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The Houston Astros returned home to Minute Maid Park on Friday night for the first time since the All Star Break but fell to the Texas Rangers 11-2.
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The Houston Astros wrapped up an 11 game homestand and the first half of the season with a 6-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon. The Astros head into the All Star break with a 64-35 record.
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The Houston Astros fell to the Oakland Athletics 8-3 on Wednesday night with 41,119 fans in attendance.
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41,654 fans were in attendance as the Houston Astros extended their win streak to six games with a 2-1 victory over the White Sox on Sunday. The Astros are in the midst of an 11 game homestand, their longest of the season.
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The Houston Dynamo stormed back from a 2-0 deficit in stoppage time with goals in the 93rd and 96th minutes to walk away for a 2-2 draw with the Los Angeles Football Club Tuesday night at BBVA Compass Stadium.
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The Houston Astros wrapped up a nine game home stand with a 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon. 39,191 fans were in attendance as the Astros came from behind and won in walk-off fashion.
The Houston Astros pounded the Kansas City Royals with an 8 run second inning in route to an 11-3 victory in front of 41,823 fans on Sunday.
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The Houston Astros had their franchise record tying 12 game winning streak snapped by the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, losing 2-1 in front of 37,414 fans.
The Houston Dynamo outclassed the Colorado Rapids, whistle to whistle, in a 2-0 win Saturday night at BBVA Compass Stadium.
North Texas Rayados, an amateur team based out of Dallas, gave the Houston Dynamo all they could handle in the first half, but the pros put away the upstarts with a big second half for a 5-0 win in their U.S. Open Cup tournament match Wednesday at BBVA Compass Stadium.
As the MLB Draft concluded Wednesday with rounds 11-40, three more Galveston County high school alumni saw their names called.
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Clear Falls pitcher Braydon Fisher was selected in the fourth round of the MLB Draft on Tuesday by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 134th overall pick.
A near-miss led to the match-winning goal in the waning seconds of the match, as the Houston Dash upset the Seattle Reign, 2-1, at BBVA Compass Stadium on Wednesday night.
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During batting practice before Tuesday’s home game against the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros players showed their support for the victims of Friday’s shooting at Santa Fe High School that claimed 10 lives and injured 13 with “We Play For Santa Fe” T-shirts.
The Houston Dash dropped their first game since late April as they fell 1-0 to Utah Royals FC at Rio Tinto Stadium Saturday afternoon.
The Galveston Hurricanes Football Club defeated Austin Real, 1-0, in a Texas Premier Soccer League Texas Cup semifinal match Saturday at the Chester L. Davis Sportsplex in League City.
The Houston Dash were able to come away with a point in the standings against a talent-rich Portland Thorns side with Wednesday night’s match at BBVA Compass Stadium ending in a 1-1 draw.
While the Los Angeles Galaxy had the match’s leading man, it was the Houston Dynamo’s supporting cast that got the win, 3-2, on Saturday night at BBVA Compass Stadium.
The Houston Dash suffered their first home loss of the season as they fell 2-0 to the North Carolina Courage at BBVA Compass Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Houston Dash forward Kealia Ohai returned to competitive action for the first time since suffering a torn ACL last June, but the Dash fell 1-0 to the Orlando Pride on Sunday afternoon in their first meeting of the regular season at Orlando City Stadium.
Race fans witnessed some history for the National Hot Rod Association and the Royal Purple Raceway during the second day of the SpringNationals on Saturday.
Early goals in each half helped the Houston Dynamo snap a four-match winless streak, as they topped Toronto FC, 5-1, at BBVA Compass Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Battling through unseasonably cold weather, triathletes competed in this year’s Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas race on Sunday in Galveston.
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Many of the top professional triathletes from around the world competed Sunday in the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas at Moody Gardens in Galveston.
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Months of hard work and training have prepared Galvestonians Mike Alvarado, Heidi Walker and Tatiana Verega for this year’s Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas race in Galveston.
The Houston Dynamo conceded an early goal and played down a man for the final hour of the match on their way to a 2-0 loss against the New England Revolution on Saturday night at BBVA Compass Stadium.
Another week, another point in the standings for the Houston Dash, as they battled the Utah Royals to a 0-0 draw Friday at BBVA Compass Stadium.
Winners from the first week of the annual FeatherFest photo contest
The Galveston Island Swim Team (GIST) will be holding an official Swim-a-Thon on March 25 at Lasker Pool in Galveston.
Utilizing a strong counter attack offense and a stingy defense, the Vancouver Whitecaps scored a 2-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo in Saturday’s MLS match at BBVA Compass Stadium.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Wednesday that Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver and Clear Springs alum Marcus Johnson will be a part of a trade that will send Seattle Seahawks star defensive end Michael Bennett to Philadelphia.
The Houston Dynamo blitzed Atlanta United with a barrage of first-half goals in a 4-0 win Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium in their MLS season opener.
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Marcus Johnson has gone from Clear Springs Charger to Texas Longhorn, from undrafted free agent to Philadelphia Eagle to, now, a Super Bowl champion in what has been not only a remarkable football journey, but a spiritual one, as well.
Monday marked the official launch of the Mike Evans Family Foundation, a charitable organization headed up by the Ball High alum and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver.
The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday at the Mission City Soccer Complex in San Antonio.
Texas City native and Houston Texans rookie running back D’Onta Foreman experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows all within a few moments in Sunday’s 31-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals at NRG Stadium.
Eight Galveston County high school football teams enter the state UIL playoffs this week with eyes on the prize of bringing home a state championship.
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Thousands of fans filled the streets of downtown Houston on Friday to celebrate the Houston Astros 2017 World Series victory.
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Justin Verlander struck out 10 over seven innings in his first home start for Houston, Derek Fisher and Marwin Gonzalez homered in a big fifth inning and the Astros clinched the American League West with a 7-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
The Friendswood Mustangs defeated Humble Kingwood 31-16 at Henry Winston Stadium in Friendswood on Friday, Sep. 15, 2017.
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Age, work and a extended gap in participating in her sport have all failed to slow down Galveston’s Anne Brasier, as she is set to compete in the 60-64 age group at the World Triathlon Grand Final to be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on Sept 17.
First responders from area fire and law enforcement departments squared off in the ring for charity at the 9th Annual Battle of the Badges at Moody Gardens in Galveston.
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After the devastation that Hurricane Harvey wrought all over the Houston area, first responders, more than ever, deserved a time to let loose and shine on a big stage, and Saturday’s Battle of the Badges at the Moody Gardens Convention Center certainly fit that bill.
Today is Labor Day and the last of the big summer holidays. Unfortunately, this year it will go down as a big disappointment, as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey and its floodwaters left many anglers facing dire circumstances and fishing was the last thing on their minds. Bait camps are out …
We are all thankful that Harvey is out of here. Unfortunately scars of the hurricane remain and is something that will be with us for quite some time.
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The Houston Texans faced the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in a preseason game on Saturday night at NRG Stadium.
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The dream that Texas City’s D’Onta Foreman and La Marque’s Brian Allen realized in April’s NFL Draft became reality for Galveston’s Nick Williams on Friday, albeit on a different type of field.
Volunteer coaches are needed for The Christina Grillo Sullivan Foundation’s newly-formed Adaptive Tennis Program.
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Last year’s Texas Outlaw Challenge closed the book on the event’s nine-year, first chapter, as the event’s producer put it; this week’s began the second.
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A Galveston local will compete at the 10th annual National Shootout for the Texas Outlaw Challenge.
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