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University Of Houston-Downtown Debuts City’s First College eSports Center
Posted on · University of Houston-Downtown also plans to start a varsity gaming team and eventually a degree program related to game design.
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Houston Matters
Is Texas A&M’s Claim to the “12th Man” Trademark Legit?
Posted on · Whether or not you’re one the many alumni or fans of Texas A&M in Greater Houston, you’re probably aware of the school’s “12th Man” tradition. It stems from a legendary football game in 1922 – or does it? Texas Monthly writer John Nova Lomax recently tried to sort out the facts from the myth in […]
Sports
At Texas Colleges, Football Revenue Props Up Other Sports
Posted on · The NCAA men's basketball tournament may have the attention of the nation now, but it won't do much to impact Texas participants' financial bottom line. Records reviewed as part of the Tribune's Ballpark Figures project indicated that football is the true cash cow in Texas college sports.
Houston Matters
The Game Of The Century: How UH Helped Integrate College Sports — And Won Doing It
Posted on · In what was known as The Game of the Century, the University of Houston men's basketball team upset UCLA in 1968. But, as writer Robert Jacobus tells us, the win was about more than just basketball.