Peoria

The Last Ever (Possibly Maybe Forever) Disappointing Stand of the Houston Aeros

This time two years ago, the Houston Aeros were making their final push to secure a Western Division playoff spot. They were on a spurt of a fantastic play that would propel them through the end of the season into the Calder Cup finals where they came up just short of the AHL championship. Two year ... More >>

German Food Truck Der Brat Bus Seeks Funding on Kickstarter, Hopes to Make Houston Home

Despite Texas' solidly German heritage, Houston boasts only a handful of restaurants, a fact I've often lamented. If my favorite spot, King's Biergarten, were any closer to town, I would probably spend way too much time there. Though the cuisine might seem a bit antiquated by today's standards, th ... More >>

Aeros Bombing at the Wrong Time

A very wise man named John Blutarsky once said, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no." But after this weekend, even though the Germans didn't bomb the Houston Aeros, it might be getting to that point where it can be said that the season's over. The Aeros played three games thi ... More >>

Aeros Watching a Playoff Spot Slip-Slide Away

The old Paul Simon song goes "the nearer your destination, the more you're slip-slidin' away." He wasn't writing about hockey, but at this moment, there's nothing that applies more to the Houston Aeros because the nearer they get to the playoffs, the more the playoffs keep slip-slidin' away. Just t ... More >>

Aeros Sweep Peoria, Show Houston What A Winning Playoff Team Looks Like

John RoyalPatrick O'Sullivan with the game winning goal​The Houston Aeros are like a Timex watch: they take a licking, but they keep on ticking. And last night, with the Peoria Rivermen down three games to nil in their best of seven opening round playoff series, the Aeros had to endure quite ... More >>

Aeros Ice Peoria, Win Game One in the Playoffs

John RoyalJed Ortmeyer relaxes on the bench.​Houston's only playoff team, the Aeros, started action last night. And at about the same time that Wandy Rodriguez was getting pounded by the Chicago Cubs just down the street from the Toyota Center, the Aeros found themselves trailing 1-0 to the P ... More >>

Aeros Whip OKC, Now Bring On The Playoffs

John RoyalThe Aeros are going to the playoffs​ The Houston Aeros started the regular season way back in October in Oklahoma City. They ended the season yesterday, hosting Oklahoma City. The Aeros won that first game in Oklahoma City, and they won yesterday's game, 6-3. The win yesterday was ... More >>

Aeros Rush Past Rampage, Make Final Playoff Push

John RoyalDrew Bagnall is pushed away as the action gets dirty on Saturday​The Aeros could feel it Saturday night. It's been a long season. They've been in a tough playoff race, playing playoff-caliber hockey since Christmas. Nightly they've been facing off against the other teams in their ... More >>

Aeros Hockey and the Sounds of Silence

John RoyalWhat if they played a hockey game and nobody came?​What if they played a hockey game and there were no fans? What if the players came out with no energy, got off to a slow start and never got started? What if what was just last week the hottest hockey team in the AHL was suddenly b ... More >>

Aeros Crashed And Burned This Weekend

Peoria sunk Houston on Saturday night​The Aeros came into this weekend's games at Toyota Center riding high. They'd won their first two games of the season, beating Oklahoma City twice in Oklahoma City. Sure, there were 78 games still to go, but the offense seemed to be clicking, the defense ... More >>

Aeros' Schedule Finally Out, And Season-Ticket Holders Get Ripped Off

Aeros season-ticket holders get screwed​The long wait for Houston Aeros fans is over as the AHL released the league's schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The Aeros season will open on the road on October when they play the first regular season game in the history of the expansion Oklahoma City Barons ... More >>

Beyond His Years

A bluesman since age ten, Bernard Allison has learned his lessons well.

Aeros Killing Themselves In The Playoff Hunt

Playoffs? You kidding me? PLAYOFFS!?!!?​The weekend was lined up perfectly for the Houston Aeros. They had three games at home. They were facing one of the worst teams in the AHL on Friday and Saturday, and they were facing a Chicago team that, while one of the best in the division, was playing it ... More >>

Aeros' Assistant Almost Gets A Moment In The Sun

Photo by Jason Villanueva/Houston Aeros​At about 1:30 yesterday afternoon, a young man named Jeff Crawford got a phone call from Houston Aeros assistant GM/assistant coach Troy Ward. And it was one of those phone calls that every sports fan dreams about.The phone call asking him to suit up with t ... More >>

Aeros' Power Play Rises From The Dead, As Do Their Playoff Hopes

​The Houston Aeros come into tonight's game against the Chicago Wolves with 34 games remaining in the season. The Aeros, with a record of 22-17-6-1 (51 points), still sit on the edge of the playoff race, and if they're going to stand any realistic chance of making the postseason, then winning to ... More >>

Aeros At The Halfway Point: Fingers Crossed For The Playoffs

​The Houston Aeros wrap up the first half of their season tonight, and they open the second half of the season on Sunday. They will be hosting the Rockford IceHogs at the Toyota Center, and in doing so, the Aeros will be facing a team directly in front of them in the playoff chase.For the Aeros t ... More >>

Aeros Enforcer Mitch Love Returns, Now On The Other Side

Photo by Fred Trask​The Houston Aeros caught a wave late in the regular season last year, made it into the playoffs, and went on a run that nearly carried the team to the AHL Calder Cup. After the season, new management took over the Minnesota Wild, the parent club of the Aeros, and the new manag ... More >>

Aeros' Improbable Playoff Run Finally Ends

The Cinderella Calder Cup playoff run of the Houston Aeros finally ended last night with the Aeros losing to the Manitoba Moose 3-1. But the fact that the Aeros actually made it to a Game Six should mean something, especially as, at this time last week, the Aeros were down 0-3 and only one game from ... More >>

Aeros Look To Get Back On Track Tonight

The Aeros pulled off a minor upset, defeating the Milwaukee Admirals 2-1 on Thursday night to win the first game of a best-of-seven series. And though they lost 4-1 on Saturday to Milwaukee, with the series retuning to Houston for three games this week, it's the Aeros who have the home-ice advantage ... More >>

Aeros Advance Even With The Refs Disallowing Goals, The Bastards

Photo by John RoyalIt's been a rollercoaster season for the Houston Aeros. They've been hot. They've been cold.  They've lost players to injuries and call-ups to the NHL. They've been an offensive machine, then they've been a team relying on defensive perfection because the team can't buy a goa ... More >>

Aeros Beat The Rivermen And The Travel Gods

Photo by Fred Trask / The Third Intermission "I'm proud of our guys," a tired Kevin Constantine said from his office Saturday night. "It was a travel day from hell. I've never been part of that. Something that crazy travelwise, and still played a game. I couldn't imagine a more adverse conditi ... More >>

Aeros Limp Into The Playoffs, But They Keep Hope Alive

Photo by Fred Trask/The Third IntermissionThe Aeros were struggling badly coming into this weekend.  With the playoffs on the line, they had suddenly forgotten how to score, and with injuries to their top goalies, the team was having trouble stopping the puck.The Aeros lost 3-2 to the San ... More >>

Aeroes Plagued With Goalie Problems

Photo by Fred Trask / The Third IntermissionKhudobin makes one of many saves his teammates kindly afforded him the opportunity to make Before their Friday night game against the Rockford IceHogs, the Aeros sat in second place of the AHL's West Division by three points with ten games to play. After ... More >>

Aeroes Plagued With Goalie Problems

Photo by Fred Trask / The Third IntermissionKhudobin makes one of many saves his teammates kindly afforded him the opportunity to make Before their Friday night game against the Rockford IceHogs, the Aeros sat in second place of the AHL's West Division by three points with ten games to play. After ... More >>

Aeros Salvage Bad Weekend With Come-From-Behind Victory

Photo by Fred Trask "We had a feeling in the locker room that we were going to get this thing done," Danny Irmen said from the Houston Aeros locker room after Sunday's 5-4 come from behind victory over the Rockford IceHogs. But midway through the second period, Irmen and his teammates might have b ... More >>

Aeros Salvage Bad Weekend With Come-From-Behind Victory

Photo by Fred Trask "We had a feeling in the locker room that we were going to get this thing done," Danny Irmen said from the Houston Aeros locker room after Sunday's 5-4 come from behind victory over the Rockford IceHogs. But midway through the second period, Irmen and his teammates might have b ... More >>

Houston Aeros Slip Up Over Bad Weekend

Photo by Fred Trask The Houston Aeros came into this weekend in a tie for second place. They leave the weekend in fourth place. And though they were able to win one of three games played, the team didn't look good at anytime and, at one point, after Friday night's 6-1 loss to the Rockford IceHogs, ... More >>

Houston Aeros Keep Fighting

Photo by Fred Trask The Houston Aeros are not the most skilled or talented of hockey teams. They win hockey games by playing smart, executing the fundamentals, and by not being stupid. Even then, they still struggle to pull off the win more often than not. "It started off in the first period. We ... More >>

Aeros Win Two of Three and Make the Playoffs

Aeros Poised to Make the Playoffs

Houston Aeros Best Chicago Wolves But Fall to Peoria Rivermen and Milwaukee Admirals

Houston Aeros Beat Peoria Rivermen and Leapfrog San Antonio Rampage in Rankings

Aeros Heating Up in February

Aeros Update

Houston Aeros Best the San Antonio Rampage in a Sluggish Game

Petr Kalus Scores Two for the Aeros, Taking Down the Springfield Falcons

Aeros Win Two in Overtime, Thanks to Nolan Schaefer, Maxim Noreau, Jon Awe and Alec Baldwin

Houston Aeros Face Off Against the Stars and the Rivermen

Smoking Grass

Time Out, Mack

Rewarding bad behavior by underachievers

Queer Eye for the Country Guy

Have today's C&W stars been consulting with the Fab Five?

Tango and Cash

Chicago dances its way through the origins of the celebrity crook

Comic But Cramped

A good cast and blazing urchins help Little Shop overcome a tiny stage

Merry Mayhem Tour

Friday, November 9

God Only Knows

Dismembered bodies. Gold booty and an ex-con's grudge. A trial rips into the mysteries of the disappearance of atheist icon Madalyn Murray O'Hair.

News of the Weird

Night & Day

June 11 - 17, 1998

Shades of Gay

The Not-So-Grand Canyon

At Post Oak and Westheimer, Mark Miller meets Wally World

Vietnamese Variety

Song Long gets cooking with Vietnam's colonial heritage