By Will Lanigan According to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and Major League Baseball, the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, has released its ballot for induction the 2021 class. Mark Buehrle, A.J. Burnett, Michael Cuddyer, Dan Haren, LaTroy Hawkins, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Aramis Ramirez, Nick Swisher, Shane Victorino, and […]
MLB Announces 2020 Awards
November 17, 2020 by Leave a Comment
By Will Lanigan The Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) recently announced its annual award-winners for the 2020 Major League Baseball season. The winners are as follows: Most Valuable Player: American League: JOSE ABREU, Chicago White Sox “While helping lead the White Sox to their first postseason appearance in 12 years, Jose Abreu led the AL […]
Ng Officially Welcomed as Next Marlins GM
November 17, 2020 by Leave a Comment
By Will Lanigan The Miami Marlins welcomed in Kim Ng as the franchise’s next general manager on Monday. She is the first female GM in the “Big Four” American sports leagues: Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, and the National Hockey League. Additionally, Ng (pronounced “Ang”) is MLB’s second General […]
Floyd’s family plans to march to Houston City Hall, Tuesday
June 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In another planned demonstration, George Floyd’s family will march to Houston City Hall on Tuesday. The family will meet at Discovery Green downtown at 3 p.m. and walk to City Hall along with members of the local chapter of Black Lives Matter. Several Texas cities, including Houston, Dallas and Austin, have seen protests in the […]
Carnival Cruises from Galveston to resume in August
May 26, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Carnival Cruise Line is scheduled to sail out of Galveston again by early August. After the cruise line announced cruises from various ports would begin on August 1st, bookings shot up 600-percent. Carnival’s website lists a Western Caribbean cruise aboard the Carnival Dream is scheduled to sail from Galveston on August 8th. Carnival issued a […]
J.C. Penny may file for bankruptcy today
May 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment
J.C. Penney reportedly plans to file for bankruptcy, and it could happen as soon as today. The Plano-based retailer’s advisors say negotiations between the company and its lenders may still last into the weekend and delay the bankruptcy filing. J.C. Penney had about 90-thousand full-time and part-time employees in almost 850 department stores as of […]
Cornyn says sports teams want congressional help reopening
May 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Senator John Cornyn of Texas says major league teams in the state are ready to play again, but they’re worried about liability. The Republican met this week with representatives from the teams. Pandemic restrictions are being eased, but it’s still not clear when games will be played before crowds of fans again. Social distancing would […]
Elon Musk tweets Tesla immediately relocating to Texas and Nevada
May 11, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company operations are immediately moving to Texas and Nevada. Musk tweeted his decision Saturday which was retweeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Musk says he is done dealing with Alameda County, California where officials there won’t allow him to reopen his factory in Fremont. On a Tesla Twitter account, […]
Bug expert: ‘Murder Hornets’ unlikely to make it to Texas
May 7, 2020 by Leave a Comment
A Houston entomologist says it’s “unlikely” that the Asian “murder hornets” that are in the headlines will make their way into Texas. Lauren Davidson with the Houston Museum of Natural Science says the large insects kill about 50 people a year in Asia. They usually avoid people, but will protect their nests. Davidson advises Texans […]
SpaceX to build moon landing craft for NASA project
May 6, 2020 by Leave a Comment
SpaceX is one of three companies NASA is designating to build spacecraft capable of taking humans to the moon. Yesterday, U.S. Representative Filemon Vega’s office issued a statement saying it is great news for Brownsville and Cameron County. SpaceX is already in the process of constructing vehicles at its Boca Chica site, which will be […]
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