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Astros sweep doubleheader from Oakland
The Houston Astros finally got back to doing what they love and that is playing baseball. After having two days off as a safety precaution due to inclement weather that was supposed to make its way towards the city. Houston, in a collaborative effort with the Oakland A’s postponed Friday’s game to unite and raise awareness against the social injustice and systemic racism that has our country on edge and divided in some instances.
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A Major League Winning Streak
Astros defeat the Mariners to win third game in a row
One of my favorite movies of all-times is Major League II, staring Omar Epps, Charlie Sheen, and James Gammon who played the manager of the Cleveland Indians.
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Making Up For Lost Time
Astros go extra innings to close out the series against the Angels
Have you ever heard of the phrase, “Making up for lost time?” It seems like it is becoming the mantra for the 2020 MLB season for the Houston Astros after an over three-month layoff due the COVID-19. On Sunday, Houston (5-4) defeated the Los Angeles Angels (3-7) by a score of 6-5 in extra innings to win the series 2-1. The game was the Astros third extra inning game out of the last four played.
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Michael Smith: ESPN Panicked & 'Muted' Him and Jemele Hill
Can’t say we didn’t see this coming. Now that his former partner in crime, Jemele Hill, has been pressured to leave their SportsCenter gig, Michael Smith is speaking out saying what’s on his mind as far as how he’s now being treated.
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The Forgotten Issue - Police Violence Against Black Men (and Women)
A photo of Colin Kaepernick tweeted out by Jennifer Lee Chan on August 26, 2016 launched a public debate. Kaepernick stated his action (sitting, which led to kneeling, during the anthem) was due to the oppression of people of color and ongoing issues with police brutality.
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Reporters share personal memories of George H.W. Bush
This week on "Inside Politics," our panel of top political reporters shared some of their memories of covering President George H.W. Bush.
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Life coach Tony Robbins issues apology after comments on #MeToo movement
Life coach Tony Robbins apologized Sunday for his comments about the #MeToo movement after suggesting during a March event that some women use it to gain significance by playing the victim.
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President Trump Says Rep. Maxine Waters Needs ‘an IQ test’ at Gridiron Dinner, She Responds
President Trump was at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner on Saturday when he said that Rep. Maxine Waters “has to immediately take an IQ test.”
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Juice WRLD's posthumous album 'Legends Never Die' drops, leaving fans emotional
Late rapper Juice WRLD's hotly anticipated posthumous album "Legends Never Die" dropped Friday, prompting reports from fans that interest in the release caused his Spotify page to temporarily crash.
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Rice scientist goes deep to improve environmental tracers
Laurence Yeung wins NSF CAREER Award to study biosphere’s history
With the help of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Rice University geoscientist Laurence Yeung and his team intend to improve scientific analysis of oxygen isotopes recovered over the past few decades from Earth’s rocks, oceans and atmosphere.
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"Black Widow" by Leslie Gray Streeter
You find yourself spinning, spinning, spinning. When you lose someone, that's how it feels: like you're spinning in place, you can't think or understand, and there's a time limit, as if you're in one of those game show Cash Machines and you can't catch a thing. You can barely fathom that, as in the new book "Black Widow" by Leslie Gray Streeter, it will get better.
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Trump Gives Putin a Free Pass
Russian President Vladimir Putin came late to the Helsinki Summit with Donald Trump on Monday and spoke first at the news conference afterward. He handed Trump a soccer ball from the World Cup, but he clearly walked away with the trophy for the World Cup of politics, largely because Trump, in a bizarre and unprecedented performance, kept scoring own goals on Putin's behalf.
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Toronto gunman's relatives said he had mental health issues, but they never expected this rampage
The killer's family had tried to get him help for years. But nothing helped mitigate Faisal Hussain's mental health issues, his relatives said. Now they -- along with many others in Toronto -- are devastated by Hussain's shooting rampage that killed two people and wounded 13 others late Sunday night.
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Flint water crisis case moving to trial
Michigan’s top public health official will stand trial for the deaths of two men, who allegedly died of Legionnaires’ disease tied to the Flint water crisis.
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High Octane
Texans defeat the Lions 30 – 23 to win their first preseason game
Texans fans got a glimpse of what the upcoming season is going to look like as they watched the hometown team defeat the Detroit Lions 30 – 23. The first team offense under new offensive coordinator Tim Kelly put together a great 75-yard scoring drive that was capped off by a 4-yard touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson to DeAndre Hopkins.
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Century Mark
Astros defeat the Rangers 3-2 to reach 100-wins for third straight year
It is not often a baseball fan gets to witness the team they cheer for get 100 wins in a season. On tonight, 38,417 fans did. The Astros (100-53) defeated the Texas Rangers (74-79) 3-2 behind a strong pitching performance from the Major League leader in strikeouts, Gerrit Cole (18-5). He also became the fastest pitcher in Astros history to reach 300 strikeouts in a season. The last pitchers to reach such an accomplishment were Mike Scott in 1986 (306) and J.R. Richards, who did it twice in 1978 (307) and 1979 (313).
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Donald Trump Jr. says there was 'nothing to change' in testimony before Senate panel
Donald Trump Jr. said Wednesday that he did not have to correct his previous testimony and is "not at all" worried about perjury after a two-and-a-half hour, closed-door interview before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Trump's Personal Lawyer Claims the President Can't Obstruct Justice
President Donald Trump's personal attorney, John Dowd, claims the President cannot be guilty of obstructing justice, according to an interview with Axios.
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What Would ‘King’ Do In A Global COVID-19 Pandemic?
“This is our country; this is our house,” one riot- er told a reporter while storming the US Capitol last week in support of President Donald Trump. its shingle covering.”
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Rand Paul's ridiculous answer on whether the election was 'stolen'
Even now -- after the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president, after the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, after the myriad lawsuit dismissals -- Rand Paul can't bring himself to say that the 2020 election was not, in fact, stolen.
