Let’s go USWNT

I can’t get over how spot on this is.

Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes, an NCAA champion with Texas Tech and four-time WNBA champion with the Houston Comets, threw out the ceremonial first pitch while wearing a custom orange Astros jersey and a World Series hat signed by Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña. She threw a strike.

I’m super bummed and all that the Astros are out, but imagine complaining about this World Series because lower records or no coastal teams or whatever. These teams earned it and that was a great Game 1

HOUSTON MAYORAL RUNOFF: John Whitmire: 65.2% Sheila Jackson Lee: 34.7% This is all early votes, which usually account for about 50-60% of the total. houstonchronicle.com/projects/2023/…

LSU-South Carolina was the most-watched sporting event of Thursday night, topping the NBA on TNT (Celtics-Heat) head-to-head: sportsmediawatch.com/2024/01/thursd…

EXCLUSIVE TO CHRON: Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta plans to submit a bid on a WNBA expansion franchise in the coming weeks, a source with knowledge of the bidding process told Chron 🏀 Read more here 👉 trib.al/kR1ZdKk

busy people of houston (harris county), please note ✨you can vote on the weekend: -sat 10/26: 7am-7pm -sun 10/27: 12pm-7pm ✨next week has extended hours: -mon tues wed 10/28-10/30: 7am-8pm -thurs 10/31 HALLOWEEN: 7am-9pm ✨final day of early voting: -fri 11/1: 7am-7pm

My column on the Luka Doncic deal. A trade so dumb there has to be a political angle houstonchronicle.com/opinion/column…

BREAKING: Houston women’s basketball coach Ronald Hughey has resigned after 11 seasons .

Final bracketology projections entering the Selection Show! cbssports.com/womens-college…

For anyone interested - I put together a 16-page preview of the Women's NCAA Tournament today, full of research notes and trends to sink your teeth into over the next few days (or weeks). docs.google.com/document/d/1YU…

Jeff Passan slams ‘ghouls’ who removed Jackie Robinson Army article from Pentagon website ow.ly/l5fy1062TCA

Heavyweight champion, proud Houstonian George Foreman dead at 76 years old houstonchronicle.com/sports/general… via @houstonchron

Texas coach Vic Schaefer, on his Longhorns facing TCU in the NCAA Women’s Elite Eight on Monday night here in Birmingham: “We could probably have just played in Corsicana and saved everybody a bunch of money.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.

Kelvin Sampson with a message after Houston came back to beat Duke in the Final Four 🗣️

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