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All-NBA Teams

All-NBA Teams Voting by a 115-member panel of local and national pro basketball writers and broadcasters. Each ballot has entries for three teams; points awarded on 5-3-1 basis. First Team…

National Football League Team Profiles

America's Favorite Pastime by Mark Zurlo With millions of fans across the globe, football has become one of the world's most popular sports, and has (arguably) replaced baseball…

Evans, Donald L.

ex-secretary of CommerceBirthplace: Houston, Tex.Born: 7/27/46

Defensive Player of the Year

The Henry Iba Award, for defensive skills, sportsmanship and dedication; first presented by the Rotary Club of River Oaks in Houston in 1987 and named after the late Oklahoma St. and U.S.…

Drury, Allen

novelistBirthplace: HoustonBorn: 1918Died: 1998

David Bay Chalmers, 2005 News

oil executive, was indicted in April on charges that he and his Houston-based company , Bayoil U.S.A., paid the Iraqi government millions in kickbacks in exchange for contracts to buy Iraqi…

Rebecca Lobo

A forward and center with a scorer's touch, Rebecca Lobo was a star of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball teams of the mid-1990s. In 1995 she led UConn to a 35-0 record and the NCAA…

Beyoncé

(Beyoncé Giselle Knowles)singerBirthplace: Houston, Tex.Born: 9/4/81

Sheryl Swoopes

In 1993 Sheryl Swoopes, playing for Texas Tech University, scored a record 47 points in a national championship game. After college, Swoopes competed internationally, and in 1996 she won an Olympic…