The Old Ball Yard

After hearing the news of your announcement this past weekend, I felt obliged to send you a thank you note for all that you have done for the University of Texas football program, the young men whose lives you have molded through the years, and The University as a whole.  […]

As a 50-year old die-hard sports fan, I have spent much of the past five decades following the Houston football scene.  I have cheered through many “thrills of victory” and suffered more than my fair share of “agonies of defeat.”  I lived through the “Luv Ya Blue” era when Bum […]

The Fightin’ Cobra Snakes soccer team held its end-of-year banquet the other night and my daughter took home the prestigious Leadership Award. As the coach, I made up all the awards and chose the recipients so I took the opportunity to (try to) teach a life lesson that may not […]

T-60 minutes to kickoff!!!  My name is Ron Brounes and I am a sport-aholic.  As I walked around the Rose Bowl in anticipation of the Bowl Championship Series title game (Go Horns), I realized that sports has always been top priority in my life.  For 40-odd years (OK…47, but who’s […]

Twenty-five years ago, ESPN burst onto the broadcast scene and the world of sports has never been the same.  For college kids (or, at least, those at University of Texas), nightly Sports Center and around the clock 24-hour programming took priorities over studying for exams (which helps explain my grade […]

What would happen if the greatest Super Bowl of all time was played in the greatest host city of all time and no one was talking about it just one day later?  Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened this year.  But rather than dwell on the halftime program with its inappropriate […]

For the past few months, several buddies of mine have been gathering on Sunday mornings to compete in a pickup softball game.  I hesitated to play because frankly I wasn’t sure if these games would be competitive enough for me, and I really didn’t want to show anyone up.  After […]

The other day I was trying to encourage a friend of mine to start “spinning” with me on Saturday mornings.  I told her about the intense “sweat induced” workout (actually I begin sweating just walking into the gym from the parking lot), the popularity of the class, the great music […]

Hi.  My name is Ron B. and I am a “sportsaholic.”  I am finally able to admit it after spending the second half of last weekend (and a few more days as well) locked in my house, analyzing and over-analyzing my beloved Longhorn’s recent loss to a clearly “inferior” football […]

A few weeks back, I was caught up in following our national pastime as my young neighbors from Bellaire, Texas captivated our hearts at the Little League World Series.  As I watched their youthful enthusiasm, gritty effort, and love of the game, I couldn’t help but take a little stroll […]