Share Just received an email from an official with the Texas Bowl. I will write more when details appear in the Chronicle. Just want to thank everyone I worked with on this exciting event, as well as, the great people of Houston for making it such a success. Some great news – we are making [...]
Share You know when you have an idea, and while it seems like an amazing idea to you (you did think it up in the first place), but never REALLY know? And, then, fate steps in, and shows you that you REALLY do know? That was the feeling I felt when I flipped through the [...]
Share NOTE: Thoughts will regularly be published on Saturday evenings. Carr Trouble? Cut the EngineThe David Carr era officially ended this week when the Texans cut the former first round draft pick earlier this week. I had commented on this situation in a previous post, and my opinions have not really changed. Regardless of how [...]
Share After much thought and consideration, I have finally realized where I would like to go with this blog. Starting tomorrow, with the first “official” Thoughts of an Urban Houstonian, Urban Houstonian will finally move forward with the goal of becoming one of the most informational blogs about the city of Houston. I will dedicate [...]
Share Let me lead off that my prayers go out to the families and loved ones of the two people featured in this post. This is an unimaginable tragedy, and I cannot begin to understand what they are going through. Houston couple, Nils Aron Andersson, 25, and Cassy Ann Walton, 28, committed suicide in separate [...]
Share What irks me is that these organizations literally whoring themselves out for professional hockey franchises, and the NHL allowing it to happen. Yes, my dear readers, these are some sour grapes. However, the reason the NHL has failed to take it’s place with the “Big Three” (MLB, NBA, NHL) of sports leagues is because [...]
Share So the Pittsburgh Penguins have announced they are at an impasse with the State of Pennsylvania, and will now look at relocation. Yeah Houston! We’re going to land an NHL franchise! Well, not just yet. Two things: 1. The Pens have used posturing like this in the past. In fact, their visit to Houston [...]
Share As you walk around the streets of Houston, hardly a word is ever spoken about the Rice University Baseball team. You know, the 2003 National Champions. The team that is currently ranked #4 in the nation. Frankly, we don’t really pay attention to Houston’s universities’ athletic programs. I know, I know, U of H [...]