Battle Red Blog, a Houston Texans community

When will football season start again? Seriously. I will never eat a snow cone at a baseball game again. Not that I ever have.

J.J. Watt gets his own shoe, Brian Urlacher retires, and NFL banking on new Xbox in this edition of the Newswire.

Organized team activities begin today for the Texans, the first opportunity for rookies and veterans to get the helmets on and mix it up on the field together. If you want to know more, there's always Google. Also, Stephen Colbert, Wahoowa.

Apparently, Ed Reed's hip injury wasn't the sort of thing a doctor can find in a physical. So kudos to him for taking us to the cleaners.

Where does Schaub rank in richest athletes right now, Favre returns to Green Bay in this edition of the newswire.

Rookie camp is done with, but dat #GrindFlu is spreading.

Rookie mini-camp starts, Ronde Barber retires, and Daniel Snyder puts his foot down in today's edition of the Newswire.

Ed Reed already having hip surgery, eh? Awesome. At least we drafted a safety that looks like he may actually kill someone on the field of play in 2013. Also, my dad got to throw out the first pitch at an Astros game on Friday. It didn't go well.

Schaub's wife wins big at the Kentucky Derby, plus news from the league in this edition of the Newswire.

The Texans offensive line is doing it big this weekend. Deion Sanders, Jr. sleeps on gilded sheets. Americans are unmoved by the R-word controversy. And prepare yourselves: a #ClutchCityResurrection is at hand.