Podcast: Is Paolo Banchero in Houston’s future?

Houston Rockets 5/22 11:51A Dave Hardisty

The Rockets had the worst record in the league in 2021-22 but ever since the NBA changed the lottery odds in 2019, that just doesn t mean as much for your chances of getting the #1 pick. Still, Houston hit on a roughly 40% chance by landing in...

Houston-based app aims to score with golfers of all skill levels

Culturemap Houston Sports 5/19 8:22A CultureMap Create

The game of golf got its start in 15th century Scotland, but a 21st-century app can help you show off new and improved skills on your favorite courses in Houston and beyond. Golf Live gives instant...

Rockets will pick third in the 2022 NBA Draft

Houston Rockets 5/17 8:35A Clutch

From the end of the season to the lottery has felt like an eternity, but we now know where the Houston Rockets will be picking. The Rockets will pick 3rd in the 2022 NBA Draft after the results were announced Tuesday night. The good news is the...

'World's largest running event' races into Houston for a good cause

Culturemap Houston Sports 5/6 11:20A Steven Devadanam

The largest running event in history is coming to Houston. The Wings for Life World Run, which raises money for spinal cord injury research, kicks off at 6 am Sunday, May 8. The annual event unites...

Astros' Dusty Baker becomes first Black MLB manager to score 2000 wins

Culturemap Houston Sports 5/4 7:52A ABC13 Staff

Houston Astros team leader Dusty Baker became the 12th manager in major league history to win 2,000 games -- and the first Black manager to reach the milestone -- with the Houston Astros' 4-0 victory...

Introducing the Rocket Fuel Podcast

Houston Rockets 5/2 4:06A Clutch

I m excited about this. We re launching our second podcast at ClutchFans today, with Lachard Binkley ( BinkleyHoops ) and Anthony Duckett ( a_duckett ) hosting the new Rocket Fuel podcast . Lachard knows the Rockets. He is a longtime Houston...

Houston Texans host free Draft Day fan bash at Miller Outdoor Theatre

Culturemap Houston Sports 4/27 12:00P Steven Devadanam

The recent hiring of NFL all-around good guy Lovie Smith as head coach and a slew of early draft picks this year -- including No. 3 overall -- has created a much-needed buzz among often beleaguered...

The Rockets should trade Jae’Sean Tate

Houston Rockets 4/22 1:42A Clutch

As we enter another important offseason for the Houston Rockets, most Clutch City fanatics understand that Eric Gordon and Christian Wood will likely need to be traded this summer. But what about Jae Sean Tate ? The 6-foot-4 wing/smallball four...

Clemens, Drexler, and Swoopes to be honored in Houston hall of fame

Culturemap Houston Sports 4/19 12:31P Steven Devadanam

Roger Clemens, Clyde Drexler, and Sheryl Swoopes share more than a mutual history of super-stardom here -- they all also wore the same number. Now, these three legends who donned No. 22 will be...

Here's why the Houston Gamblers USFL team has zero to do with Houston

Culturemap Houston Sports 4/15 8:00A Ken Hoffman

Spring has sprung in Houston, birds are chirping, we're praying our lawnmowers start, guys are back on their bikes wearing ridiculous Spandex shorts, our cars are covered with whatever that disgusting...

After 62 losses, Rockets season was one big win

Houston Rockets 4/11 5:43A Clutch

Success is not the first word that comes to mind when you think of the 2021-22 Houston Rockets, but maybe it should be. Despite finishing with a 20-62 record, the Rockets accomplished in one season something that can take several years decades...

Ken Hoffman on the Astros chances and why Opening Day hits different

Culturemap Houston Sports 4/7 9:35A Ken Hoffman

At precisely 8:38 pm Thursday, April 7 Houston time -- give or take a brief delay for yet another Progressive Insurance commercial (love the Dr. Rick spots) -- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani...

Tour de Houston bike ride welcomes cyclists with scenic city path

Culturemap Houston Sports 3/25 2:32P Steven Devadanam

Heads up, Houston cyclists: an annual bike ride is back and is welcoming participants to roll out. The annual Tour de Houston has returned after a hiatus due to COVID and runs Sunday, April 3. Kicking...

Roar for the UH Cougars at this free downtown outdoor watch party

Culturemap Houston Sports 3/17 8:42A Steven Devadanam

As local hoops fans know, March Madness is back and University of Houston Cougars have clinched the American Athletic Conference Championship and now face the University of Alabama at Birmingham...