Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com We’ve seen how Rob Gronkowski parties when he’s wearing a cast. He can now go back to partying without one. Gronkowski has shed the cast that was covering his re-broken forearm, an injury suffered nearly five weeks ago during a divisional win over t… |
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Texans general manager Rick Smith and former Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson will be honored Saturday night with the Charlie Ward Tribute to Excellence Award. Smith and Dawson follow Tony Dungy and Bobby Bowden as winners of the award for commitm… |
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NEW YORK -- Clyde Drexler, Dikembe Mutombo, Hakeem Olajuwon, Rudy Tomjanovich, and Yao Ming will serve as judges in the 2013 Sprite Slam Dunk (8pm ET, TNT), the NBA announced today. The five Houston Rockets legends will score all of the dunks in the fir… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com There was a lot of chatter recently about Texans running back Arian Foster possibly having heart surgery and we’ll find out where things stand when Foster joins Erik Kuselias on Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network Friday. Foster said that no surgery… |
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Felix Huang, dimemag.com Back on Dec. 10, Jeremy Lin matched his career high in scoring, dropping 38 in a Lone Star State thriller against San Antonio. The Rockets lost in overtime, but Lin’s performance was an encouraging sign. Up to that point, his production had been inconsi… |
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Erik Bedard was used to being creative. Being a major league starting pitcher and spending the offseason in snowy Ottawa isn’t the simplest of combinations. Bedard had thrown inside his uncle’s chicken farm before, firing off fastb… |
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Rick Ankiel had been in an Astros uniform three hours when it clicked. At 8:35 a.m. Tuesday, he quietly snuck into his new team’s locker room, wearing shorts and a T-shirt, texting while giving his first interview. “I multi-task. I… |
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Welcome to “Eight in the Box,” a new NFL Nation feature that will appear each Friday during the offseason. This week’s topic: Which free agent is essential for each team to keep from its 2012 roster? Houston Texans: Free safety Glover Quin. A conver… |
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A week ago, Chris Carter had been penciled in as the Astros’ starting left-fielder. The only problem: Carter’s barely played the position during his 106-game, three-year career and he acknowledged Friday he’s much more comfortabl… |
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Astros owner Jim Crane and president and CEO George Postolos will be arriving in camp for Saturday's first official full-squad workout of the spring, manager Bo Porter said. |
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Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports speculates about how teams will approach the franchise tag this offseason. Houston and Tennessee fall into the "Might use it" category. Houston Texans Nick Scurfield continues the team website's review of the sea… |
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