Rusty Hardin

Adrian Peterson Decides To Pull Out The Nukes, Hires Rusty Hardin

When the news came down on Saturday afternoon that Minnesota Vikings running back and Houston resident Adrian Peterson had been arrested for resisting arrest at a club at Bayou Place after hours, the Internet did what the Internet does. Half of everyone with an opinion went with the "Spoiled athlete ... More >>

Roger Clemens' Attorney Rusty Hardin Speaks Out On The Perjury Trial (w/ AUDIO link)

We may never know the truth -- whether Roger Clemens was just the most steadfast, hubris-filled liar of all-time or if he was the most doggedly competitive, wrongly accused innocent victim of hearsay and other people's lies of all-time -- but we do know now that Roger Clemens will walk the streets a ... More >>

The Astros May Be Changing Their Name? My 5 Suggestions

Yesterday afternoon, Astros owner Jim Crane built up more good will with the Houston community in about eight minutes than the team on the field has in the last six years when he announced that the 2012 season will feature cheaper beer ($5 beers!), cheaper tickets and permission to bring your own f ... More >>

Caption This: Rusty Hardin Steals the Spotlight on NYT Front Page

​No one would ever call Rusty Hardin a shrinking violet, but when you are standing next to, arguably, the best pitcher ever to play the game of baseball, you'd think perhaps slightly greater discretion. Looking at the cover of Friday's New York Times, however, tells a different story. The gia ... More >>

Roger Clemens Goes All Tony Soprano and Dodges the Feds

Separated at birth?​"Can you really not be aware we've been building a RICO case against Tony Soprano for five f**king years? And then you blow this popcorn fart?" -- Federal agent to local prosecutor in Sopranos episode "Soprano Home Movies" In the eight or so years that we got acquainted wi ... More >>

Port of Houston Hires Rusty Hardin to Guide Them into Scary New World of Transparency

Rusty Hardin with another client who wants everything out in the open.​One thing you can say about the Port of Houston -- they don't like questions. Any reporter in town who's tried to deal with them on anything but a fawning story quickly finds that getting straight and full answers can often ... More >>

Jerry Eversole's Trial: The Winners and Losers

The youthful Eversole, before the feds started pestering him.​Jerry Eversole surprised a lot of people when he escaped conviction on bribery charges. A hung jury ended in a mistrial, but prosecutors expect to take another swing at it soon. In the meantime, everyone is poking through the wrec ... More >>

Jerry Eversole Trial: Jury Deadlocked, So They Get Another Round of Final Arguments

Jerry Eversole: Getting his money's worth out of Rusty Hardin.​Jurors in the corruption trial of County Commissioner Jerry Eversole have told U.S. District Judge David Hittner they are deadlocked, so he has sentenced them to a second round of final arguments, according to media tweets from rep ... More >>

Roger Clemens Gets His Day in Court

Rusty Hardin seekin' justice​What sports fans have been expecting for over two years finally happened Thursday as an indictment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice was handed down by a Washington D.C. grand jury against Roger Clemens. Perhaps the only surprise from the indictment is that ... More >>

An Opera About Houston's Anna Nicole Smith? Why The Hell Not?

World, you have waited long enough -- you are finally getting your Anna Nicole Smith opera.Britain's Royal Opera House has announced it will produce an opera based on the life of Houston's favorite stripper/golddigger/Rusty Hardin antagonist in 2011.The libretto will be written by the guy who did Je ... More >>

Clemens Investigated by Grand Jury

I was really looking forward to writing a post today. I was going to write about the wacky greatness of Rickey Henderson - I hope Rickey gives his entire induction speech in the third person - and I was going to write about how I don't consider Jim Rice to be worthy of the Hall of Fame, not more t ... More >>

Clemens Investigated by Grand Jury

I was really looking forward to writing a post today. I was going to write about the wacky greatness of Rickey Henderson - I hope Rickey gives his entire induction speech in the third person - and I was going to write about how I don't consider Jim Rice to be worthy of the Hall of Fame, not more t ... More >>

Top Ten Houston Sports Moments of 2008

10. I never really followed the Houston Comets, who folded several weeks ago. By the time they came on the scene I was getting pretty sick of professional basketball. So I never became invested in the team, and I can't feel any real loss behind their demise. Still, unlike the Rockets and Astros ... More >>

Top Ten Houston Sports Moments of 2008

10. I never really followed the Houston Comets, who folded several weeks ago. By the time they came on the scene I was getting pretty sick of professional basketball. So I never became invested in the team, and I can't feel any real loss behind their demise. Still, unlike the Rockets and Astros ... More >>

The Passion of Victoria Osteen

A flight attendant went after the Osteens in court, bringing on trials and tribulation for one and all

The Osteen Trial: Finally, The Beatdown

The Osteen Trial: All Over But The Shouting

The Osteen Trial: Let The Feasting Begin

The Osteen Trial: Wherefore The Shark?

Victoria Osteen Trial: The Beatdown Begins

Scenes From The Osteen Trial: The Race Card Played

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Rusty Hardin, Still on the Case!

Steroids, Roger Clemens and Mindy McCready: It’s Getting Shakespearian Up in Here

John Royal Is Sick and Tired (No, Seriously)

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Drayton McLane Can’t Quit You

This Just In: FBI Opens Investigation of Clemens

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Justice Department to Investigate Rocket

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Andy Pettitte Won’t Be There When Mr. Clemens Goes to Washington

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Long Road Ahead

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Don't Forget Debbie

Golden Globes, Whoppers, Dr. Phil, Michael Cera and Hannah Montana

Miss Pop Rocks Edition

Roger Clemens and Steroids: George Mitchell, Rusty Hardin, Brian McNamee, Kirk Radomski, Jim Murray, Andy Pettitte…Damn, This Shit Is Like a Soap Opera

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Lanny Breuer's On Deck

Rusty Hardin, Super Lawyer

Stop the Presses!

Roger Clemens and Steroids: So Many Lies

Clemens Press Conference Primer

Steroids and Roger Clemens: The Game Is Afoot

Victoria Osteen, Continental Airlines and Unmanned Drones

Verdict on the Victoria Osteen trial: Fun!

A Matter of Trust

Creditors of an estate debt try to collect from a councilmember and the former U.S. solicitor general

The Bradford Game

A mid-trial meltdown scorches the district attorney

Best Local Boy Made Good

Rusty Hardin

America's New War Against Enron

Lawyers go gunning for corporate terrorists

Don't Dump Your Debt on Me

A miffed Lanier makes common cause with the controller

The Devil, You Say?

The spooky self-destruction of asatanic-cult-memory trial

Making It Right

Jessie Phillips wants more than a not-guilty verdict in a five-year quest to clear his name

The Insider

The Insider

Scenes from a Marriage

Rudy T's Spin Move