John Lopez

Sports Radio Fantasy Draft: Filling Out the Lineups of Two Local Stations with Talent from the Existing Four

One of the arguments against expansion in pro sports leagues is that it dilutes the talent pool. There are enough great players to fill out the lineups for 30 teams, but are there enough for 32? It's an important factor to consider. On Monday, 1560 KGOW fired Adam Clanton and John Wessling, hosts o ... More >>

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 >>

Ranking The Local Sports Radio Shows From Worst To First

I've been listening to sports radio in the city of Houston a very long time. Too long, probably. While I don't remember much about Edmonds and Martini, I do remember when the only sports radio show in Houston was Sports Beat, which ran evenings on KTRH. Amazing to think that we've gone from one four ... More >>

KGOW'S KAPOW KAPOW

1560AM weaves pop culture, locker-room humor and irreverence into sports-talk radio.

UH Steps Up With Sumlin Contract Extension; Will The Fans Do Their Part?

Photo courtesy UH​Let's hear it for UH Athletic Director Mack Rhoades. He got one of the nation's hottest coaches, Kevin Sumlin, to put his signature to a new six-year contract which is a rather a good deal for the Sumlin and the Cougars. The deal is for six years and $6.8 million with another ... More >>

The Draft Day Debate of 2006 Rages On, With The VY Guys Smiling Now

​Like a great many former Oilers fans with a concurrent Longhorn allegiance, I am no Houston Texans fan. I tried for a few years, right up until the 2006 draft. The selection of Mario Williams was it for me. I took a solemn vow then to never support the Texans until the McNair family relinquished ... More >>

The VY Guys Are Smiling Now

​Like a great many former Oilers fans with a concurrent Longhorn allegiance, I am no Houston Texans fan. I tried for a few years, right up until the 2006 draft. The selection of Mario Williams was it for me. I took a solemn vow then to never support the Texans until the McNair family relinquis ... More >>

More Turmoil on the Sports Radio Dial: Jackson, Wexler Jump Ship From 610

​Longtime SportsRadio 610 hosts Adam Wexler and Matt Jackson have jumped ship to rival AM-790, the Sports Animal. Houston Chronicle sports-media columnist David Barron believes the duo is destined to host a morning show on 790. The Wexler-Jackson team is notable for two things: each is more or le ... More >>

Coogs Doing Their Part; The Fans Better Do Theirs

Photo courtesy UH​The Houston Cougars came out in front of a nearly non-existent Superdome crowd on Saturday and got business done, defeating Tulane 44-16.Of course, it wasn't easy. At least for a half, as the Cougars battled a slow start and poor kicking to lead at only 9-6 after the first ... More >>

Hey, Astros: Please Don't Make Terrible Trades

I think Clear Channel has John Lopez working way too many hours. I made the mistake of listening to him for a bit yesterday, and not only did he make the mistake of wishing that the Astros would trade for Toronto's Roy Halladay, he appeared to be upset that the team isn't putting forth the necessar ... More >>

"The Sports Animal" Does Some Shedding

Is one of the myriad sports-talk radio stations in town beginning to blink in their eyeball-to-eyeball-to-eyeball-to-eyeball battle?Clear Channel, the communications giant, swung the layoff ax across the country today, and it hit notably in Houston.The biggest names: Brad Davies and Craig Rober ... More >>

Rickey, Jose, the Hall of Fame, and Me

The string is unbroken. In the history of the Baseball Hall of Fame, no player has ever been elected unanimously. Not Babe Ruth. Not Nolan Ryan. Not Cal Ripken. Not Tony Gwynn. Not Rickey Henderson. The closest to achieving this elusive milestone was Tom Seaver who got 98.84 percent of the v ... More >>

Rickey, Jose, the Hall of Fame, and Me

The string is unbroken. In the history of the Baseball Hall of Fame, no player has ever been elected unanimously. Not Babe Ruth. Not Nolan Ryan. Not Cal Ripken. Not Tony Gwynn. Not Rickey Henderson. The closest to achieving this elusive milestone was Tom Seaver who got 98.84 percent of the v ... More >>

Playing Pretend: Local Sports Media Figures as Political Pundits

New Year's Resolutions

Craig Biggio Is Gone, Daddy, Gone. But What about Jose de Jesus Ortiz?

Anything's Possible in the Fantasy World of the Astros

Getting Rogered

A Little Too Ironic

Arson Is Bad?

When will the state finally lift the arson ban?

Letters to the Editor

Back to Busch

The Astros' first five NLCS games, as they happened

Game Four: A Bitter Sweep Ending

The Astros’ attempt to win without scoring somehow fails

Not Rocket Science

NASA can get political -- for Tom DeLay

Lineup Change

The pressure is on the Chron's sports columnists

Hype This

Fleetwood Mac opens the Toyota Center, the Chron hyperventilates, and a city grumbles

Bloody Sunday

Yet another weekend newspaper magazine bites the dust

Man of the Year

If Chronicle coverage is any indication, Texans owner Bob McNair is 2002's VIP

Edifice Complex

Another new sports facility, another round of hype

We Take It Back

Mattress Mac's bowl game is a joke, after all

Hard to Say Good-bye

Economic woes hit the Chronicle, and job cuts are coming

You've Got Killer Mail

Who's the "Railcar" slayer writing to now? Inside Houston magazine.

Quoth the Chron

The Chronicle runs out another inept marketing campaign

Money Talks

Mattress Mac's bowl was a joke everywhere but Houston

Arena Love

The establishment's attack dog is muzzled, so far

Pigskin Parade

A nonevent gets blanket coverage

Home Court Advantage

The Rockets rack up frequent flyer miles.

Winner in OT

News Hostage

Love and Rockets

News Hostage

Sources Are for Burning

News Hostage

Letters

Letters

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