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Mike Rice (Insane Ex-Rutgers Coach) Is Maniacally Coaching 7th Grade Girls

Anyone with kids who play sports is familiar with the age old question -- any time it's revealed that a coach of a collegiate sport engages in some degree of borderline (or in many cases, over the borderline) abusive behavior, we debate with our kid-having friends and debate it even more intensely i ... More >>

Rice Denies "Terrorist," "Axis of Evil" Racial Slurs Surrounding Implosion of Men's Basketball Team

It's been four long, sad decades for the Rice men's basketball program. There have been a few moments of levity -- the opening of Tudor Fieldhouse, Morris Almond's mid-range jumper, Willis Wilson's mustache -- but, by and large, the tale's been one of cumbersome academics and milquetoast community ... More >>

The Rocks Off 100: Football, etc., Giving Emo Back Its Good Name

Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're in there too. See the entire Rocks Off 100 at this link. Who? When modern indie-rock was being Big B ... More >>

Oldies But Goodies

What Does 2013 Have In Store For The University of Houston Cougars?

This is a year the Houston Cougars would probably prefer to forget. It started with a bang as the Cougars demolished Penn State on January 2 at the TicketCity Bowl in Dallas. But the football team wasn't quite the same after the departure of Case Keenum and his receiving corps. As the Cougars move i ... More >>

There Be Pirates Here: UH Ranks Third on List of University Students Using BitTorrent

According to a survey of Internet usage by TorrentFreak and ScanEye, the University of Houston ranks third on its list of universities that most utilize BitTorrent technology. For the non-nerd, BitTorrent is a technology that allows incremental downloading of very large files that can include pirate ... More >>

A New York-Style Slice at Romano's Pizza

I'll admit I was scared when my fiancé and I first decided to make the move to Houston. A born and raised Jersey girl (with a few stints overseas -- I'm not totally sheltered), I'd been living in Hoboken and working in the Big Apple right out of my four years at Rutgers. I loved New Jersey; I love ... More >>

Protecting Gay Kids

Schools are finally getting tougher on gay bullying.

Gay Bullying: Efforts To Fight It Are Improving

Being gay in the harsh environment of high school or college can be difficult and depressing. It's been that way for years, as a gay classmate of Mitt Romney found out. While the problem is still persistent, efforts to fight it have become both more widespread and more effective. It's a developmen ... More >>

Top 5 Twists on Tailgate Classics

Photo by Brooke ViggianoWINGING!!!​Rutgers homecoming was last weekend. A lot has changed in the 5 years (gasp) since I've been at my alma mater's campus, mainly a lot more neon and house music. One thing though, has stayed the same: The Almighty Tailgate. It's not a secret that Rutgers stud ... More >>

Jeff Van Gundy Says "No Thanks" to Texas A&M

Jeff Van Gundy reacts to having to work with AAU "agents."​It seems like every year, as we head into the "boring phase" of the sports calendar (best known as the point where the Texans' and Rockets' offseason intersects with the Astros' regular season), some stories inevitably pop up to keep t ... More >>

Jessica Simpson Feels The Pain Of Bullying Victims

Sorry sweetheart, but even Tim Gunn would've made fun of those pants.​There's been a lot of talk about bullies lately. The suicides of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi and Hamilton Middle School's Asher Brown have prompted renewed calls for bullying prevention, leading to things like the It Gets ... More >>

Top Ten Sports Moments: Four Personal Stories

Different kinds of heartbreak​We've identified the absolute, unarguable Top 10 Sports Moments (and five worst) in Houston history. Everyone has at least some personal stories connected to events on the list. I have four.1. UH-LouisvilleI was the quintessential cub reporter, having lucked into a j ... More >>

Net Gains and Losses

Is the Omega Protein company overfishing the most important fish in the sea?

Net Gains and Losses: Red Herring

Author has his own special take on the fishing industry.

Game Time: The Decade's Five Most Lucrative Miracles

​First, I want to wish everybody out there a very happy holiday, and thank all of you who have read my stuff here on HoustonPress.com since I started up a couple months ago, especially those of you who leave comments (even if you think what you've just read is utter drivel, and you're telling me ... More >>

The Big 12: We Want Mediocre Bowl Games, Dammit

​Apparently the Big 12 is so bad when it comes to football that the league's commissioner is begging the NCAA to declare that any team that wins six games is automatically invited to a bowl game.As if most of the bowl games weren't bad enough to begin with, just think of how bad they will be when ... More >>

Last Call: "Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas," "Leandra DiBuelna" and"Unseen and Rediscovered"

There are three art exhibits vying for your attention this weekend, and each of them is worth a visit. First is "Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas" at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, which closes November 1. A University of Houston graduate, Villegas is living in Brooklyn while he attends grad ... More >>

Polo by Jason Villegas

At the CAMH, an artist threads his obsessions together.

The Texas Bowl Grows Up, Bit By Bit

Well, Houstonians, our bowl game has grown up. That's right, the Texas Bowl is going big time and this year will be joining ESPN's Capital One Bowl Week lineup. The game will be played on New Year's Eve this year, and kick-off will be at 2:30 pm.Did I mention the game is on ESPN this year?That mean ... More >>

College Bowl Season: Previews By A Real Expert

The college football bowl season is here, and it's become such a confusing mess of odd-sounding games played in smallish towns with mediocre teams that you need an expert to figure it out. And nothing says "expert" more than a teen-aged kid, whether the subject is football, driving, or how inutterab ... More >>

College Bowl Season: Previews By A Real Expert

The college football bowl season is here, and it's become such a confusing mess of odd-sounding games played in smallish towns with mediocre teams that you need an expert to figure it out. And nothing says "expert" more than a teen-aged kid, whether the subject is football, driving, or how inutterab ... More >>

Big-Time Spending At The Texas Bowl Gets Rutgers In Trouble

Who says the Texas Bowl doesn't bring in big amounts of revenue to Houston?Maybe this year's game won't -- after all, it's between hometown team Rice (no hotel rooms needed) and relatively unknown Western Michigan (not many hotel rooms needed).But the 2006 game was a bonanza, if you believe state au ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Junot Díaz

The 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner reads from his debut novel

Not Your Father's N-Word

Eight months after its "burial," the American language's most dangerous epithet is more popular than ever in hip-hop

"Lessons from Below: Otabenga Jones & Associates"

Otabenga Jones & Associates teach us a few things at the Menil

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

The College Football Review, Week Eight: Rice Is Just as Good as Notre Dame

The College Football Preview, Week Eight: More Babes. And More Babes.

The College Football Preview, Week Six: The Red River Showdown, the Tears of Touchdown Jesus, the Glory of the Rice Owls

Live Free or Die Hard

Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just...old

Helping Hands

Rod Paige is still milking the Bush connection

Football U: Garden State Variety

Football U: Garden State Variety

Why do Mexicans call people with curly hair chinos?

Ships Ahoy

Danielson sets course for indie paradise

Back to "School"

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Globe Theater

East meets West at the Houston Shakespeare Festival

Don't Call the Cops!

William Pope.L's "eRacism" crawls into town

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War on War Books

Donald Miller has (re)written one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

News of the Weird

Mall Rat

Educated Sounds

A Feel for the Real

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