No one voted in

Craig Biggio comes up 39 votes short of the Hall of Fame: Why he's out for now

By Chris Baldwin

01.09.13 | 1:05 pm

Craig Biggio will have to wait. The great Houston Astro is not a first-ballot Baseball Hall of Famer. Biggio came up 39 votes short of the total he needed, collecting 68 percent of the vot ...

Dine to Donate

The Sunshine Kids Foundation shines bright for kids with cancer

By Promoted Series Correspondent

10.31.12 | 2:00 pm

The Sunshine Kids Foundation is a shining institution in many kids' lives. With a mission of adding quality of life for pediatric cancer patients through exciting, positive group activities, Su ...

Beyond the Boxscore

Hank Aaron wows other baseball greats: King swoops in, misses a bday, for Milo Hamilton's night

By Chris Baldwin

10.17.12 | 1:36 am

Bud Selig may be baseball's commissioner, but Hank Aaron is the closest thing the game has to royalty (with apologies to Stan Musial). That much became apparent from the moment the man many sti ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Baseball great Craig Biggio and Major Crimes' G.W. Bailey help Sunshine Kids celebrate 30 years

By Shelby Hodge

10.14.12 | 11:20 am

Houston-based Sunshine Kids Foundation, which has been providing support for kids with cancer for three decades, celebrated its 30th anniversary with a Sunset Soirée at Fleming's Prime S ...

Shelby's Social Dairy

Nolan Ryan, Wade Phillips & Matt Schaub among 40 sports celebs at Tilman Fertitta's "Gathering of Champions"

By Shelby Hodge

05.06.12 | 11:15 am

Nothing like schmoozing with 40 or so headliner athletes, both active and legendary. And that's the allure each spring when Paige and Tilman Fertitta open their River Oaks spread for Houston Ch ...

Book Review

Scott Rabb says LeBron James is The Whore of Akron, but can you blame him for taking the Heat?

By Jayme Lamm

11.20.11 | 12:00 pm

After reading every word of Scott Raab’s newly released 300-page book, The Whore of Akron: One Man's Search for the Soul of LeBron James, I find myself still questioning if I can relate o ...

Shelby's Social Diary

World's top Vatican expert boosts the University of St. Thomas Center for Faith & Culture

By Shelby Hodge

10.05.11 | 12:41 pm

It's not often that you get to hear a pre-eminent expert on any subject much less one that is considered the world's top noggin when it comes to the Vatican. But that's just what guests ...

The Sports Bros.

The U.S. women's World Cup defeat of Brazil joins the greatest finishes in recent sports history

By Barry Stagg, David Stagg

07.10.11 | 10:53 pm

The U.S. Women's National Soccer team completed one of the most improbable comebacks we've ever seen Sunday morning. The drama at the World Cup quarterfinals in Dresden, Germany, was at an ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Roger Clemens, Nolan Ryan and a load more sports stars gathered for Houston Children's Charity

By Shelby Hodge

04.14.11 | 3:34 pm

Astronauts Gene Cernan and Mark Kelly traveled among the stars of another solar system Wednesday night when they joined headliners at Houston Childen's Charity's annual "A Gathering of ...

Craig Biggio Sunshine Kids Celebrity Gala

10.16.10

Ann Woodroof and Patty Biggio team up again this year to co-chair the 18th Annual Craig Biggio Sunshine Kids Celebrity Gala, benefiting the Sunshine Kids Foundation. G.W. Bailey, from TNT’s T