Has anyone ever noticed just how much the Press seems to despise the Rockets? They've done lots of articles about how greedy Les is and always hammered on the arena stuff. Today, I was reading through it and they had examples of shirts they would like to see from the "Houston, It's Worth It" group. One was a car being hit by a light rail train. One was a big breasted woman with pasties (clearly a stripper). The other was a deflated basketball with a Rockets logo on it. I don't get what their deal is with the Rockets.
I notice that too. I don't understand it. They just really don't seem to like the franchise or something, I guess they like to beat on a team while it's down.
Hasn't it always been like that? I remember reading during the championship years, specifically Fran Slimebury and Eddie Sefko (now with some Dallas newspaper), always talking mess. They never had anything good to say about the Rockets.
Those guys were with the Chronicle right? I think Jeff is talking about the paper, called "Houston Press."
Listen, the Press & its staff pride themselves on being anti-conservative, anti-city, anti-local tv, anti-Chronicle, and above all anti-sports. Their staff is made up of people whose collective sense of humor & wit seems to be incapable of anything beyond shallow cynicism & hate for the city.
Well, perhaps they pick on the Rockets because they know if they slagged the Texans or Astros, their offices would be burned down.
Why are you guys so surprised about this? The Rockets SUCK and are possibly the most BORINGEST team in the history of basketball!!!! It's almost shameful to be associated with the Rockets. FIRE GUNDY!!!!!
That about sums it up...it's nothing rox-centric. Just look at the their coverage of the Super Bowl, Drayton & the Astros playoff run, Texans & McNair, etc... They have some solid investigative reporting from time to time, but I wouldn't look to them as a source for serious sports news. Heavy staff turnover in the past few years has only made this worse.
A pretentious local paper wrapped in adult classified ads that can be found in colleges, coffee houses, and smoke shops across the city.
The irony is that they aren't "local." They are owned by a company that distributes papers just like it in most major cities.
Yeah, I was in Colorado for New Years, and Denver has a rag called the "Westword" (clever!) that looks eerily similar to the Houston Press - right down to the page sizes and the metal distribution hampers. Fortunately I discovered the most recent edition of "The Onion" right next to it to get my news fix. (Aparently archeologists have unearthed an ancient tribe of skeleton people.)
