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All Star Opportunity
By urbanhoustonian at February 10, 2012 | 4:07 PM | 0 Comment
Houston, you have an opportunity. The National Basketball Association has announced Houston will be hosting the NBA All Star Game in 2013. This is Houston's second hosting gig in the last couple of years. A lot of folks, particularly those who care little about basketball, will dismiss the All Star Weekend festivities altogether, "I don't like NBA Basketball, I more...
Deja Blue
By urbanhoustonian at June 14, 2011 | 4:02 AM | 0 Comment
I was struggling through the course of this year's NBA Finals. Why in God's name was I enjoying watching the Dallas Mavericks win the title so much? After some thought, I realized . . . this Mavericks title reminded me very much of Houston's first title in 1993. 1. Foreign born NBA legend The similarities between Hakeem Nowitzki run deep. Here you have two foreign more...
War of Words
By urbanhoustonian at May 24, 2011 | 2:36 PM | 0 Comment
Once again, there is a story about an NBA player yelling the word "faggot" at someone in the heat of the moment. The last time this happened, Kobe Bryant screamed the word at referee during a game in April. At the time, I really didn't get all that upset about the matter. However, to see it happen again, and to see the same rote, "It was the heat of the moment, more...
If You Build It, They Will Come
By urbanhoustonian at December 10, 2010 | 8:00 AM | 0 Comment
Houston saw an unprecedented construction of sports stadiums in the first decade of the 21st Century. Other cities can now boast three "new" stadiums for baseball, basketball and football, but no city opened them up like Houston did from 2000-2003. It was because of these three new buildings Houston was able to host some of the country's most important sporting events. more...
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Debunking the I-45 Rivalry
By urbanhoustonian at November 3, 2010 | 2:52 AM | 0 Comment
I was going over my Facebook wall the other day when I saw someone post a tweet from @Bobby_Heugel. Bobby's apparent logic in cheering against the Texas Rangers is based solely upon the fact they are Dallas' baseball team. This tweet is indicative of a behavior in Houston that is getting more than a bit old. It made us look foolish when the Houston Texans played more...
