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Astros Week: McCullers Set to Return While Brantley's Future Uncertain

By Jeff Balke

Aug 9, 2022

The Astros have been remarkably lucky this season. While they have missed Lance McCullers, Jr., who is close to returning from a long rehab stint, they have (thus far — huge asterisk) not sustained any major injuries to key players save one: Michael Brantley. While we await more word on...

Four Texas Schools Land in First College Football Coach's Top 25 Poll

By Sean Pendergast

Aug 9, 2022

The calendar flips to August, and like late July in the NFL, early August id the time when college football training camps start up. The players are back on campus, the preview magazines are on the stands, and the smell of football in the air. Oh, and since it's 2022,...

What Happens Now With Deshaun Watson's Suspension?

By Sean Pendergast

Aug 8, 2022

Last Monday, it was announced that former Texans quarterback (and current Cleveland Brown) Deshaun Watson would be suspended for the first six games of the 2022 season for committing sexual assault in a massage setting with multiple women, as determined by former judge and current NFL arbiter Sue L. Robinson...

NFL Announces They Will Appeal Length of Deshaun Watson's Suspension

By Sean Pendergast

Aug 4, 2022

On Monday, former federal judge Sue L. Robinson announced that former Houston Texan and current Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson would be receiving a six game suspension for violating the NFL's conduct policy in multiple massage settings. Of course, Watson has been the subject of 24 civil lawsuits from various...

Oddsmakers Put Out Betting Lines on Texans' Games for 2022 Schedule

By Sean Pendergast

Aug 4, 2022

Even with the most inferior of NFL teams, NFL training camp is typically abut hope. The 2021 Houston Texans were a notable exception, as the Deshaun Watson legal dark cloud and the "leadership" of David Culley sucked the life out of Houston fans before the first training camp practice even...

Houston Astros MLB Trade Deadline History — Four Winners, Four Losers

By Sean Pendergast

Aug 3, 2022

On Monday afternoon, Astros general manager James Click made a solid, calculated trade deadline move, as the Astros brought in outfielder/first baseman Trey Mancini from the Baltimore Orioles as part of a three way trade that included the Tampa Bay Rays. In the deal, the Astros gave up fun-loving outfielder...

Astros Bolster Lineup with Trio of Trades

By Jeff Balke

Aug 2, 2022

It took a while for Major League Baseball's trade deadline activity to heat up, but a flurry of deals came down on Monday including three that involved the Astros. The team acquired first baseman/outfielder Trey Mancini from the Baltimore Orioles and pitcher Jayden Murray from the Tampa Bay Rays in...

Deshaun Watson Suspended for First Six Games of 2022 Season

By Sean Pendergast

Aug 1, 2022

Over 16 months after the first of two dozen civil lawsuits was filed against former Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, the NFL has finally settled on Watson's punishment for alleged sexual misconduct in various massage settings. On Monday, former federal judge Sue L. Robinson, the NFL's personal conduct mediator, informed...

Four Houston Texans Training Camp Observations, Days 1 and 2

By Sean Pendergast

Aug 1, 2022

For the 21st time in team history, the Houston Texans kicked off training camp, amid sweltering heat and a somewhat tepid crowd on Friday (Saturday's crowd was much bigger and seemed louder, too), with hope that they've bottomed out in the drama department and are headed upward in the "watchable...

Four Biggest Training Camp Questions for the Houston Texans

By Sean Pendergast

Jul 29, 2022

More talent and less drama, those are the overriding themes of the Houston Texans' 2022 training camp, in which we get the first outdoor training camp practice of the Lovie Smith Era this morning. The increased talent level is largely due to the incoming rookie class, which includes two first...

2022 Houston Texans 53 Man Roster Prediction, Version 1.0

By Sean Pendergast

Jul 28, 2022

The Houston Texans' train camp has officially begun, with team meetings inside NRG Stadium the last few days. On Friday morning, the 2022 Houston Texans will conduct their first training camp practice, the initial step to constructing the 53-man roster that will take the field against the Indianapolis Colts on...

Houston Texans Viewed As Possible Landing Spot for QB Jimmy Garoppolo

By Sean Pendergast

Jul 27, 2022

If you're looking for proof that the Houston Texans' final five games of the 2021 season, in which they went a modest 2-3 (which is not horrible for a team coached by David Culley, and a team that finished 4-13 for the entire season), is the NFL equivalent of the...

Astros Week: A Pair of Huge Sweeps and Verlander Hits 99 MPH

By Jeff Balke

Jul 26, 2022

It what could easily be argued was a stretch of the most difficult baseball on the schedule this year for the Astros, they just kept doing what they do: win. Going back to June 23 when we argued that the next month or so could be tough for the 'Stros,...

10 Most Interesting NFL Training Camps Based on QB Drama

By Sean Pendergast

Jul 26, 2022

NFL training camps open across the league this week, and for the first time in a couple years, the Houston Texans will not be stared at like a carnival freak by other fan bases around the league. Instead, the Texans have settled into being your garden variety, not very good,...

Houston Texans Rookie WR John Metchie III Diagnosed With Leukemia

By Sean Pendergast

Jul 25, 2022

The Houston Texans have had more than their four star share of adversity to deal with over the last couple of years, much of it self inflicted. Unfortunately, on Sunday morning, bad news was announced that was much more serious than your garden variety football injury or bad front office...

POLL: Which Astro Do Fans Most Want To Win a 2022 MLB Award?

By Sean Pendergast

Jul 22, 2022

Make no mistake, the main reason we love working through the spectator-grind of a 162-game Major League Baseball season is because, here in Houston, we've become accustomed to realistic World Series dreams. However, we love the subplots, too, and we are very fortunate here, year in and year out, to...

Four Biggest Houston Astro Questions Heading Into Second Half of MLB Season

By Sean Pendergast

Jul 21, 2022

The Houston Astros enter the figurative second half of the baseball season with the second best record in the American League, within shouting distance of the league-leading New York Yankees, and conveniently enough, with an opportunity to pick up two games in one day on the Yankees if they can...

Justin Verlander's Comeback in 2022 Is One for the Ages

By Sean Pendergast

Jul 20, 2022

On Tuesday night, Justin Verlander got to tip his cap to the crowd for the ninth time in a Major League Baseball All Star game. It was just the latest night to recognize one of the great modern day MLB careers, and more importantly, one of the most sensational comebacks...

Astros Week - Injuries, All-Stars and Draft Picks

By Jeff Balke

Jul 19, 2022

We've finally made it to the official halfway point of the season. We may technically be past the actual halfway point (81 games...duh), but the All-Star game is the clear delineation between the first and second half symbolically and here we are. The Astros have five all stars but only...

Four Houston-Related Thoughts on OF Juan Soto Rejecting $440 Million Offer From Nationals

By Sean Pendergast

Jul 19, 2022

In Houston, we all know that we are smack dab in the middle of rebuilds with our professional football and basketball teams. Both teams — the Texans and the Rockets — have rosters flush with young players, and nowhere to go but up. Also, both teams accelerated their respective rebuilds...

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