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December 2, 2008
What to Get a Texas Beer Lover for Christmas?
The Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner celebrates its 100th birthday next year and while we'll have to wait until January for the anniversary beer to be released, a new book on the history of the brewery has already hit the bookstores--just in time for Christmas. The hefty coffee table book (beer table book? ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
Game Time: Inside The Mind Of The Houston Texans Fan
Pretty much every social instinct I employ comes from George Costanza of Seinfeld fame. (... and yes, the fact that it's been 11-plus years since the Seinfeld finale means I officially have to remind people who George Costanza was.)*"Whatever your instincts tell you to do, do the opposite." ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
Game Time: 2010 World Cup -- I Am Darth Soccer
"Luke!! I am your bad-luck charm!!"If ever there were a sporting event that was tailor-made for watching in a sports bar with a room full of diehard fans, it's World Cup soccer.It's the one sporting event that takes a pretty easily graspable concept for the casual fan (put ball in goal -- and in ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
One Man's Entry For Five Worst Houston Sports Moments -- Where Are Yours?
A UH lowlight, an ND legendI couldn't help but notice that the bosses are soliciting suggestions for the best and worst sports moments in Houston history.So I thought I would make a few suggestions.I'll do my top 10 moments when the issue comes out with the winners, but here are my five worst mom ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Houston's 10 Best Sports Moments*
*And the 5 most heartbreaking...
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July 29, 2010
Game Time: Best of the Best -- Top 10 Moments from Clutch City Rockets (w/video)
Consensus Number OneI am a total sucker for lists.This makes me like roughly 95 percent of society; the fact that I openly admit I'm a sucker for lists makes me a little more unique. There are so many list books, list columns, list blog posts (many by yours truly) that it seems by admitting you ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
For Friday the 13th: Five of the Unluckiest Texans Ever
Investors held on too long.Beginning with LaSalle, the French explorer who survived shipwrecks and cannibal Karankawa Indian attacks only to perish at the hands of his own men near Navasota, some people in Texas have had some pretty damned hard luck. You might lay some or all of the blame at ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Why Should Houston Want to Experience Another NFL Playoff? Five Painful Memories
Oh, the pain.Even though their team is coming off three straight losses, Houston is getting amped for the city's first NFL game since 1993. We have to ask: Why? Haven't the NFL playoffs caused our city enough emotional trauma through the years? Hey, we're football fans too, so we know how i ... More >>