Women's Basketball

5 Thoughts On Jay-Z's Getting Skylar Diggins The Best Graduation Present Ever!

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, like women's hoops star Skylar Diggins this past weekend, I graduated from the University of Notre Dame. And thus ends the list of things that Skylar Diggins and I have in common. At the time of my graduation, I was (and still am) a pasty, unathletic, sa ... More >>

Is This The Dawning of A Cougars Renaissance? Don't Be Too Sure

The Houston Chronicle's Sam Khan, Jr. had a good story on Houston Cougars athletics yesterday. It's called a story of a renaissance, and it looks back at the last 10 months of the program. It's told through the eyes of the football program, going through the incredible season the Coogs had as they m ... More >>

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: The Year Just Past In Cougar Sports

John RoyalCase Keenum was the Man of the Year for the Cougars​Yes, it's that time of year. That time of year when I take a look back at the year just past. On Friday, I looked back at the sports year for the Rice Owls. Today, let's take a look at the top 25 events, in no particular order, f ... More >>

A Very Special BCS Edition of 4 Winners, 4 Losers

For the first time in the history of my Texans fandom, their bye week left me with a palpable void. Sure, I love having NFL football in this city, even bad football is better than no football, so the bye week always feels a little weird. However, this season's team is a little different. If the Te ... More >>

The Top Ten Greatest Gays of Texas

Here in Texas, we lay claim to some of the most interesting and influential GLBT men and women of our time. Admittedly, they generally get out as fast as they can, but to us, they'll always be Texans. Here are ten GLBT men and women we're proudest to call Texans, especially during this season of Pri ... More >>

Remember Tawn P's The Wake Up Kiss?

Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​Tawn-P The Wake Up Kiss (self-released, 2011) It feels a bit like Tawn P, a teeny-tiny fire ... More >>

Todd Buchanan: Jumping At The Bit to Coach UH Women's Hoops

He just cannot wait​Meet new Houston Cougars' women's basketball coach Todd Buchanan. He's an excitable guy. He talks fast, in run-on sentences. He goes off on tangents, but always returns to the point of the question. He's got a tight handshake, and he calls you by your first name.He's the kid in ... More >>

The WNBA's Houston Comets Live On -- In The Courtroom

When the Houston Comets professional women's basketball team crashed and burned out of existence at the end of last year, many of the players moved on to ball another day. As for the coaches, they claim they got screwed.After a series of ownership problems towards the end of 2008, the WNBA took cont ... More >>

Winter Day Camps at the Jewish Community Center

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Amazingly, the Comets Couldn't Survive

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Seven Things We'll Miss About The Houston Comets

Shocking news this morning -- the Houston Comets are no more.First reactions were predictable. "The Houston Comets were still around? Do tell." But then reality began to sink in.The Comets won the first four WNBA championships at a time when no Houston team was winning anything. They brought joy to ... More >>

Seven Things We'll Miss About The Houston Comets

Shocking news this morning -- the Houston Comets are no more.First reactions were predictable. "The Houston Comets were still around? Do tell." But then reality began to sink in.The Comets won the first four WNBA championships at a time when no Houston team was winning anything. They brought joy to ... More >>

Who Stole the Roll?

Top Five Failed Houston Sports Franchises

Open Wide : The Comets Play Their First Home Game of the Season

Houston Comets vs. Minnesota Lynx

Tina Thompson and company play their first home game of the season

Super Bowl TV: What to Watch Before the Big Game

American Gladiators, Religion, HAR Elections

Comets Move to Reliant Arena

2007 Music Year in Review

Houston Comets vs. L.A. Sparks

Bring it, beeyotch!

Back Out of Action

Yeah, We've Seen Her

Come Out with Sheryl

Against the Odds

No betting shows on one sports-talk station

Streaking Comets

Our WNBA squad preps for a playoff run

Birthday Surprise

Preservationists get help in the oddest way

Swoopes: Hardwoods Homie

A Comets star helps redefine Houston basketball

Curses Again

God, Drayton and dogged Astros fans awake from another World Serious dream

Best Comet

Best Public Bathroom

SEAL the Deal

Getting in shape is like going to war

The Fonde-mentals

Wanna be a baller?

Best Comet

Sheryl Swoopes

Edifice Complex

Another new sports facility, another round of hype

Janeth Arcain

Houston Comets guard

Best Houston Comet

Tina Thompson

Best Houston Comet

Sheryl Swoopes

Pigskin Parade

A nonevent gets blanket coverage

Dead or Alive

Dead Horse Walking

Breakin' Up the Bands

News Hostage

We Are Not Amused

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November 19 - 25, 1998

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September 17 - 23, 1998

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August 6 - 12, 1998

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July 9 - 15, 1998

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June 25 - July 1, 1998

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May 28 - June 3, 1998

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