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    May 11, 2010

    Coogs Will Host C-USA Tournament, But Probably Won't Play In It

    Photo courtesy UHUH's pitching continues to struggle​The University of Houston will be hosting the Conference-USA Baseball Tournament come the last week of May. But while it may be hosting the event, it's becoming ever more possible that it won't actually be playing in the tournament.Only six team ... More >>

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    April 28, 2010

    Alvin Brooks Gets A Second Chance With UH Hoops

    It may look like a mausoleum, but it's home for the Coogs​The story of the University of Houston men's basketball team can be seen as one of rebirths, second chances, starting over.Head coach James Dickey hasn't been a head coach since losing his job at Texas Tech in 2001. His associate head ... More >>

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    April 19, 2010

    Coogs Use Power of Dance to Clinch Memphis Series

    ​The Houston Cougars and Memphis Tigers were about an hour into a two hour 19 minute rain delay yesterday when Cougar infielder Jake Runte stepped out of the dugout, into the rain, and started dancing. Teammate David Murphy jumped out and slid around on the tarp, and the preteen batboys and th ... More >>

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    April 13, 2010

    Another Weekend, Another Team Sweeps The Coogs

    Photo courtesy UH​It was not a good weekend, again, for Houston Cougars baseball. Just as they were swept by the Rice Owls over Easter weekend, this past weekend the Cougars were swept by the TCU Horned Frogs, one of the top-ranked teams in the country. And unlike the Rice games, where the Coug ... More >>

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    April 6, 2010

    Coogs Stumble As Rice Begins To Find Its Footing

    ​It's a good day to be a baseball fan in Houston. The Astros are hosting the Giants at Minute Maid Park, the University of Houston is hosting Sam Houston State at Cougar Field, and the Rice Owls are hosting Dallas Baptist at Reckling Park.It's tempting to recommend the major league baseball. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    UH Makes An Odd Choice For Its Basketball Program

    ​When Tom Penders resigned last week, University of Houston Athletic Director Mack Rhoades made it clear that he was looking for more than just a head coach of the basketball team. He was looking for a partner. Somebody who would not only turn the team into a winner, but would also grow the pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Game Time: Cheer Up Coogs Fan, There's Still A Chance Mack Rhoades Just Has A Killer Sense Of Humor

    ​Today is the first day of the Shell Houston Open. If you remember, last year the first day had to be postponed because of some nasty winds that had blown into the Houston area. Suffice it to say that if there is a strong breeze in the Houston area on this first day of the Shell Houston Open, it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Coogs Have Pitching Problems As They Face An Underachieving Rice

    Photo courtesy UH​The Houston Cougar baseball team got off to a poor start to the season. Coming into the Houston College Classic at the start of the month, the team was 2-5, and they were lucky to have gotten their two wins. Then they pulled off the major upset at Minute Maid Park, sweeping al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Exit, Tom Penders; Enter.....To Be Determined

    Photo from wikipedia​It was rather surreal inside the Carl Lewis Auditorium at the University of Houston Athletics/Alumni Center yesterday afternoon. Let's start with members of the Houston media actually showing up for something that didn't involve a free buffet -- there hasn't been that large ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Coogs Show Sparks, But Are One-And-Done In The NCAAs

    Photo courtesy UH​On Friday, I laid out a series of necessary keys that the Houston Cougars had to meet were they to have any chance of defeating the Maryland Terrapins in Friday night's opening-round NCAA Tournament match. You've seen the final score by now: Maryland 89, Houston 77. But at th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Penders Is Definitely Not Leaving "To Spend More Time With His Family"

    Photo courtesy UH​What has been rumored since even before the basketball season began came true today. There was a press conference at the University of Houston in which it was announced that Tom Penders would not be returning as the head coach of the Houston Cougars.There was a strangeness abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Tonight: The Coogs In The Big Dance

    Photo courtesy UH​The improbable post-season run of the Houston Cougars continues tonight as they face the fourth-seeded Maryland Terrapins in a first-round Midwest Regional match-up. It's no secret that Maryland, which tied Duke for the regular-season championship of the ACC, is the favorite in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Enjoy Your Media Moment In The Sun, Cougars

    ​Now that the Houston Cougars have made the NCAA Tournament, I just want to welcome my fellow media members. And I want to ask: where in the hell have you been all season? You sure as hell haven't been at the actual games.Steve Campbell's made the games for the Houston Chronicle. The Daily Cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Cougars Are, At Long Last, A Part Of March Madness Again

    Photo courtesy UH​I owe Tom Penders and his players an apology. I thought that there was no chance of the Houston Cougars running the table in the C-USA men's basketball tournament, and thus making the NCAA Tournament. And I wrote such.Boy was I wrong.The Cougars pulled off the expected defeat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Coogs Keep March Madness Hopes Alive

    Photo courtesy UH​The Houston Cougars refuse to die, yesterday upsetting Memphis to advance to the C-USA conference tournament semifinals. The final score was 65-64, which came about because of Aubrey Coleman's leaning jumper which banked in off the backboard with five seconds remaining.Memphis' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Coogs Off To Good Start In The C-USA Tournament

    Photo courtesy UH​The Houston Cougars won their first game in the C-USA men's basketball tournament yesterday, defeating ECU 93-80.The game was close for most of the first half, but the Cougars went on a spurt at the end to take the 50-37 halftime lead. The Cougars continued that spurt in the se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Cougars Aren't Giving Up As C-USA Tournament Begins

    Photo courtesy UH​A season that began with high hopes came quickly crashing down for the Cougars, and with Saturday's loss to the Tulane Green Wave, the Cougars finished the season at 15-15. The C-USA Tournament begins today, and the Cougars find themselves as the seventh seed preparing to face a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Coog Baseball Gets Off To Rough Start

    Photo courtesy UH​Teams never want to start 0-3 on the season, no matter the sport. And starting 0-3 for the season is definitely not something the Houston Cougars baseball team wanted to do, yet after being swept by Texas State in this season's opening series, that's exactly the hole the Cougars ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Catching Up With Tom Franklin, Voice Of the Coogs

    Photo courtesy of uhcougars.com​Last December, just on the verge of Christmas, the great minds at Clear Channel decided to dump several of the talent and voices heard on 790 KBME and the 740 KTRH sports segments. One of those so unceremoniously dumped was longtime Houston sportscaster Tom Franklin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    UH's Tom Penders, Maybe On The Way Out The Door

    Photo courtesy UH​The Tom Penders radio show has the potential to be rather interesting tonight. Interesting not so much because of the basketball team, but because of the rumors and turmoil currently swirling around the team, primarily those rumors surrounding the coaching staff.The known facts a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Coogs Stay Alive, Beating Marshall

    Photo courtesy UH​The Houston Cougars were coming off a two-game losing streak, and they were playing the Marshall Thundering Herd, one of the surprise teams of C-USA (but also coming off a two-game losing streak). With the losing streak, the Cougars were falling out of contention in C-USA, and a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    UH Loses: Fans Tossed From The Game

    Photo by UH​Hofheinz Pavilion was a rather interesting place to be on Saturday night. There was the Houston Cougars playing a conference opponent in front a national television audience. There was a close game that saw the Cougars down by only one point with 1:19 remaining in the game.Oh, yeah, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Rice Proves To Be Cure For Struggling Coogs

    Photo courtesy UH​The Houston Cougars didn't see the old year out in the fashion they wanted, and they sure haven't seen the new year in in the fashion they desired. Coming into last night's battle with the Rice Owls at Tudor Fieldhouse, the Cougars had lost three straight, including a stunning N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Coogs Come Out Flat-Footed Against La. Tech

    Photo courtesy UH​The Houston Cougars (7-4) lost 99-94 to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (12-2) last night in what UH head coach Tom Penders called a "rock-em-sock-em up-and-down great basketball game." And despite the loss, it was one of the more exciting games played inside Hofheinz Pavilion this s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Coogs Still In Transition As Conference Play Nears

    Photo courtesy UH​The Houston Cougar men's basketball team found just the way to go into the Christmas break, with a 105-81 win over the TCU Horned Frogs that was close for the first half of the first half, but then saw the Cougars move into pull-away mode. Kelvin Lewis was hot in the first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Coogs' Shooting Touch Returns

    Photo courtesy UH​All that it took for the Houston Cougars to recover from their last-minute loss to the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon was a phone call and a little trap. And recover the team did nicely, defeating The Citadel last night 81-58.The phone call in question was place ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Coogs Lost Their Shooting Touch This Weekend

    The bench did not show up for the Houston Cougars Saturday afternoon. Their three-point shooting ability took the afternoon off. Kelvin Lewis and Adam Brown struggled from the field the entire day. And Aubrey Coleman had a flash back to the days of Phi Slama Jama where making a free throw was cause ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    UH Struggles Against Troy, Exam Schedule

    Photo courtesy UH​One of the myriad NCAA justifications for the lack of a Division One football playoff is the distraction that such a playoff would provide to players attempting to write papers, take finals and just get through the end of the semester. ut maybe the NCAA should check with Houston ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Cougar Basketball So Far: Lots Of Offense, Not Much D

    Photo courtesy UH​The question mark for the Houston Cougars basketball team coming into this season was the defense. Head coach Tom Penders noted that when interviewed during practice before the season, and he reiterated it after the first game against Nicholls State.And it's something he reiter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Coogs Open The Basketball Season With A Solid, If Expected, Win

    Photo courtesy UH​On Monday night, Cal State-Fullerton defeated UCLA in one of those so-called easy basketball openers that so-called major powers are supposed to easily win. Kind of like Houston's Tuesday night opener against Nicholls State was supposed to be one of the easy games for a so-call ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    UH Hoops, Battling The Second-Rate Reputation Of Conference USA

    ​Tom Penders has been tasked with returning the Houston Cougar basketball program to relevance. And that's a task at which he feels he's been successful. But he's yet to succeed with the ultimate goal of basketball relevance, and that's getting into the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.Now, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    UH Hoops Still Dreaming Of Making It Back To March Madness

    Photo courtesy UH​Guy V. Lewis last coached the University of Houston men's basketball team in 1986. His last great team lost in the 1984 NCAA title game to the Georgetown Hoyas. He left a legacy of 27 straight winning seasons. Fourteen seasons with 20-plus wins. Fourteen NCAA tournament appearanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Bayou Beat: Cougars for a Cause at House of Blues, Mandy Moore Hearts Jandek, Bun B Orders Up Some PB&J, etc.

    ​Want to help fight breast cancer and possibly get pawed by some of Houston's hottest older ladies? Boy, is this the right weekend for you. Sugar Ray, pimping its new album Music for Cougars, headlines House of Blues' "Cougars for a Cause" show Saturday night with Austin power-pop heroes Fastball, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Rice Getting Piece Of Art That It Declares Will Be A Masterpiece

    ​Rice University announced today that, as the headline on the release put it, a "Multi-Million Dollar Gift Will Bring Turrell Masterpiece To Rice."A donation from alum Suzanne Deal Booth has allowed the school to commission a large work by noted artist James Turrell that will be built once plans a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    At Least One Football Team In Town Is Supposed To Be Good This Year (Hint: They Don't Get Paid)

    ​Most of Houston's football focus is going to the Houston Texans, who are once again striving to produce an actual winning season. But there are several other football teams in Houston, and today, one of those teams officially reports for preseason camp.The team in question is the Houston Cougars, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Why Is Everybody Getting Laid Off But Tom Penders?

    You know, as the NCAA Tournament starts today, I can't help but notice that the Houston Cougars have once again failed to gain entry into the field of 65. Sure, they're playing in something called the CBI, but that's really not the same thing, is it? (Especially seeing as how the Cougars lost las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Why Is Everybody Getting Laid Off But Tom Penders?

    You know, as the NCAA Tournament starts today, I can't help but notice that the Houston Cougars have once again failed to gain entry into the field of 65. Sure, they're playing in something called the CBI, but that's really not the same thing, is it? (Especially seeing as how the Cougars lost las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Mess With the Owl, Get the Horn-Shaped Tufted Feathers

    "Say 'O RLY?' to me and it's your effing face, cowboy." I'm not sure what exactly is going on with Houston's college basketball teams, but it does appear that there might be something in the water. First there was Houston's Aubrey Coleman stepping on the face of Arizona's Chase Budinger on Saturday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Mess With the Owl, Get the Horn-Shaped Tufted Feathers

    "Say 'O RLY?' to me and it's your effing face, cowboy." I'm not sure what exactly is going on with Houston's college basketball teams, but it does appear that there might be something in the water. First there was Houston's Aubrey Coleman stepping on the face of Arizona's Chase Budinger on Saturday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Rejoice, Football Fans: Notre Dame May Be Coming To Houston

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Rejoice, Football Fans: Notre Dame May Be Coming To The Texas Bowl

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Sorry, UH Cougars. You Need to Go Down.

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Texas College Football Report

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    College Football Preview, Tea Leoni Edition

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2008

    College Football Preview, Scarlett Johansson Edition

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Longing for Sports Sunday

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2007

    The College Football Preview, Week 13: Nick Saban Is a Turkey

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    The College Football Review, Week 11: What Happened to the Coogs?

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2007

    The College Football Review, Week Nine: Is Hawaii the Next Boise State?

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    The College Football Preview, Week Nine: What Do Pushing Daisies, The Office and Chuck Have to Do with Football? Good Question.

    The eyes of millions of Houstonians were glued to ESPN last night, to see if there was a chance they would be uniquely blessed.Sure, hundreds of thousands were just Rutgers fans, but.....okay, maybe a dozen were Rutgers fans. And maybe only a dozen more were watching the game, especially after the ... More >>

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