Yao Ming stuck in an all-too familiar spot during his playing career with theRockets: Stuck on the trainer's table.
Andrew Bynum is as talented as any center in the league. Dwight Howard included.
Kevin McHale has gotten more out of the Houston Rockets than reasonably couldhave been expected.
Kobe Bryant
Goran Dragic, Rockets' lifeline?

Beyond the Boxscore

Kobe Bryant trash talks Yao Ming, but Andrew Bynum threatens the Lakers dreams:Two telling nights in Texas

Kevin Durant
John Lucas
Tristan Thompson
David Stern is holding up the NBA season — and he'll have a big impact on theHouston charity game one way or another as well.
Welcome to the NBA of 2011-12.

Beyond the Boxscore

With NBA Lockout doomsday come and gone, Kevin Durant turns to dunking onHouston in John Lucas' starry vision

Laurie and Matt Schaub watch Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus patientsJulio Arroy and Blake Daniels draw pictures in the Child Life room.

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Matt Schaub prefers to make his noise on the football field.
Laurie and Matt Schaub, seated at left, with patients Julio Arroy and BlakeDaniels, and standing, Michelle Riley-Brown, Dr. Charles T. Hankins and Mark A.Wallace

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From left, Dr. Charles T. Hankins, chief medical officer of Texas Children’sHospital West Campus; Michelle Riley-Brown, vice president of Texas Children’sHospital West Campus; Laurie and Matt and Laurie Schaub; and Mark A. Wallace,president and CEO of Texas Children’s Hospital.

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Beyond the Boxscore

Medical touchdown: Charity is more than writing a check for Houston Texans QBMatt Schaub

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Shelby's Social Diary

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

Houston hip-hop DJ Qui West
Savannah Brinson and the father of her children/longtime boyfriend LeBron James
Rashard Lewis denied the rumors that he slept with LeBron James girlfriend onHouston radio.
LeBron's dealt with this before — with Delonte West and his mother last year.

Beyond the Boxscore

Houston hip-hop DJ lands in the middle of LeBron James girlfriend love trianglerumors

The downtown Final Four party at George R. Brown. It's Bracket Town!

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Anyone wanna shoot some hoops?

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IMG's Shea Guinn and City of Houston's Sharon Adams discuss the details ofBracket Town.

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Blocking. Very essential in basketball.

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Where can you see Antonio Gates, Robert Horry, Clyde Drexler, and Desmond Howardplay a game of H-O-R-S-E? Right here on Buick Center Court, of course.

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It's training day! Football is one of the many sports you'll get to play atBracket Town.

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You, too, can kick a soccer ball in a dress at Bracket Town.

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What goes up must be downtown.

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Interactive wonderland

Lots of hoops hoopla in store at Bracket Town fan fest

Heidi and Shane Battier, one of Houston's power couples, could be headed out oftown.
Luis Scola
Houston's Trevor Ariza

DRATS!

Houston Rockets' potential trade of Battier, Scola, Ariza giving me flashbacks,and not the good kind

Robert Horry and Ada Echetebu Norris at the Endeavor for Hope Gala.

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It was setting lavish enough to bring dollars for education at the Endeavor forHope Gala.

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Melanie Johnson's estate on Memorial made the Hope guests feel at home — insideand out. From left, Rodney E. Beard and Lauren Adetunji enjoyed the evening.

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An old Michael Jackson "Thriller" album is still doing good for Endeavor forHope.

Pop icon collecting for education

From Michael Jackson to Johnny Depp, Endeavor for Hope backers bid on starpower

Sue and Lester Smith, left, with Trish Morille at The Women's Home luncheon.
Gracie Cavnar and chef David Grossman at the Recipe for Success kick-off.

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Stacy Swift, left, and Merele Yarborough at the Ready Women scholarship tea.

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Keryl Douglas, from left, Rick Lowe, Judge Clarease Rankin Yates and JacquelineKinloch at the scholarship tea.

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Joining the United Way kick-off at the Hobby Center were Tom Ryan, from left,campaign chair Bobby Tudor, Jim Postl and Scott McLean.

Shelby About Town

Women's Home windfall, Project Row House mothers & the new Decco Cafe are thetalk of the scene

Rockets legend Rudy Tomjanovich with Jessiah Williams at the "Celebration ofChampions" fund-raiser for the Texas Children's Cancer Center

Paul Kuntz
Colorful banners in the lobby at Ben Taub Hospital
University of Houston head coach Kevin Sumlin has sprung the biggest surprise ofthe fall season
The METRO Airport Direct bus is a cheap and easy way to get to BushIntercontinental

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Tom Delay is having a good time on "Dancing with the Stars"

Cliff Notes

It's a season of surprises