Warren Moon

Texas Crimes of the Year, 2012

As it turns out, Texans indulged in all seven of the deadly sins.

The Dome, Abandoned

Touring the old favorite

Digging Around The All-But-Abandoned Astrodome

The Reliant Astrodome was -- is -- the Eighth Wonder of the World. Generations of Houston-area kids spent their days dreaming of playing on the field under that massive domed ceiling. It's one of our city's last non-NASA ties to the space program, this UFO-like structure in the middle of a modern co ... More >>

Michael Berry's Bad Week

Comment of the Day: Leave a Horny Felicia Moon Alone, Cops!

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Felicia Moon, Oiler QB Warren's Ex, Arrested for Public Sex

Felicia Moon, the ex-wife of Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon, knows how to enjoy a trail ride, if the Waller County Sheriff's Office is to be believed. KHOU says Moon, 55, was arrested Monday night near Hockley for having public sex with a man we presume to have been at least for the moment ... More >>

The 10 Oddest Super Bowl Halftime Performers

The Super Bowl seems to be running out of stadium-sized performers who can attract eyeballs (the Black-Eyed Peas?), and this year they're hoping that faded scandalist Madonna will do the trick. It's not like they haven't been desperate before. In the early days of the event, producers regularly tu ... More >>

MasterMinds 2012

This year's winners have art, passion and history on their side. And now they'll also each have a check for $2,000.

Houston's 5 Best NFL Playoff Memories

Yesterday we wondered why Texan fans are looking forward to the NFL playoffs, given the painful memories our town had when the Houston Oilers were here. But each year brings new hope and, after all, the Houston Texans have never, ever lost a playoff game. Not in ten years. Coming up with five awfu ... More >>

Aeros Poised To Make History -- The Wrong Kind Of History

John RoyalA despondent Matt Hackett lays on the ice after Hamilton gets the winning goal in the second overtime​Only twice in AHL history had a team had to go to a game seven in a playoff series after grabbing a 3-0 series lead. But things change. And when a team from Houston is involved in ... More >>

"Don't Mess With Texas" Ads & Athletes: Mixed Success, in Five Examples

You may have noticed that TxDOT has been re-running classic ads from their 25-year-old "Don't Mess with Texas" campaign. It's part of a contest to pick the best. The ads tend to work best with musicians; Stevie Ray Vaughan is the classic, of course, but Willie Nelson and George Strait also shine. ... More >>

Ay, Caramba!

Mythical euphemisms and Hispanic panhandlers

Recent Super Bowl Halftime Highlights and Lowlights

Backfield in Motion

Covering the Spread: A Humble Request for Stacks of Twenty Dollar Bills

The Five Biggest Choke Jobs in Houston Sports History

Memories of Pauline and Mike Holovak

Rusty Hardin, Super Lawyer

We Luv Earl Campbell

The Art Guys, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

The Art Guys share 25 years of "drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams"

Mean Joe Greene Meets Avril Lavigne: Texans-Cowboys from the Press Box

Jesus Ortiz Has a Job to Do

Friends sponsor movie fund-raiser for injured Gulf Coast surfer

Aliens to the Rescue

Jesus Breaks the Story...Four Years Later

Back and Black

Back and Black

Moon 'Em All

Children of Enron

One of Ken Lay's many legacies: the families whose lives were disrupted by the fall

Best Local Boy Made Good

Rusty Hardin

No Sissies Allowed

They'll run. They'll catch. They'll tackle. Women's professional football ramps up (again) in Houston.

Descent into Madness: The Dale Robertson Story

Dish

Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

Letters

Shutterbug

Scenes from a Marriage

The Year of Living Anxiously

Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

The Burial and Resurrection (maybe) of Doug Sanders

For 14 years, Doug Sanders ran Houston's most celebrity-filled golf tournament. Then he was accused of sticking his hand in the till. Now he wants to come back.