Alan Truex: Baseball got squeezed in London but the Brits loved it
After Queen Elizabeth attended her first major-league baseball game – 1991 in Baltimore – she remarked, “Seemed like nothing much
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Alan Truex: Yankees & Astros are destructive. Even self-destructive
Updated Thursday, June 27, 2019 HOUSTON – When the Astros and Yankees met last week for four games in the
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Mark Roberson: For Gary Woodland, the Open is a day at the beach
Finally, a U.S. Open we don’t have to agonize over. Instead of the typically brutal course conditions causing the players
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Alan Truex: Dallas Keuchel is a victim of analytics
HOUSTON — Dallas Keuchel is an anachronism. Four years ago he was the best pitcher in the American League, destined
Read moreAlan Truex: Racing under fire in the West, but Belmont’s still a jewel
Updated Wednesday, June 5 In a good year the Belmont Stakes is the apex of the horse racing season: final
Read moreAlan Truex: Fertitta in panic mode, taking the Rockets apart
Updated Thursday, May 30 HOUSTON – A year ago, when he bought the Rockets from Leslie Alexander, Tilman Fertitta let
Read moreAlan Truex: Improbable battles Bourbon War at creaky Pimlico
Updated Thursday, May 16 Pimlico Race Course, in a very nonexclusive suburb of Baltimore and home of the 144-year-old Preakness
Read moreAlan Truex: Maximum Security was set up to fail
In a crowd of 156,000, many thousands stood in the rain at Churchill Downs waiting to cash tickets for No.
Read moreAlan Truex: Texans wanted better, but Tytus Howard can play
HOUSTON — This is not a happy place in the wake of the NFL Draft. It’s, well, almost a real
Read moreAlan Truex: Hockey is the now sport — even in Central Texas
Updated Thursday, April 25 LLANO, Texas — The jukebox was silent, but the chatter was loud and enthusiastic. The patrons
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