A pair of George Springer dingers – including an inside the park hustle and the 2,000th Astros home run hit inside Minute Maid Park – help the Houston Astros close out their final home …
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By Joe Southern | Special to the Katy Times
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9/21/20
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As the Constellation Energy League heads into its last week of play, it’s former players that continue to make the news.
Last week the Houston Astros promoted former Team Skeeter pitcher …
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By Joe Southern | Special to the Katy Times
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8/29/20
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Competition is beginning to heat up at Constellation Field where the four teams in the Constellation Energy League are hitting their groove with two full weeks of competition under their …
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By Joe Southern | Special to the Katy Times
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7/31/20
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Despite losing their 15-game win streak over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, the Houston Astros bounced back to take the final game of the series and open their season with a 3-1 record.
Michael …
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By Cole McNanna | Special to the Katy Times
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7/30/20
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The Houston Astros are continuing their daily Summer Camp training workouts at Minute Maid Park and the University of Houston in preparation for a 60-game season that will start July 24 if it …
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By Joe Southern | Special to the Katy Times
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7/19/20
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The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a serious curveball at Major League Baseball, but the league hit back with plans for a shortened 60-game season that comes with some curves of its own.
After …
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By Joe Southern | Special to the Katy Times
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7/2/20
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Tuesday evening, the Major League Baseball Players Association finalized an agreement to report to camp on July 1 for a 60-game season beginning either July 23 or 24.
After months of negotiations, …
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By Cole McNanna | Sports Reporter
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6/28/20
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*Clarification appendedIn a new proclamation, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that fans will be allowed at outdoor professional sporting events in most Texas counties with limited occupancy, under a new …
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By Alex Samuels | The Texas Tribune
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6/9/20
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The University Interscholastic League acknowledged Tex. Gov. Greg Abbott’s May 18 press conference where sporting events can return on May 31 without fans and released an update that will allow …
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By Cole McNanna | Sports Reporter
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5/24/20
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The schedule for the 2020 NFL season was released last Thursday evening, May 7, and is set to start on Sept. 10 when the Houston Texans travel to Kansas City, Mo. and take on the defending Super Bowl …
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By Cole McNanna | Sports Reporter
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5/17/20
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For the first time since 2016, the first overall pick of the NFL Draft did not play his high school football in the state of Texas as Ohio’s Joe Burrow stayed in Cincinnati and will quarterback …
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By Cole McNanna | Special to the Katy Times
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5/10/20
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After all of about 48 hours on the free-agency market, former Katy High School and Texas Christian University quarterback Andy Dalton signed a deal with a base salary of $3 million to be the backup …
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By Cole McNanna | Special to the Katy Times
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5/10/20
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In 1918, an influenza panic much like today’s COVID-19 struck the nation.
The Spanish flu, as it was often called, killed at least 50 million victims worldwide, and 675,000 in the U.S. …
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By Joe Guzzardi | Special to the Katy Times
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5/1/20
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After canceling the rest of its rebooted regular season last month, the XFL
announced Friday morning that it has suspended day-to-day operations and laid off
team and league employees, …
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By Cole McNanna | Sports Reporter
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4/10/20
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The XFL, Harris County-Houston Sports Authority and University of Houston announced Thursday, Feb. 13, that Houston and TDECU Stadium on the UH campus will host the league’s championship game on Sunday, April 26.
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Staff Reports
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2/13/20
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When he was eight years old, Todd McVey was handed a flyer. It had the Miami Dolphins on it.
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By DENNIS SILVA II, Times Sports Editor
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1/20/20
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As spectacularly as it started, it finished just as miserably.
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By DENNIS SILVA II, Times Sports Editor
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1/16/20
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Two Houston Texans with Katy ties played significant roles in the Texans’ 22-19 AFC Wild Card playoff win over the Buffalo Bills on Jan. 4 at NRG Stadium.
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By DENNIS SILVA II, Times Sports Editor
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1/8/20
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It goes down on the stat sheet as a third-down sack in the third quarter, with the Buffalo Bills leading the Houston Texans by 13 points before adding another three points with the ensuing field goal.
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By DENNIS SILVA II, Times Sports Editor
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1/8/20
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Heading into Saturday’s AFC wild card playoff game against Buffalo, the Texans were cautiously optimistic about the possible return of star defensive end J.J. Watt.
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By DENNIS SILVA II, Times Sports Editor
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12/30/19
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