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The practice paid off. James Harden scored 42 points as the Houston Rockets snapped the Trail Blazers' 13-game winning streak with a 115-111 victory.

For the second year in a row Jose Altuve was voted outstanding player for the AL and Giancarlo Stanton is the most outstanding for the NL in Players Choice Awards balloting by the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Last night, former Yakima Bears broadcaster Robert Ford became the first radio play-by-play announcer to call a World Series win for the Houston Astros

M's get swept by the Astros and fall 3.5 games. M's needs to take out the Angels to keep in the hunt.

HOUSTON (AP) — Anybody using Uber in Houston during Super Bowl week can thank the big game for their ride. Uber had threatened to leave Houston ahead of the Super Bowl, insisting various city regulations, including fingerprint background checks of drivers, were too burdensome and prevented drivers from working. ...

Unabashed Seattle Seahawks fan and nationally known stand-up comic Craig Gass ("King of Queens", "Sex In the City", "The Howard Stern Show", "Family Guy") has, for years now, has crashed the annual Super Bowl Media Day to ask participating coaches and players alike absurd questions and offer his advice.

There are a lot of charities out there, and I'd love to be involved with most of them. Pegasus Project is one of them -- such an incredible cause. They provide therapy for adults and children with special needs by getting them on horseback and teaching them to care for horses -- which helps clients cope with what they are going through. The Pegasus Project is always in need of donations.

There's another crazy story of captivity and this time it's centered around a house in Houston.

It may only be the second week of June, but the pennant race in both leagues for classiest move by a major league team is over. Earlier this week, the Texas Rangers drafted a paralyzed player in this year’s Major League Baseball draft, while their cross-state rivals Houston Astros did the same.