Houston Dynamo

Houston's newest sports dynasty

3875 Holman St.
Houston, TX 77204

Kicking and Screening Film Festival at the Angelika

Angelika Film Center (Closed)

Jul 25th, 2010 at 11:00 AM

Suffering from World Cup withdrawal? The Houston Dynamos host a day-long film festival highlighting the world's favorite sport. Dynamo forward Brian Ching will make a special appearance. Proceeds benefit ...

Robertson Stadium

The all-mighty Cougars football team and soccer, too

3874 Holman St.
Houston, TX 77004

Sports Rule

Soccer beats reading? Dynamos get their approval, while library gets cutbacks

By Chris Baldwin

Apr 7th, 2010 at 4:23 PM

On the same day that the City of Houston announced it was cutting library hours across the board, the City Council unanimously approved the agreement that could lead to a ...

New stadium close (again)

Dynamo! Houston's version of The Big Dig chugs along

By Chris Baldwin

Mar 23rd, 2010 at 5:08 PM

The Houston Dynamo's new stadium is almost the Bayou City's version of the Big Dig — minus the unsightly deaths. It infamously took 17 years for Boston to build ...

Real Estate Round-up

Dynamo Destiny: Where should the new stadium go?

By Ralph Bivins

Jan 31st, 2010 at 9:39 AM

Where should our next stadium —  a field for the Dynamo professional soccer team  — be located? Here are the choices: A) The Dynamo stadium becomes a growth catalyst for EaDo, the ...

John Cleary Gallery

For photographic masterpieces and more

2635 Colquitt St.
Houston, TX 77098

Real Estate Round-up

Is the proposed Dynamo stadium just for kicks?

By Ralph Bivins

Nov 22nd, 2009 at 12:05 AM

Four decades ago, when Houston was far less dense and urban, the brand-new Astrodome was a beacon of future growth and promise. The Astrodome rose from the prairie, looking like ...

Lucho

Italian style draws athletes, businessmen and princes

1121-12 Uptown Park Blvd.
Houston, TX 77056

We ♥ HOU

Our favorite things: Dynamo Craig Waibel defends his Empire

By Craig Waibel

Feb 2nd, 2010 at 2:00 AM

Houston Dynamo defender Craig Waibel has quite the following. His fan club, Waibel's Warriors, liken their hero to a soccer-ball-wielding Chuck Norris. But the four-time MLS Cup champion isn ...

In the wake of MLS All-Star Game hype

Thierry (handball) Henry could be the real star of this Houston soccer week

By David Theis

Jul 30th, 2010 at 9:37 PM

Manchester United's visit to play the MLS All-Stars generated impressive buzz (if an unimpressive match), but none of the Red Devils will be the most prominent soccer player who ...

MLS All-Star Game with Manchester United

Reliant Stadium

Jul 28th, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Major League Soccer's 15th All-Star Game brings Manchester United — arguably the most popular sports team in the entire world — to Houston for a matchup that is expected to set ...

Beyond The Boxscore

A forgivable wave, seized vuvuzelas & Man U power: It's an MLS All-Star Game to remember

By Chris Baldwin

Jul 29th, 2010 at 2:09 AM

It's 10 p.m., do you know where your vuvuzela is? More Houston soccer fans than you'd think came face-to-horn with that question as they filed for the ...

The goal? Have a ball

Landon Donovan in the House: No bluesy blues, but plenty of orange at the MLS All-Star after-party

By Sarah Rufca

Jul 29th, 2010 at 5:36 PM

The MLS All-Star Game packed 71,000 fans into Reliant Stadium, but only 1,000 soccer VIPs had a ticket to the night's second-hottest event — the All-Star after-party at ...

Volunteer for a TV cause

Extreme Makeover starts its Houston show at First Baptist Church tonight

By Rachel Hanley

Jul 19th, 2010 at 10:41 AM

Corpse flower madness is still consuming the city — but don't let that overshadow Extreme Makeover's first visit to Houston. I keep running across people who don't know ...

A hot party

GOAL! and relief: World Cup fiesta at Discovery Green finds life with Mexico's tie

By David Theis

Jun 11th, 2010 at 12:41 PM

The 2010 World Cup got off to a rousing start here in Houston. At least, it did at Discovery Green, where a crowd of around 2,000 gathered on the ...

Shelby About Town

Astros wives, soccer boys and more highlight the recent social scene

By Shelby Hodge

May 28th, 2010 at 6:01 AM

While the Astros' fortunes may be on a roller coaster ride so far this season, the Astros Wives and their annual fundraiser for the Houston Area Women's Center is ...

Popp Culture

A decade of citywide changes makes life much easier

By Steve Popp

Dec 30th, 2009 at 12:00 AM

I’ve only lived here since 2004, yet my wife is a long-time resident. And while some of these changes took place while I wasn’t officially a resident of ...

Deals & Steals

Create your own refund with tax day freebies

By Sarah Rufca

Apr 15th, 2010 at 11:19 AM

No one likes opening their pocketbook to Uncle Sam, but whether you had to write a check or are expecting one in the mail you can take advantage of a ...

Dutch Stonewalled

Give that goalie a statue: Spain keeper Iker Casillas the true hero of the South Africa World Cup

By David Theis

Jul 11th, 2010 at 7:54 PM

Spain’s 1-0 win over the Netherlands in the World Cup final left me so drained that I don’t have much to say. Because of its sheer level of ...