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Tom Kirkendall

@bigtkirk

Bold in thought, precise in speech, moderate in action.

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Here is Andy Bailey's Andy Bailey cumulative advanced stat ranking of Houston Rockets players on the NBA season to date among 344 eligible NBA players. Şengün and VanVleet continue to lead the way, while Smith and Eason have made big jumps in the rankings since the end of last…

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In its continuing effort to show how out of touch it is with its readership, the Houston Chronicle's lead editorial today is about the superiority of flag football over tackle football. Meanwhile, the Chron relegates the latest game of one of Houston's most popular teams -- the…

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The funniest thing about all the folks complaining about how unwatchable this year's bowl games have been is that the bowl game in which Iowa is a participant hasn't even been played yet.

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After yesterday's beatdown of Penn, the Houston Cougars retained their top ranking in the KenPom rankings by the largest margin of this season to date over the second-place team (currently Purdue). Houston is also the top-ranked defensive team in the KenPom rankings.

But storm…

After yesterday's beatdown of Penn, the Houston Cougars retained their top ranking in the KenPom rankings by the largest margin of this season to date over the second-place team (currently Purdue). Houston is also the top-ranked defensive team in the KenPom rankings. But storm…
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Luka Doncic had the most productive game of the NBA season to date last night in the Mavericks win over the Suns.

Luka Doncic had the most productive game of the NBA season to date last night in the Mavericks win over the Suns.
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Here is Andy Bailey's Andy Bailey cumulative advanced stat ranking of Houston Rockets players among 378 eligible NBA players on the season to date. Since the end of the 2022-23 season, Sengun has improved to 26th from 53rd and Smith has improved over 225 (!) places to 97th…

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Today is the 80th birthday of the late Dr. Ross Lence, the legendary University of Houston political philosophy professor who passed away in 2006.

Dr. Lence was the quintessential university character. He combined academic brilliance with a lighthearted nature, a sharp wit,…

Today is the 80th birthday of the late Dr. Ross Lence, the legendary University of Houston political philosophy professor who passed away in 2006. Dr. Lence was the quintessential university character. He combined academic brilliance with a lighthearted nature, a sharp wit,…
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The seeds of Wilsonian foreign policy: A quirky American diplomat teamed with the Viennese psychoanalyst to understand the mind of Woodrow Wilson. wsj.com/arts-culture/b… via WSJ Books Section

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He won't be 22 for a couple of months and he is only in his third NBA year, but it's the frequency of games like this one last night that make me doubt whether Jalen Green will ever develop the consistency to be a top 25 NBA player: basketball.realgm.com/nba/boxscore/2…

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What was Henry Kissinger really like? @NFergus, his authorized biographer, gets to the man behind the legend: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via Bloomberg Opinion

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This is a fine tribute to the late Henry Kissinger. He was and remains a profoundly misunderstood public figure. He served bravely for the US in Europe during WWII only a few years after becoming a US citizen. And his realist foreign policy accepted both the limits of military…

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Inasmuch as he has been essentially rehabbing his arm since the 2021 playoffs, I wouldn't characterize his rehab 'as going well': houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n…

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Houston does not give in to the sunk cost fallacy after all. One of the strangest coaching tenures in UH football history comes to an end. For much of this year, Holgorsen seemingly invited UH to fire him. As a result, one of the most attractive head coaching positions in the…

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