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June 2008
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Recently by Giff Nielsen
I smiled when I got a call from our stations managing editor Bill Bishop earlier today. He was so excited that the Houston Texans were on Monday Night Football. This guy is talented at what he does in the television world but deep down he is a true sports fanatic. He loves the Texans and he also loves talking about some of the great Monday night games in Houston history. That got me thinking about maybe the best Monday night football game ever at least according to Howard Cosell. The Astrodome was the setting back in 1978. The Oilers were hosting the Miami Dolphins. I was a rookie quarterback trying t... Last week I was walking around the news room and quite a few of my colleagues were talking about the Masters. "Was this the start of Tiger Woods quest for a Grand Slam?" they were asking. (that's winning all four major tournaments in the same year) Many thought Tiger was just the player to do it and they wanted to know where I stood on the subject. The mere thought of that question shows that Tiger is one of the two greatest golfers to ever play. They used to say the same thing about Jack Nicklaus during his prime. So we sat and watched Tiger for four straight days play medicore golf on the most beauti... It is Friday afternoon and I"m on my way down to Toyota Center to do a live shot prior to the Rockets big game with the Suns. The contest has all sorts of playoff implications depending on who wins or who loses as far as that goes. But that might not be the big story of the night. At about 6:15, the Rockets are unveiling a bronze statue of Hakeem "the Dream" Olajuwon out in front of Toyota Center, the only former player to be so recognized and why not! Just sitting here writing this brings a smile to my face thinking how great he was in his prime. He did things no center in the history of the game could... Here we go again. Anytime the baseball season begins, everyone is excited but those positive thoughts have quickley vanished as the Astros open the first ten games of the season 3-7. Every year we go through this it seems like and so now the analyzing begins. The so called experts were worried about the starting pitching and they should have been with new faces and those coming off injurries. But the starting pitching has been a bright spot other than the ace Roy Oswalt. For some reason Roy O has struggled and you know he will get it together quickly so the rest of the guys need to stay healthy and ke... I was watching the Masters par three tournament this afternoon and thinking about how Tiger was going to do this week at Augusta. It also reminded me of a converstation I recently had with some friends about his seven tournament winning streak. To see how the players on tour hit the golf ball and then witness Tiger dominate is overwhelming. I mean how good is this guy to be able to pull off the shots each week to win. It's amazing! One of my friends then asked me. What I thought was harder to do, win seven straight professional golf tournaments or put together 22 straight wins in the NBA as the Rocket...
There has been a lot of speculation about what the Texans are doing right now with their quarterbacks. They recently signed free agent Quinn Gray from Jacksonville and he is solid but untested. I think they have one of the best young quarterbacks in the league in Matt Schaub leading the way and they may have the best backup QB in the league in Sage Rosenfels. There has been a whole lot of speculation on Sage being moved for a draft choice but head coach Gary Kubiak and General Manager Rick Smith are not playing that card right now but it's a day to day kind of thing. The fact is, the are holding three aces. Ever...
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