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AP Sports Writer covering the Houston Astros, Texans, Rockets and Texas A&M football and basketball. Houston rap lover.

Houston via New Deal
Joined May 2009
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4 years
And then the signs got confiscated by ballpark personnel who said signs weren’t allowed. #astros
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Update. Crowd after halftime isn’t even sparse. 😐 #aggies
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4 years
A Nats fan behind Houston’s dugout had this sign and some others. #astros
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7 years
Transgender wrestler Mack Beggs talks after winning Texas girls wrestling title
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9 months
Jon Singleton tells me he's heading to Baltimore where he'll be called up to play for the Astros for the first time since 2015. #astros
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5 years
Ric Flair is at Astros game today and Josh Reddick’s get up to meet him is everything #astros #ricflair
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2 years
The players gave Dusty Baker a bottle of Dom that they signed to congratulate him on reaching 2,000 wins #astros
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1 year
They just announced an attendance of 90,177 in the press box and there was more than a bit of laughter.
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5 years
Almora on if they should extend the netting after his foul ball struck a little girl Wed. night: "Right now obviously I want to put a net around the whole stadium." #cubs
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3 years
Former A&M and Mississippi State coach Jackie Sherrill walked in during Mike Leach's press conference after his team upset the Aggies to congratulate him and said: "Coming in here and winning is a big deal." Leach replied: "I'm glad you weren't coaching." #aggies #hailstate #sec
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6 years
Gerald Green said he loved the Houston Oilers as child so decided to do a little throwback on his braids for Game 5. #RocketsWarriors #rockets #htown #geraldgreen #NBAPlayoffs
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4 years
No one kneeled during the National Anthem before the Mariners-Astros game but a number of Mariners players raised their right fists throughout #mariners
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1 year
H-Town LeBron dancing to Lil Keke’s classic Southside is all the vibes #southside #LeBronJames #houston
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1 year
Donovan Mitchell ⁦ @spidadmitchell ⁩ came into the stands at the end of tonight’s game against the Rockets to talk to/take selfies with some adorable kids. #cavaliers #nba (kids not pictured bc of crowd lol)
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2 years
App. State’s Andrew Parker celebrates after upset of No. 6 A&M #AppState #CFB2022
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5 years
Pirates’ @ChrisArcher22 shows support for fellow Clayton, NC native @Gary11_Clark before Rockets host Lakers #rockets
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6 years
You’ve done your NCAA bracket, now it’s time for March Madness chopped and screwed with my Houston Rap Bracket #marchmadness #houstonrapbracket #ncaatournament #houstonrap
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7 years
James Harden announces that he's donating $1 million to hurricane relief. #rockets #houstonstrong
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9 years
JJ Watt played catch with Astros' star Carlos Correa after training camp today. #astros #texans http://t.co/uGIlaLJle2
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Brock Burke punched a wall out of frustration after the game last night and broke his hand, Bochy said. #rangers
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8 years
Worth a thousand words. #nationalchampionship
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4 years
NRG Stadium lit in crimson and gold tonight in tribute to Yates graduate George Floyd. #blacklivesmatter
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1 year
No. 2 pick C.J. Stroud practices with Texans. #texans #nfl
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C.J. Stroud practices with the Texans.
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10 months
Houston's pitchers rave about Maldonado after the veteran catches third no-hitter (from @AP ) #astros
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4 years
James Harden has 51 points midway through the 3rd quarter against Atlanta. The Hawks only have 60 points. #rockets
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9 months
Singleton said Sat. that he thought he was done with ⚾️ after release from Astros after last suspension: “When I did walk away from baseball, I honestly wasn’t thinking about playing baseball anymore at all. It wasn’t even a thought... so things have really come full circle."
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6 years
Most Houston day ever: @HoustonRockets forward and H-Tine legend #GeraldGreen belatedly filling out my #houstonrapbracket . #houstonrap
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5 years
Harden on his play that sent Murray to the court last night: “I was surprised at how far he fell.” #rockets #harden #nba
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2 years
Johnny Football @jmanziel2 at Kyle Field today. #aggies
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2 years
Houston rap legend ⁦ @BrotherMob ⁩ chats with Astros manager Dusty Baker before Tuesday’s game. #astros
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Kristie Rieken
9 years
The rain and A&M trailing all night ran a lot of the fans off.
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1 year
I’m going to call the crowd at Texas A&M sparse just before kickoff with UMass but maybe there’s a better word… #aggies #CFB
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5 years
Houston's Clark @Gary11_Clark has big fan in Pirates' pitcher Archer @ChrisArcher22 #rockets #pirates
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6 years
Steph Curry walks off court with his family after Game 7 win. #warriors #nbaplayoffs
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1 year
DeMeco Ryans played for the Texans with veteran long snapper Jon Weeks. Now he’ll coach him. #texans
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Kristie Rieken
5 years
Me: How are you able to throw 100 mph on your 116th pitch? Gerrit Cole: “God.” #astros #mlbplayoffs
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Kristie Rieken
8 years
Former President George H.W. Bush here for Final Four #finalfour
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6 months
Texas A&M just handed out this sheet outlining the financial details of Elko’s contract. #aggies #sec
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Kristie Rieken
8 months
Appreciate this classy gesture by Alan Cannon and the Texas A&M PR staff in the press box at the game against Louisiana-Monroe remembering longtime AP writer Denne Freeman who died in February.
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7 months
Yordan just hit a two-run homer and had a nice bat flip afterwards and this place is super loud. #astros
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7 years
Ricky Williams on new Texan and former Longhorn D'Onta Foreman @D33_foreman "He's going to be special in the NFL." #Texans
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Kristie Rieken
10 years
104,728 fans here in Kyle Field tonight. The most fans to ever watch a college football game in Texas. #aggies
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5 years
Seeing the look on the faces of certain media members when @deshaunwatson just explained the word "slime" and talked about @youngthug was everything. #texans
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Kristie Rieken
3 years
Quite a few boos when Harden was introduced tonight. #rockets #nets
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Kristie Rieken
2 years
Texans first-round picks Derek Stingley Jr. ⁦ @stingjr ⁩ and Kenyon Green here to throw out first pitches before game. Coach Lovie Smith here, too. #astros #texan
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9 months
Can we talk about how dapper the Astros look at the White House? Who’s wearing your favorite ‘fit? I can’t pick there are so many good ones. #astros
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7 years
I'll never forget the time I got to spend with Craig this year. So gracious and such a fighter. #SagerStrong
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2 years
New Texans RB Dameon Pierce on Texas: "I know they have pretty houses and pretty girls." #texans #nfldraft
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8 years
Dwight Howard's Easter shoes are everything #rockets #easterkicks
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5 years
Statement from Astros on child hit by foul ball: “The young fan that was struck by a foul ball during tonight’s game was taken to the hospital. We are not able to disclose any further details at this time. The Astros send our thoughts and prayers to the entire family.”
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5 years
First pitch at Astros’ game to be thrown out by ⁦ @trvisXX ⁩ - also dropped a hat collab with team today #astros
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Kristie Rieken
7 years
There's a crazy fan on the field in sparkly red and blue shorts and no shirt. He just got wrangled by like 10 security guards. #WorldSeries
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8 years
Houston's DeAndre Hopkins shows off his new low-top Kanye West-designed Yeezy Boost 350 cleats.
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9 years
Former A&M star Mike Evans, now with Tampa Bay, reps Johnny Football at Bama-A&M game #aggies http://t.co/wNT0DAirv9
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7 years
James Harden is at the GRB.
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1 year
@govolscottyp @MichaelWBratton Nope. At the start of the third quarter.
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10 years
Umm how did I miss this?? Hooks want Lebron to "take his talents" to North Beach in Corpus. Lol http://t.co/o26LjMJR5R
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9 years
King Felix talks with The AP about his style. http://t.co/i4lvAJycUK
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4 years
Dee Gordon is sitting in the stands instead of the dugout and roamed up quite a few rows to retrieve a foul ball, then dribbled it like a basketball down the stairs on the way back. Then the "official ball collector" got his attention and he threw it to him. #mariners
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8 years
DeAndre Hopkins is wearing these Yeezy 350 cleats in warmups. Stayed tuned to see if he wears them in game
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7 years
Astros players @carlosbeltran15 and @TeamCJCorrea look to help Puerto Rico in wake of Maria while awaiting word about loved ones. #astros
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Puerto Rican players across MLB help after Hurricane Maria @kristieAP
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2 years
Astros win second World Series title and Dusty Baker gets his first championship as a manager. #astros #WorldSeries
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9 months
Just call me a psychic...
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Multi-homer game for Singleton. @kristieAP had it first.
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1 year
Enmanuel, college player with 1 arm, becomes an inspiration (from @AP )
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4 years
Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni wears shirt honoring the late John Lewis before practice on Wednesday #rockets
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7 months
Drake's song Back to Back just played during batting practice before Game 7 at Minute Maid Park. Can the Astros win tonight so they can have the chance to compete for back to back titles? #astros #rangers #alcs
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4 years
Broadcast team just called Carlos Correa “Alex Correa” when he homered. #notinpostseasonform #astros
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C.J. Stroud on the field at Texans rookie minicamp #texans
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Kristie Rieken
9 years
Club Astros has gotten even more wild and crazy after Keuchel's four-hitter. #astros http://t.co/xSN4Nbshdz
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7 months
Nice night for a little baseball. #alcs #astros #rangers
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1 year
Boos are pretty loud in the stadium as Watson sets up for first play.
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10 years
Slim Thug and Bun B ( @bunbtrillOG ) drop Rockets remix http://t.co/h0ALLGeSYf
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7 years
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles is an honorary captain at Texans' game today #texans
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8 years
Armenian gymnast @HouryGebeshian has Rio Jordans she's getting signed by fellow Olympians #Rio2016 #olympicstyle
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2 years
Alex Bregman brings infant son Knox into interview room. “I’ve always wanted to do this.” #astros
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The King of Country is in the house. ⁦ @GeorgeStrait #worldseries
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6 years
I'll pick my fave too @MarshallRieken 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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6 years
Steve Kerr says picking his favorite Finals squad is like picking his favorite child... which he does 😂
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9 months
Biden to Dusty Baker at the White House - “people said you were past your prime and counted you out. Hell I know something about that.” #astros
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9 years
Tone Loc is rocking a Clyde Drexler jersey for his halftime performance at Rockets' game. #rockets #tbt http://t.co/4Wln5oDl7N
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6 years
Gerald Green wore a Santa Fe HS shirt to Rockets practice today #rockets #nbaplayoffs #santafestrong
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10 years
Classy gesture by the @HoustonTexans leaving Chris Duncan's seat open in press box in 1st home game since his passing http://t.co/vTV7zzrrXm
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Kristie Rieken
6 years
If you like the Houston Rap Bracket then check my Spotify playlist of the same name with almost all of the songs. #houstonrapbracket
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6 years
Here’s his bracket. #GeraldGreen picks 10-seed Pimp Tha Pen as his champion. #houstonrapbracket #houstonrap
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6 years
Hernandez vows to return to Mariners' rotation soon
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3 years
Mark Ingram said his Heisman Trophy is at his mom's house in Flint, Michigan. He says when people deliver pizza they're like: "is that a Heisman?" #texans
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8 years
Former Astros' slugger Chris Carter has signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract plus incentives with the @Brewers
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Kristie Rieken
9 years
Carlos Correa met J.J. Watt Thursday and said: "People like him are why we play baseball. We get hit by a baseball not by J.J. Watt."
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5 years
I just can’t with this game #rockets #grizzlies
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Kristie Rieken
8 years
Watt @JJWatt on his four-dance sack celebration: if they don't like it they can do whatever dance they want when they get a sack." #texans
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7 years
Jeff Bagwell elected to the Hall of Fame. #Astros #HallOfFame
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Kristie Rieken
8 years
Another few looks at the #YeezyCleats @Nukdabomb is wearing from our AP photog 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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5 years
If the Steelers don’t score 19 points in the fourth quarter there will be 11 NFL teams that didn’t score more than the Astros did today. #blackjack #astros
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2 years
Dusty Baker greets ⁦ @GeorgeStrait ⁩ before Game 6 of the World Series. #astros #worldseries
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8 years
New Texans QB Brock Osweiler arrives in Houston. #texans Stopped to pose for a pic with a fan.
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7 years
Really enjoy that Harden walked into arena loudly rapping Too Short Gettin' It - impressive since he was about 6 when it dropped #rockets
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9 months
That's Singleton's first MLB home run in eight years and 13 days. Last one was also against Angels. #astros
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