well-known restaurants as Saltgrass Steak House, Aquarium, and Vic and Anthony's, Landry's has dabbled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Drayton Sells Astros, Almost

    ​Hey kids, guess what? Drayton McLane is a liar.I'm not shocked by that. I used to work for the guy. But apparently people at the Houston Chronicle are surprised that Drayton lied to them about trying to sell the team after the 2008 season. A local businessman, Jim Crane, even entered into a hands ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    Brazos Books: Rich Levy

    Inprint’s executive director takes his turn on stage

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2009

    Jay Mohr

    Last Comic Standing founder still finds time for the road

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    ArtCrawl 2008

    Local artists open their studios for this annual tour de art

  • Calendar

    December 13, 2007

    Roméo et Juliette

    The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Shakespeare’s classic love story his the big screen — live

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    The Scene

    The Alley Theatre opens the Neuhaus Stage season with Theresa Rebeck’s comedy

  • News

    September 20, 2007

    Mailbag

    Going Greyhound

  • Calendar

    August 2, 2007

    White Linen Night

    Beat the heat at the Heights area street festival

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2005

    Around and Back Again

    The El Orbits are still hoppin'

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