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Houston Astros sign stealing scandal
Houston Astros sign stealing scandal: MLB rules violation in which the 2017 World Series champions used cameras, monitors, and the Codebreaker algorithm plus trash can bangs to steal signs in 2017-2018, exposed by The Athletic in 2019 and punished in 2020.
Houston Comets
Houston Comets, WNBA team 1997-2008, one of the original eight franchises; won the league's first four championships (1997-2000) with Cooper, Swoopes, Thompson; disbanded 2008; name revived via Connecticut Sun relocation for 2027.
Houston Cougars football
Houston Cougars football: University of Houston's FBS team, founded 1946, also called UH Cougars. 479-386-15 all-time, 11 conference titles, 1989 Heisman (Andre Ware), Big 12 member since 2023, plays at 40,000-seat TDECU Stadium.
Houston Cougars men's basketball
The Houston Cougars men's basketball team is the University of Houston's Division I program, best known for the Phi Slama Jama teams of the early 1980s.
Houston Dynamo FC
Houston Dynamo FC, MLS Western Conference club formed by the 2006 San Jose Earthquakes relocation; two-time MLS Cup champion (2006, 2007) and 2018 and 2023 U.S. Open Cup winner, playing at Shell Energy Stadium.
Houston Nutt
Houston Nutt (born 1957), American college football coach and former Arkansas quarterback; head coach at Murray State, Boise State, Arkansas (75-48, three SEC West titles), and Ole Miss; career 133-86.
Houston Oilers
Houston Oilers, American football team of Houston, Texas, 1960-1996; charter AFL member, two AFL titles, now the Tennessee Titans, which keeps its history; Oilers name retired, Houston's NFL team is the Texans.
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets, NBA Western Conference team founded 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, moved to Houston 1971; back-to-back champions 1994 and 1995; play at Toyota Center, owned by Tilman Fertitta.
Houston Texans
Houston Texans, NFL AFC South franchise awarded October 6, 1999 as the 32nd team, began play 2002 after the Oilers left for Tennessee; home Reliant Stadium, owned by the McNair family, coached by DeMeco Ryans.
How Fish Is Made
How Fish Is Made: free 2022 Steam narrative horror game by Wrong Organ (Kasurinen, Tomec, Halldin), Futuregames students, Stockholm. PS1-style sardine-in-a-machine, up-or-down choice, 15-20 minutes, 95% positive reviews, Mouthwashing predecessor.
Howard Drew
Howard Porter Drew (1890-1957), American sprinter, first great Black sprinter; 1912 Olympian and world record holder at 100 and 220 yards; later a Connecticut attorney and judge.
Howard Finkel
Howard Finkel (June 7, 1950 – April 16, 2020), "The Fink," was WWE's first full-time employee and its legendary ring announcer from 1977, famous for "and NEEWWW World Champion!" and coining the name WrestleMania; 2009 Hall of Famer.
Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson (Howard R. Johnson, 1919-2015), American freestyle swimmer for Yale, three-time NCAA champion (220-yard freestyle 1940, 1941; 100-yard freestyle 1942), captain of Yale's first NCAA championship team, 400-yard freestyle relay world record holder; not the Motown singer or baseball player.
Howard Kendall
Howard Kendall (1946–2015), English midfielder and manager; Everton's most successful manager, winning the 1985 and 1987 titles, 1984 FA Cup and 1985 Cup-Winners' Cup; never capped by England.
Howard Kingsbury
Howard Kingsbury (Howard Thayer Kingsbury Jr., 1904–1991), American rower; won gold in the men's eights for the United States at the 1924 Paris Olympics as the six-oar of the Yale crew; father of 1948 bronze medalist Fred Kingsbury.
Howard Lederer
Howard Lederer, "The Professor" (born 1963, Concord, New Hampshire), American retired poker pro with two WSOP bracelets and two WPT titles; Full Tilt Poker founder who settled a DOJ Black Friday civil complaint in 2012, forfeiting assets with no admission of wrongdoing; brother of Annie Duke.
Howard Rooney
Howard Rooney, University of Kansas sprinter of the mid-1920s, ran third leg on the 4x110-yard relay that set a 42.0 world record at the 1925 Kansas Relays, captained the track team, and placed sixth in the 220 yards at the 1925 NCAA meet.
Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Leslie Schnellenberger (1934-2021), American football coach; Baltimore Colts head coach 1973-74, Miami's 1983 national champion coach, later Louisville, Oklahoma, and Florida Atlantic founder-coach, 158-151-3, 6-0 in bowls.
Howard Taylor
Howard Taylor, full name John Howard Taylor, was a British stockbroker and sailor who won gold in the 3-10 ton class at the 1900 Paris Olympics aboard Bona Fide.
Howard Valentine
Howard Van Nostrand Valentine (1881-1932), American middle-distance runner for the New York Athletic Club; won 1904 Olympic gold in the 4-mile team race and silver in the 800 m, and competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games.
Howard Webb
Howard Webb, English former referee and ex-policeman; refereed the 2010 Champions League and World Cup finals; now PGMOL Chief Refereeing Officer leading VAR transparency.
Howard Wilkinson
Howard Wilkinson (born 1943, Sheffield) is an English football manager who led Leeds United to the 1991-92 First Division title, the last won by an English manager; later FA technical director and England caretaker coach.
Howard Yates
Howard Yates refers to several athletes: an Australian Victorian sprinter, 1934 British Empire Games team member and 1936 Australian 440-yard champion, and a University of Illinois Big Ten indoor miler of 1919-1920.
Howie Kendrick
Howie Kendrick (Howie Joseph Kendrick), MLB second baseman 2006-2020 for the Angels, Dodgers, Phillies, and Nationals; 2019 NLCS MVP whose Game 7 World Series go-ahead homer off the foul pole won Washington its first title.
Howie Long
Howie Long (Howard Michael Long, born 1960), Hall of Fame defensive end for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders 1981-93, Super Bowl XVIII champion, 8 Pro Bowls, 84 sacks, later longtime Fox NFL Sunday analyst.
Howie Roseman
Howie Roseman, Philadelphia Eagles executive vice president and general manager since 2010 (except 2015), architect of Super Bowl LII and LIX champions, two-time PFWA Executive of the Year (2017, 2022).
Howie Williams
Howie Williams (Howard Earl Williams, 1927-2004) was an American guard from New Ross, Indiana, a Purdue letterman and Peoria Caterpillars AAU player who won 1952 Olympic basketball gold at Helsinki after declining a Minneapolis Lakers draft pick.
Hoyito
Hoyito (El Hoyito, Casitas, Mate) is the generic Dominican Republic name for mancala games, first described by Víktor Bautista i Roca in 2005; two rows of six casitas, four counters per hole, fours (casas) captured by the mover, played in the southwestern El Sur provinces.
Hrachya Petikyan
Hrachya Petikyan (Հրաչյա Պետիկյան), also Grachya Vaganovich Petikyan, Armenian rifle shooter born 1960 in Yerevan; 1992 Olympic champion in 50 m rifle three positions for the Unified Team, competing at four Games 1988–2000.
Hrant Shahinyan
Hrant Shahinyan (Հրանտ Շահինյան, 1923–1996), Armenian artistic gymnast for the Soviet Union; first Armenian champion of the modern Olympics, with two golds (team, rings) and two silvers at Helsinki 1952.