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Sunday, November 04, 2012  Matt Schaub threw two touchdown passes, Arian Foster ran for 111 yards against Buffalo's NFL-worst rushing defense and the Houston Texans beat former top pick Mario Williams and the Bills 21-9 on Sunday.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Arian Foster ran for 152 yards and a touchdown, and the Houston Texans stayed unbeaten by defeating the New York Jets for the first time in team history, hanging on for a 23-17 victory Monday night.

Friday, August 24, 2012  Jordan Lyles won for the first time in two months and the Houston Astros snapped a seven-game skid Friday night with a 3-1 victory over the sluggish New York Mets, giving Tony DeFrancesco his first win as a major league manager.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Jeremy Lin is taking his game off Broadway - way off - to Houston after the Knicks announced Tuesday night they would not match the Rockets' three-year, $25 million offer for the restricted free agent.

Sunday, January 15, 2012  If style points and offensive fireworks meant anything, the Baltimore Ravens wouldn't stand a chance of making it to the AFC championship.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  The Big East is reportedly set to announce the additions of Boise State and San Diego State as football-only members and Houston, Central Florida and SMU for all sports as soon as Wednesday.

Sunday, August 14, 2011  The return of Plaxico Burress will have to wait. Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has work to do with his other receivers anyway when New York opens the preseason against Houston on Monday night.

Saturday, June 25, 2011  New Rockets coach Kevin McHale, a brash talker himself when he played for the Boston Celtics, smiled as he reeled in the team's latest acquisitions at an introductory news conference.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  A person with knowledge of the deal says the Houston Rockets have traded the 23rd and 38th picks in the draft, a future first-round pick and center Brad Miller to Minnesota for 7-foot Lithuanian Donatas Motiejunas and point guard Jonny Flynn.

Saturday, May 14, 2011  R.A. Dickey is still searching for control of his knuckleball. The Houston Astros, though, certainly had no trouble handling it. Dickey gave up six runs and 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings on Saturday as the Astros defeated the New York Mets 7-3. Dickey (1-5) has lost five in a row and hasn't earned a win since his first start against the Florida Marlins on April 3.

Monday, March 14, 2011  To those of us who have been predicting the outcome of NCAA tournaments since before there was a 3-point line or 35-second shot clock, the great news of the 2011 edition of March Madness was that there are three more games to get right.

Sunday, October 10, 2010  As soon as the Houston Texans returned from a win at Oakland last Sunday, general manager Rick Smith gave the coach an alarming update: The Giants had put up nine sacks in the first half of a 17-3 win over Chicago and knocked Bears quarterback Jay Cutler out of the game with a concussion.

Sunday, August 29, 2010  Brett Myers pitched at least six innings again, Carlos Lee homered off Johan Santana again and two of the few remaining veterans on the young Astros gave Houston a team first: a win at Citi Field.

Saturday, June 12, 2010  Playing without Alex Rodriguez again, the New York Yankees found plenty of power elsewhere.