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A sports blog with John P. Lopez, hosted by the Houston Chronicle.

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posted on
August 21st, 2007
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HC: Lopez@Large
based in
Houston

-- 30 --

An open letter to the fine people of the Houston Chronicle:

For the past 18 years, I have made it a goal to avoid sports cliches. As the copy editors among you know, I've had mixed results ...

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posted on
August 21st, 2007
from
HC: Lopez@Large
based in
Houston

Mack the Warden, Stoops is as Stoops does and, uh, Frantastic?

Sometimes the worst thing about college football season are the abundance of over-the-top crazy fans who take insults and paranoia to hurtful levels.

At the core of trash-talk is absolute p ...

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posted on
August 16th, 2007
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HC: Lopez@Large
based in
Houston

The thing that makes David Beckham special

There probably will be thousands of soccer fans who will say they were there the night David Beckham put on a spectacular show in his first real action in a Los Angeles Galaxy uniform.

In r ...

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posted on
August 10th, 2007
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HC: Lopez@Large
based in
Houston

Texans preseason to-do list:

Here we are in the midst of the Optimistic Season.

In other words, it's training camp and the preseason, when nothing really counts.

But as we're kicking off the preseason now, wher ...

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posted on
August 8th, 2007
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HC: Lopez@Large
based in
Houston

If Bonds gets away with this, kids suffer; And H.S. Football

The impact of a tainted would-be baseball hero has, and will be, discussed to no end. In the wake of Barry Bonds breaking the most hallowed record in sports, there will be arguments over when he be ...

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