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    December 2, 2008

    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 >>

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    December 2, 2008

    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 >>

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    December 20, 2008

    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 >>

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    July 24, 1997

    Press Picks

    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 >>

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    August 7, 1997

    Press Picks

    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 >>

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    February 19, 2009

    Oh Lord, Chris Baker's Coming Back To Our Airwaves

    Chris Baker is coming back to Houston. Ummm, rejoice?Baker, a erstwhile stand-up comic who had an often inane political talk show on Clear Channel's AM stations here, a show where he blustered and bloviated and did the typical right-wingnut radio shtick.Clear Channel AM head Michael Berry has announ ... More >>

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    May 28, 1998

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    November 19 - 25, 1998

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    Dead or Alive

    Dead Horse Walking

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    September 14, 2000

    Pigskin Parade

    A nonevent gets blanket coverage

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    September 21, 2000

    Best Houston Comet

    Sheryl Swoopes

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    December 20, 2008

    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 >>

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    December 11, 2008
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    August 28, 2008

    Who Stole the Roll?

    Who's Got Next?

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    May 22, 2008

    Houston Comets vs. Minnesota Lynx

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

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    January 10, 2008

    American Gladiators, Religion, HAR Elections

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

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    December 13, 2007

    2007 Music Year in Review

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

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    August 2, 2007
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    April 27, 2006

    Come Out with Sheryl

    Bring it, beeyotch!

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    May 25, 2006

    Yeah, We've Seen Her

    Bring it, beeyotch!

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    September 1, 2005

    Against the Odds

    No betting shows on one sports-talk station

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    August 18, 2005

    Streaking Comets

    Our WNBA squad preps for a playoff run

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    July 21, 2005

    Birthday Surprise

    Preservationists get help in the oddest way

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    May 5, 2005

    Swoopes: Hardwoods Homie

    A Comets star helps redefine Houston basketball

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    October 28, 2004

    Curses Again

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

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Comet

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

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    September 23, 2004

    Best Public Bathroom

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

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Comet

    Sheryl Swoopes

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    August 14, 2003

    SEAL the Deal

    Getting in shape is like going to war

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    March 6, 2003

    The Fonde-mentals

    Wanna be a baller?

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    September 26, 2002

    Best Comet

    Sheryl Swoopes

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    August 29, 2002

    Edifice Complex

    Another new sports facility, another round of hype

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    September 20, 2001

    Janeth Arcain

    Houston Comets guard

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    September 20, 2001

    Best Houston Comet

    Tina Thompson

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    May 25, 2000
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    May 27, 2009

    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 >>

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    November 12, 2009

    Pop Rocks: Give Elizabeth Lambert A Break

    ​Arguably more obnoxious than the actual on-field behavior of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert -- immortalized for her rampage in a match against BYU -- has been the reaction to it.I'm not talking about the infantile sexual commentary accompanying the various clips posted online. They're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    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 >>

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    June 24, 2011

    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 >>

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