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Spent a leisurely afternoon at the University of Houston main campus, with stops at the Blaffer Gallery for the Ant Farm exhibit and Hofheinz Pavilion for a Cougars men's basketball game. The exhibit had fewer items than I had expected to find (the Ant Farm warehouse burned in
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After work tonight, I headed down to Rice to catch one of the last games that San Jose State, my dad's alma mater, will play in Houston. (Rice and San Jose State will no longer be in the same athletic conference after this year.) The Spartan women'
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I saw a young Muslim woman today wearing a head scarf and a David Beckham England jersey.
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ESPN's "The 10 Spot" actually made me laugh today: 9. As a result of the Patriots' victory over the Steelers in Sunday's AFC Championship Game, Heinz will send 1,200 bottles of ketchup to Gillette employees in Boston as part of a wager
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The Big XII North champion was taken to the wire by an 8-3 WAC team, and Oklahoma State fell behind 33-0 to Ohio State, finally losing 33-7. Thomas Gray and I went to the Colorado-UTEP game at Reliant Stadium. Great game. UTEP played their hearts out and had an early
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It will get me killed here in Houston, but I want to see a Cardinals-Yankees World Series. Think about it: The greatest franchise in the history of the National League playing the greatest franchise in the history of the American League in the World Series, for the first time in
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I've watched two college football games so far this season. Well…that isn't strictly accurate. On Thursday, Utah and Texas A&M played football, but it wasn't a game. On Sunday, Houston and Rice played a game, but it wasn't football.
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1. Marathon 2. Salamis 3. Euro 2004 (Not necessarily ranked in order.)
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As a former resident of Ohio, I can tell you that Cleveland Browns fans deserve their reputation for pitiless fanaticism (however much the continued survival of Art Modell might seem to belie it). But I have to say that, though it looks daft to outsiders, the Browns are doing the
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I finally saw the new Toyota Center, Houston's new downtown basketball/hockey arena. I went to my first Houston Aeros hockey game, with Thomas and Lori Gray, and Thomas' brother David. The Aeros beat the San Antonio Rampage 3-2, with all of the goals scored in the
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The University of Houston football team will play in the Hawai'i Bowl on Christmas Day, but few Cougar fans will make the trip. As a result, the UH athletic department (apparently taking an idea from CoogFans) is allowing people to buy tickets to the game for soldiers and
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I am the kiss of death for the teams I root for. Here are the college football games I have been at this season, with the team I was rooting for listed in ALL CAPS: Rice 28, SAN JOSE STATE 24 Fortunately, I don't remember much of that