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  Rating Fear Factor For Each Texans Injury List Announcement

  July 23 at 5:30 a.m.

  Houston Texans training camp begins on Thursday morning, and there's really nothing that can dampen my enthusiasm. Jadeveon Clowney will likely be absent, in the midst of a contract standoff with the front office, a front office that actually consists right now of a five headed general manager, and neither...

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  Pair of Rookie Pitchers Rescue the Astros

  July 22 at 6:42 a.m.

  After retuning from the All-Star break, the Astros struggled to find the right combination of pitching to make up for shortcomings thanks to injuries. They tried to stick with Framber Valdez, which did not work. They tried an "opener" for the first time ever. Also, a fail. They were even...

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  Rating the Texans' Head Coaching Match-ups in 2019

  July 22 at 4 a.m.

  Each year since 2011, I believe, just before the start of the NFL regular season, I will do a preview of the Houston Texans' season using a method that I have (very creatively) titled the Pendergast Method. It's an evaluation of the season designed to essentially put games into one...

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  Bayern Munich Dazzles Real Madrid at NRG Stadium - International Champions Cup 2019

  July 21 at 1:02 p.m.

  The International Champions Cup hosted a soccer match between Germany's Bayern Munich and Spain's Real Madrid at NRG Stadium on Saturday.. More than 60,000 fans packed the seats to watch world class soccer and plenty of action. Bayern scored early and took over the flow of the game, keeping the Madrid superstars scoreless until the 84th minute. The game finished with a 3-1 win by Bayern Munich. (Photos by Marco Torres)

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  Marisnick's Week A Turning Point for Team and Player

  July 19 at 5 a.m.

  You could see it coming. When Jake Marisnick was plunked in the sixth inning of Tuesday's nights Astros vs. Angels game in Anaheim — a retaliatory strike for the the outfielder's violent collision with Angels cacher Jonathan Lucroy last week — no one on either bench was surprised. It was...

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  Houston's Five Most Important Athletes

  July 19 at 4 a.m.

  In saying "good bye" to Russell Westbrook on Tuesday evening, Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti used an interesting choice of words to categorize Westbrook's significant to the franchise, since they moved to OKC from Seattle in 2008: The adjective "important" is an interesting one to use, because it...