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David Barron, the Houston Chronicle’s longtime sports media and business writer, has retired from daily journalism but not from news updates and commentary on the media jungle. local Olympic athletes and the ever-changing world of local sports on the field, on the screen and in the courtroom. If you like our content, don’t forget to subscribe at the bottom of the page.
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Lombardi Award returns to familiar trophy, Rotary Club sponsorship
By David Barron The 40-pound block of granite is back. After a perplexing swerve from its traditional roots, the Rotary Lombardi Award will be relaunched in Houston this year as an honor for college football linemen or linebackers. The winner again will receive the granite-topped trophy that was inspired by the award’s namesake, the late…
Baylor avoids more sanctions in Title IX lawsuit evidence dispute
By David Barron The torturous path through evidence discovery continues in the long-running Title IX lawsuit involving Baylor University and 15 Jane Doe plaintiffs, but it will do so, for now, without major sanctions sought by the women’s attorneys against Baylor. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew W. Austin on Monday ordered that plaintiffs receive 1,261 documents…
UH, Baylor helped bolster NCAA Tournament viewing in Houston
By David Barron In keeping with the continued fragmentation of television audiences, viewership for the NCAA Tournament championship game between Baylor and Gonzaga was down from the last title game two years ago, according to the Nielsen Co. The game on CBS drew a 9.4 Nielsen rating with a 21 share and an average audience…
Watson lawsuits loom as ‘albatross’ for Texans QB, lawyer says
Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay By David Barron Three lawsuits filed against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson may have been timed to place maximum pressure on Watson to settle out of court as he tries to leave Houston for another NFL team, a Texas trial attorney said. The lawsuits, filed in Harris County district court on behalf…
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