16-year NHL veteran and Houston businessman Michel Petit says his group Blueline SlapShot LLC has agreed to bring an ECHL franchise to Houston, which will play in a new 8,000-seat arena just south of the Woodlands.
He expects the ECHL club to begin playing in Houston as early as 2028-29.
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If somebody asked why Texas athletics has had such a large impact on sports culture in this state, what would be your argument?
Whether it's athletes, coaches, rivalries, traditions or moments that became part of Texas sports history, what do you think is the strongest case for UT?
Whenever people discuss sports in Texas, the conversation usually ends up revolving around a handful of schools, and Texas A&M is always near the center of it.
When you think about athletes, traditions, fan culture, rivalries and the role the university has played in shaping sports across the state, what is the strongest argument that Texas A&M has had the biggest impact?
Pretty cool operation run out of Rockwood, Texas
FULL STORY HERE: https://www.chron.com/news/article/starfront-observatories-telescopes-texas-sky-22294947.php
Very scary stuff. Crazy this could have been Yadi's plane.
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New public-works projects hope to keep visitors shaded and safe when the World Cup comes to Houston next month.
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Fair or unfair?
"You can have one bad defender there, but not two," one Western Conference player told Chron this spring regarding Houston's center and point guard. "It just doesn't work." Houston often mitigated that concern by splitting Şengün and Sheppard, but head coach Ime Udoka (perhaps as a slip of the tongue) frequently noted this season that Houston's wing-heavy, small-ball lineups without Şengün were "where we're good."
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