Stop me if you’ve heard the one about Shaquille O’Neal, Mark Berman, and the pizza joint. Of the hundred or so stories I’ve got about the Fox 26 sports anchor, who on Friday announced he’ll retire in June after 43 years in the Houston market, it’s one of my favorites…
I love Jimbo Fisher. Love him, love him, love him. He’s great for college football. He’s great for Texas A&M. He’s really great for those of us in the news bidness. What Jimbo does dominate is the slice of the calendar Steve Spurrier called “Talkin’ Season.”...Read More
Now it’s a chance to see the Astros rearranged rotation in action because of how the pitching is lined up: J.P. France, Brandon Bielak, and Hunter Brown getting the starts against a White Sox team with MLB’s third-worst record (13-24)...Read More
How much longer will Dusty Baker continue to write José Abreu’s name on his lineup card? This wouldn’t be a question if the Astros were at full strength. They could afford to allow him to get straightened out. In the end, October was going to be all that mattered...Read More
Deacon Jones may very well have been the happiest man on earth. No one laughed more or had more friends. No one was ever happier at the ballpark...Read More
Was it really this simple to fix virtually everything that was wrong with Major League Baseball? This 2023 version of the grand old game is so much more appealing than anything we’ve seen in recent years. It’s crisper in ways some of us no longer believed possible...Read More
The Astros could use a spark. In a related development, outfielder Drew Gilbert collected three hits, including a pair of home runs, for the Class A Asheville Tourists on Wednesday. He’s hitting .342 with five doubles, five homers, three stolen bases, and a 1.051 OPS in 18 games. That would appear to make […]Read More
The Astros have their first significant speed bump of this young season: three injured starting pitchers. More worrisome is that it’s impossible to know when or if Lance McCullers, José Urquidy, and Luis Garcia will throw another pitch this season...Read More
This was a rebrand as much as it was a draft. Officially, that’ll happen next year with the introduction of new uniforms, colors, etc. In reality, it began 87 days ago when DeMeco Ryans was introduced as head coach. To Texans fans, that felt like a turning of the page...Read More
How would you have reacted if I’d tapped you on the shoulder three months ago and whispered: “The Astros are going to be 13-11 on April 26.”...Read More
The Rockets have hired an extremely competent, no-nonsense head coach in Ime Udoka. He’s such a solid hire strictly from a basketball standpoint that it’s fair to wonder if he’s now the most competent person in their basketball operation. So, there’s that. He was on Gregg Popovich’s bench for seven of his […]Read More
On this 76th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color line as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, his sport will commemorate what former MLB commissioner Bud Selig calls “the most important day in our history.”...Read More
Leave him where is at please
Mark Berman is the gold standard and sets the bar. Nobody will come close to his status.
As a life long Cowboy fan I’m waiting for them to once again live up to their potential. Been a…
Mark has set the standard for Houston sports reporting for most of my life. His are huge shoes to fill…
Outstanding story written by someone I’ve always respected as much as Mark Bergman. Thanks Richard.
Berman has been the only professional TV sports reporter in Houston for decades
Richard, please share your thoughts on Forest Whitley, Grae Kessinger and Kory Lee—do you see any of these three (3)…
I was lucky enough to meet Deacon in the 90s for a long-term work project. He was simply a delight…
Deacon was my first and only hitting coach for the Chicago White Sox.when they con verrted me from pitcher to…
Top collegiate baseball programs are equivalent to double A baseball.
I did not think it was possible to be even more imoressed with CJ. But, your great story managed to…
Great story , C.J. is a very grounded young man . Very well written story , it touches the heart.…