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Strange but true: UT lineman gets draft advice...from space!
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Strange but True: Muhammad Ali vs. Wilt Chamberlain in the Astrodome?
Here's the Strange but True Houston Sports Story about how Muhammad Ali almost fought Wilt Chamberlain in the Astrodome.
Strange but True Houston Sports
Strange but true: UT lineman gets draft advice...from space!
Tommy Nobis was drafted by Atlanta in the NFL and Houston in the AFL. A Houston astronaut sent a message for Nobis from space!
Strange but True Houston Sports
Strange but true: Lineman Tommy Nobis gets support from space!
University of Texas linebacker Tommy Nobis was drafted by Atlanta in the NFL and Houston in the AFL. Houston astronaut Frank Borman tried to recruit him to Houston!
Strange but True Houston Sports
Strange but true: Oilers GM arrested at wedding reception
Ladd Herzeg reportedly pushes an elderly man and then slugs the brother of the bride in the mouth because the wedding band was playing past the team's curfew.
Strange but True Houston Sports
Strange but true: Meet the baker behind Willie Mays’ 569 pound cake
The gigantic cake in the shape of Willie’s uniform number 24 weighed 569 pounds
Strange but True Houston Sports
Strange but true: Meet the baker behind Willie Mays’ massive cake
On Friday, Willie Mays turns 91 but he’ll never forget his 37th birthday.
Video
Strange but True: Earl Campbell could have played football in two leagues?
How close did "The Tyler Rose" come to putting down his roots in San Antonio while playing for the Houston Oilers?
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Strange but true: 'Big' Lou McEachern casts over the Astrodome roof
Angler versus Astrodome? How 'Big Lou' followed his dream of casting over the Astrodome in the 90s.
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Strange But True: Bum fired after winning 11 games in 1980
Bum’s Oilers were 11-5 that year. No NFL coach had ever been fired after winning that many games in a season.
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Strange But True: 14-year-old batboy is not your 'average Joe'
Joe Schultz Jr. is possibly the youngest player to ever appear in a professional game.
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Strange but true: The Kissing Bandit strikes out in Houston
A kissing bandit is hauled off to jail after stopping the "Ryan Express" in its tracks. KHOU's Jason Miles tells us this strange but true Houston sports story.
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