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Rockets Rookie Wants To Ride The Team Bus To Away Games
Royce White, the Houston Rockets' first-round draft pick, has struggled with anxiety disorder his entire life. Among other things, White is prone to panic attacks and harbors an immense fear of flying. It's tough to be an NBA player if one can't fly....
A Miserable Season From The Houston Astros Ended With A Glorious Faceplant In The Dirt
Poor Carlos Corporán, who actually had a good game for the 'stros, getting them on the board with a run-scoring single in the first and then grabbing another hit after Houston tied the game in the eighth with a three-run home run. However, a botched hit-and-run turned Corporán into an easy out for C...
Tom Brady Says, "Fuck You, Bitches," And The Bengals Win Gangnam Style: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup
This is where we'll be stashing the best GIFs from Week 4—from Percy Harvin returning a kickoff for the first touchdown of the day to, in all likelihood, Michael Vick breaking a rib. The day is done, except for the Eagles and Giants, so let's take a look at what this week had to offer. ...
Matt Schaub Lost Part Of His Ear During Yesterday's Game
The list of athletes to lose parts of an ear during competition consists of Evander Holyfield and pretty much every wrestler ever. That list now includes Texans quarterback Matt Schaub, who in taking a brutal hit from Broncos defender Joe Mays found himself sans auricle. (You can watch the play her...
Houston Hangs On To Beat The Broncos In Denver, In Two GIFs
Houston 31, Denver 25: The Houston offense stopped clicking weirdly right around the time Matt Schaub was almost decapitated. Might be something to keep an eye on. As a result, Peyton Manning was able to battle back and make this one kind of interesting, but it was not to be....
Houston 27, Jacksonville 7: The Game In One GIF
The Jaguars did not have a good game. 117 total yards on offense is, like, the definition of not having a good game. Here's an optimistic post game quote from a Jacksonville player:...
The Astros Are Selling Tickets To A Lunch With Joe Niekro, Who Has Been Dead Since 2006
Above, the Astros's official Facebook page, on which they are currently advertising next weekend's Legends Weekend. The deal?...
Kid's Sign At Phillies Game: "If I Can Beat Cancer, You Can Beat The Astros"
This year's Astros team has drawn plenty of unfavorable comparisons, but now we finally can add one worse than the '62 Mets to the list: childhood cancer. A kid at last night's Philly-Houston game was spotted holding the above sign, which, considering the incredible strength required for a child to ...
Joey Dorsey Is Breaking Backboards Over In Greece
Joey Dorsey? You mean, he isn't still with the Raptors? Nope. He's with Olympiacos Pireaus, the defending Euroleague champs. And the former University of Memphis star is breaking the glass, if not quite shattering it. I recommend clicking through to the actual YouTube link for the video above, whe...
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Astros Pitcher Mickey Storey Knocked Out Of Game After Taking Line Drive To The Face [UPDATE]
A bad season for Houston got even worse tonight as rookie Astros pitcher Mickey Storey was knocked out of tonight's game on a play eerily similar to the one that left A's pitcher Brandon McCarthy with a fractured skull last week....
The Astros' Manager Incentivizes His Players By Awarding A $200 Set Of Headphones After Every Win
We've made a lot of fun of the Astros recently. Just this morning, even. (Hey, at least we're paying attention.) But the joke of a roster they field and joke of a style they play likely leads you to mistaken assumptions. It probably makes you think the Astros aren't a first-class organization devote...
The Astros Are Now Hurting Other People With Their Ineptitude
At first, we found the Houston Astros' nightly slapstick routine to be rather endearing, and it was easy to have laugh at their repeated shenanigans. But then, through no fault but their own, the Astros couldn't even run out simple ground balls without one of their own getting hurt....
1,100 Households Watched The Astros Game On Sunday, The Team's Worst TV Rating Ever
The weekend Nielsens are in, and Houstonians are apparently enjoying the last of the summer. Nearly half-a-million households, or 44 percent of TVs in use, were tuned in to the Texans' boring win over the Dolphins. That's not great—worse than all but four games last year. But it's gangbusters compar...
Roger Clemens And The Astros Are Entangled In A Slow, Depressing Dance
We've posted on and on about how Sugar Land Skeeters ace Roger Clemens may be conspiring with the 44-97 Houston Astros to tweak his Hall of Fame chances. Today the Associated Press has given us a bombshell story—bombshell as in, the charred debris that remains after a horrendous event—about the Astr...
Why Texas State Got A 16th-Place Vote In The AP Poll
For the time being, the Texas State Bobcats are the only team to be undefeated in their FBS history. Sure, they're just 1-0 all-time, joining the WAC this season after 23 years in the I-AA/FCS Southland conference. But that one was a stylish one. It was a 30-13 walloping of Houston, in Houston, that...
The Pirates Are Still Putting Fans To Sleep
Fans at PNC Park began the season by falling asleep, but then the Pirates provided enough of a jolt to keep folks interested into September. And while they're still just two and a half games out of the wild card, the Buccos have lost 10 of 13, including a sweep at Milwaukee over the weekend that ble...
Texans Fans Brawl In Rafters Of Reliant Stadium
This is a pretty solid fight video as far as fight videos go. It's even filmed properly so mad genius video guy Burke won't have a seizure watching it. A Local Houston news outlet did some sniffing around and found the YouTube uploader and he claims it all started when someone threw a beer on some...
Astros Player Suffers The Most Astros Injury Ever
Yes, that's Astros shortstop Marwin Gonzalez flying over first base for no apparent reason last night. As you can see in the video below, Gonzalez lunged to try to beat out a grounder, but he planted his left foot just in front of the bag, which suddenly propelled him skyward for a moment. And look ...