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.

OTAs start for the Texans, Houston may host a Super Bowl, and Dwight Freeney finds a new home in this edition of the Newswire.

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.

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.

Coach Kubiak talks DeAndre Hopkins, Glover Quin talks Texans in this edition of the BRN.

When it seems like all the draft experts' forecasts are wildly incongruous, sometimes you just have to take the Korena Route. Base your prediction off of completely irrelevant criterion, and sometimes you surprise yourself with how logical you sound.