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    March 19, 2012

    Eatsie Boys Moving Into Montrose; Kraftsmen Cafe to Close

    After much speculation as to the eventual the brick-and-mortar location of popular food truck Eatsie Boys, it was announced this morning that the food truck team will be moving into a space at 4100 Montrose. Fans of Kraftsmen Cafe will recognize that address as the bakery's ivy-covered location bet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Sterling High: We're Sorry We Tipped Off Our Players to the Upcoming Steroids Test

    Taking the "surprise" out of "surprise tests."​Texas's efforts to test high school athletes for steroids have been pretty ineffective in finding high school athletes taking steroids, but maybe that's because Texas kids would never, ever do something like that. Whether that's true or not, one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Timothy Porter: Teacher, Volleyball Coach, Alleged Steroid & Cocaine Dealer

    Timothy Porter: Jack of all trades.​High school coaches can be inspiring figures, like Coach Taylor in Friday Night Lights. Except we can't quite picture Taylor dealing coke and steroids, possibly to his own students and players. That's what Friendswood police accuse Timothy Porter of doing, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    David J. Stern: Former Klein Forest Soccer Coach, Now Epicenter of Florida's Foreclosure Crisis

    David J. Stern: Former Houston-area soccer coach getting no respect.​A man named David J. Stern has been getting a lot of attention lately -- The New York Times and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel have named him as a key figure in the massive collapse of Florida's mortgage and foreclosure crisi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Worthing High Shooting -- the HISD Reaction

    HISD taking steps in wake of shooting​The Houston school district is not really commenting on last evening's gang-related fatal shooting at Worthing High School because "it is the focus of an HPD ongoing criminal investigation," spokesman Jason Spencer says. But it has issued a statement from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Magnolia High School Gets Its Own Driving Range! -- Five Suggestions

    Possibly works for Magnolia High​"For the longest time, we just had a few individuals in our golf program. Our previous coach did a nice job of building up the program, but now we are trying to take it to the next level." -- Magnolia High School golf coach Jim Bob Jackson You hear about a lot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    National Group Accuses HISD Of Not Treating Girls' Sports Equally

    HISD taken to task​The National Women's Law Center has filed complaints against the Houston school district and 11 others across the nation, claiming the entities violate Title IX by failing to fund and treat girls' sports equally to boys'. "These complaints, which are based on the schools' o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Texas & Concealed Handguns: Lone Star State Becoming Wimpy

    Texas, we can do better​The New York Times has published an utterly embarrassing look at how Texas has completely allowed other states to take the lead when it comes to concealed-handgun idiocy.Hear this, Texas: Tennessee allows people to take their Glocks into bars. We here in the Lone Star state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Today's Pep Rally Starts A Two-Month Celebration at Yates

    Photo by Bryan Williams​A pep rally at Yates High School this afternoon kicks off two months of events that are scheduled to celebrate the school's basketball team.  The Yates team won a state championship a couple weeks ago, finishing the season undefeated at 34-0. The team was also na ... More >>

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    March 4, 2010
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    October 15, 2009
  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    A Little Sororal Love for Broward's BCS Live Blog

    Our old pal Michael J. Mooney, who helped us out with our October feature about the Katy High School football team, posted up at Dolphins Stadium last night to live blog the game for our sister paper, the Broward-Palm Beach New Times. Here's the recap, which includes frequent references to the Uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Blog on Blog: Greg's Opinion's Greg Wythe

    Each week Hair Balls interviews other area e-writers to explore what they're writing about, why they write about it and why you should read what they write about. This week it's Greg Wythe of Greg's Opinion. His blog covers a healthy dose of political opinion, high-school sports updates and fun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    HISD Cancels Games, Trips This Weekend

    Each week Hair Balls interviews other area e-writers to explore what they're writing about, why they write about it and why you should read what they write about. This week it's Greg Wythe of Greg's Opinion. His blog covers a healthy dose of political opinion, high-school sports updates and fun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008

    Steroids Strangely Absent From Texas High Schools

    Each week Hair Balls interviews other area e-writers to explore what they're writing about, why they write about it and why you should read what they write about. This week it's Greg Wythe of Greg's Opinion. His blog covers a healthy dose of political opinion, high-school sports updates and fun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2007

    Football Practices Canceled at Hot O'Clock

    Each week Hair Balls interviews other area e-writers to explore what they're writing about, why they write about it and why you should read what they write about. This week it's Greg Wythe of Greg's Opinion. His blog covers a healthy dose of political opinion, high-school sports updates and fun ... More >>

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    Risky Business

    Each week Hair Balls interviews other area e-writers to explore what they're writing about, why they write about it and why you should read what they write about. This week it's Greg Wythe of Greg's Opinion. His blog covers a healthy dose of political opinion, high-school sports updates and fun ... More >>

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    These Kids Go to the Best Public High School in Houston

    This week: Our first- through fifth-place finishers

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Way to Break In to the Big Time

    Strake Jesuit joining the UIL

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Real Life

    The Scrunchie Skirmishes. On the Cinco Ranch High School drill team, winning -- and weight -- is everything

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Letters

    The Scrunchie Skirmishes. On the Cinco Ranch High School drill team, winning -- and weight -- is everything

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    The Unchanging Face of Milby

    For more than 70 years, Milby High School has educated working class kids from the East End. In the early 1960s, I was one of them. I recently went back to Milby to see not what had changed, but what, if anything, remained.

  • News

    April 17, 1997

    What's Wrong With Wheatley?

    It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?

  • News

    April 7, 1994

    Post Office Push-ups

    In Cypress-Fairbanks, students find a way to stamp out extra PE

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