After recently being accused of using PEDs during his playing career, former Astros pitcher Roger Clemens appears in front of ...
Jim Carola, who passed away Monday, spent 28 years as the Houston Oilers PA announcer at the Astrodome and 40 years at KILT ...
1947 — Boston’s Bill Cowley becomes the NHL all-time scoring leader when he scores a goal and an assist for the Bruins in a 10-1 win over the New York Rangers. Cowley’s 529 points is one more than Syd ...
Howard Twilley sits in his three-story Tulsa house and evidence of the good life is all around him. A section of a wall in the room he uses for an office is decorated with pictorial highlights of a ...
On Aug. 3, 1975, the Louisiana Superdome opened to the public after nine years of development, delays, anticipation, and ...
UT has officially renamed the Battle Hall library after John Chase, the University’s first Black architecture student, according to a Jan. 23 news release published on his 100th birthday. The library ...
Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at Selena's ...
1967 — Muhammad Ali successfully defends his world heavyweight title with a 15-round decision over Ernest Terrell in the Houston Astrodome. 1970 — The NBA expands to 18 teams with the addition of ...
The building has hosted stirring scenes since it opened, but it will be forever remembered locally for its role in the ...
When Harris County made plans for a new football stadium in the late 1990s, one lasting memory from the Astrodome served as a guiding light. The county owned the building, but it put the Astros ...
The Astrodome has been closed since 2009, and stakeholders are planning the future of the historic venue as part of broader discussions at NRG Park. Several recent design studies have envisioned ...