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Zapruder Analysis Of Gorilla Pool Dunk Video (Literally, There's A Gorilla!) 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
In the summer of 2013, swimming pool dunks are zooming right past varsity sport status and into the 2016 Olympics. That's just a fact. As August rapidly dwindles to nothing, the caliber of swim...
Astros Rake in the Cash While the Team Falters and Fans Can't Watch on TV 26 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
One of the best ways to increase corporate profits is to layoff people. The cutting of salary increases profits by lowering expenses and is usually met with praise from investors who see such mo...
Rex Ryan's Season Long Meltdown Has Begun (w/ VIDEO) 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Admittedly, compared to many of my peers and counterparts, I haven't been doing this media thing all that long. Six years is all. It's longer than a mere few months, but it's far from a lifetime....
Appeal Filed in Animal Crush Video Case 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Four months after a federal judge dismissed charges against a Houston couple who created animal torture videos because the statute was unconstitutional, federal prosecutors have filed an appeal...
It's College Football Quiz Time (for Houston and Texas) 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Another college football season kicks off this weekend. The national media focus, as always, is on Alabama, LSU, and the schools of the SEC. There's a bunch of interest just up in the road in Co...
Texans-Saints: 4 Winners, 4 Losers (Governor Christie's Pants Edition) 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
They say the third preseason game is the one that's supposed to most closely resemble a regular season game. With most of the starters (the available ones, at least) playing a full half, the game...
Dear Mystery METRO Police Complainer: What The Hell Are You Trying To Say? 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
What's going on over at METRO Police Department? That's what Hair Balls has been wondering ever since we got this flier (aka flyer aka handbill) in the mail with a picture of Metro Police Chief...
Saints 31, Texans 23: Offense Shines, But Can They Stop The Big Plays? 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The result by itself doesn't matter. Despite losing to the Saints, the Texans had a mostly good day from a big-picture standpoint. They put up nearly 500 yards of offense (496) against a compe...
Ryan Braun's Email Apology Gets Put In Society's SPAM Folder 23 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
After spinning a web of lies that dates back God knows how long, after leaving a trail of jilted friends and defamed sample collectors that stretches coast to coast, after now yanking an entire b...
Why Aren't There Any Books About the Astros? 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Esquire recently published a list of the 20 best non-fiction baseball books. I have read most of these books, as well as lots of baseball books not listed. But the list got me to thinking. I've ...
