This is very well done.

I see Sam Salz is trending again. From last September, detailing how an Orthodox Jew who had never played high school football earned a place on Texas A&M's scout team houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n…

Just overheard a 9-year-old tell his friend a yo mama joke. So nice to know some generational traditions will never be eradicated by technology 🥲

Wow. I had no idea how heavily Texas was using AI to grade STAAR test essays.

Starting last December, all student essay responses were fed through a computer program for scoring.

More from Edward McKinley and Megan Menchaca

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The Astros will send José Abreu to their spring training facility in Florida starting tomorrow, Dana Brown said. Brown said it is to get Abreu at-bats and Abreu was “unselfishly on board.”

From the article:

“Fertitta told us he planned on registering his interest with the WNBA in the coming weeks. A spokeswoman for the league declined to say whether that had taken place yet.”

NEW: Texans receiver Tank Dell suffers minor injuries in Florida shooting. More on the story, including an update on Tank. houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n… via @houstonchron

World Champions Centre gymnast and LSU commit Zoe Miller announces that her elite career is over due to a shoulder injury she suffered in February.

Tough news after Miller won two Pan Am Games gold medals (team and UB) last year, but she has a college career to look forward to.

One of the greatest to ever take the court 🙌

A look back at Candace Parker’s rookie season when she became the first and ONLY #WNBA  player to win Rookie of the Year & MVP in the same season.

Houston city officials halt major part of Shepherd and Durham redesign, risking millions in funding houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas starts comeback in Katy at American Classic trib.al/wVlAmKj

Learned a lot about José Urquidy’s childhood and early baseball career in Mexico while reporting this feature last season: houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n…

And here’s Matt’s story from Mexico City on what the Astros' trip means for the club and MLB’s ambitions: houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n…

Story on Simone Biles' coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi being hired at UGA and leaving World Champions Centre (after the Paris Olympics) houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n…

If the Texans trade into the first round, I could see them going for Illinois DT Jer'Zhan Newton. To me, he makes the most sense.

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alyssa We are good! It was a family decision, not an easy one but one that we all agreed on and are ready to take on !
He is staying so our daughter can finish high school then she’ll move to Auburn for diving, he’ll join me in Athens and decide what he will want to do next!1/2

The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are fewer than 100 days away. Among the athletes to watch: Houston native Kelsey Bing, an engineer, prankster and USA Field Hockey goalkeeper.

Read all about Bing here (gift link): houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-n…