Pitcher Darryl Kile ( who died in 2002 ) signed as a free agent in the offseason, struggled in Colorado, going 13 – 17 with a 5. 20 ERA — a far cry from his numbers the prior year as a member of the Houston Astros, when he went 19 – 7 with a 2. 57 ERA.

: See: Houston Astros award winners and league leaders # Darryl Kile Award

The other five are Dee Brown, who is most famous for winning the 1991 slam dunk contest with a no-look dunk while playing for the Boston Celtics ( he also played for the Toronto Raptors and the Magic before retiring ); Matt Bullard, who won an NBA championship with the Houston Rockets in 1994 ; Darryl Dawkins, who, in 1975, became the first high school player ever to be drafted directly into the league ; J. R. Reid, who averaged double figures in scoring during his first three years in the NBA ; and Gerald Wilkins, one of the most popular New York Knicks ever.

Darling then threw three scoreless frames and the Mets came back by scoring four runs in the bottom of the sixth as Darryl Strawberry's three-run homer off Houston starter Bob Knepper tied the game 4 – 4.

Kile was selected by the Houston Astros in the 30th round of the 1987 Major League draft.

The Astros honored Kile with a memorial plaque that hangs along the left field wall at Minute Maid Park under the 1997 Central Division Championship banner, the last season Kile played for Houston before signing with Colorado.

Two years earlier, Hampton had won 22 games and finished second in voting for the Cy Young Award as a member of the Houston Astros, while Neagle had been a 20-game winner in 1997 for the Atlanta Braves and had won fifteen games in 2000.

Clemens left for the Houston Astros in 2004, where he spent three seasons and won his seventh Cy Young Award.

" It won the Osborn Award from the Aviation / Space Writers ’ Association, and was honored by the Houston Film Festival.

* On February 11, 2012, multi-Grammy Award winning singer Whitney Houston drowned in the bathtub of room 434 at the Beverly Hills Hilton.

Sam Houston High School boasts among its alumni Academy Award winning Art Director Ralph Eggleston ( Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc .) and David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo !.

* Dean Steinkuhler-football offensive lineman for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Houston Oilers, winner of the 1983 Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award

Michael Coats, director of NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, presented Cronkite with the Ambassador of Exploration Award.

In 1988, the song won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R & B / Soul or Rap Music Video, beating out her brother Michael, Whitney Houston, and Jody Watley.

In his 1999 season, Wagner captured the National League Relief Man of the Year Award as a Houston Astro.

* 1990, Leader of the Year Award from the Houston Leadership Association

He was awarded as the NBA's Coach of the Year Award twice and he guided Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish and the rest of the Boston Celtics to the 1981 NBA championship, defeating the Houston Rockets 4 games to 2 in the finals.

* 2010 Houston Over-All Regional Winner / Best Large Choir / V-CAST People's Choice Award

* Milo Hamilton, play-by-play announcer for the Houston Astros, Ford C. Frick Award recipient.

Houston the birthplace of Grammy Award Winning Gospel Artist Yolanda Adams ; who as of December 11, 2009 was named the # 1 Gospel Artist of the last decade by Billboard Magazine.

The arena was also the winner of the Allen Award for Civic Enhancement by Central Houston, the " Rookie of the Year " award by the Harlem Globetrotters, and a finalist for Pollstar Magazine ’ s " Best New Concert Venue " award.

In 1994, the Alley Theatre was chosen to receive the Twenty-Five Year Award by the American Institute of Architects / Houston, which recognizes distinguished architecture of lasting quality.

Many Razorbacks players have gone on to the majors, perhaps the most successful is Cliff Lee, the 2008 AL Cy Young Award Winner, with the most recent being Dallas Kuechel of the Houston Astros ..

The Lombardi Award program was approved by the Rotary Club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi whom the Super Bowl trophy is also named for.

* Vicky Metcalf Award: James Archibald Houston

The Bodyguard received seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations in 1993, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor ( Kevin Costner ), Worst Actress ( Whitney Houston ), Worst Screenplay, Worst Original Song (" Queen of the Night ") and Worst New Star ( for both Houston and Costner's crew cut ).

The Chapel has received numerous awards, including the Peace Award from The Houston Baha ’ í Community ( 1998 ), a Community Award from the Museum District Business Alliance ( 2000 ), The James L. Tucker Interfaith Award from Interfaith Ministries ( 2004 ), an Urban Greenery Award from The Park People ( 2005 ), and recognitions from the Houston Peace and Justice Center ( 2008 ).

And Houston police have the final say in the matter since she died there on September 20, 1960, `` Diane Harris Graham, 30, D.O.A., circumstances -- unusual ''.

( Her older sister, Toni Bracher-Lawrence, has been a member of the Houston City Council since 2004.

But the team lost its next two games, and suffered embarrassing losses to the Houston Texans over the course of the season ( Jacksonville has struggled against the Texans since Houston entered the league in 2002 ).

This was also the first Super Bowl played in a stadium that was not the current home to an NFL or AFL team, as no team had called Rice Stadium home since the Houston Oilers moved into the Astrodome.

Houston, Texas businessman Bud Adams owned the Oilers since its inception and guided the team through the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger.

Houston voters have rejected comprehensive zoning ordinances three times since 1948.

At the end of the 2000 season, the Houston Comets won their fourth championship, capturing every title since the league's inception.

The Cavs became the first team since the 1983 Houston Rockets to have two picks in the top five in the draft.

That said the county's vote has been shifting Republican as reflected by Barack Obama's win of barely more than 2 %, the lowest margin among all Democratic presidential candidates who have carried Houston County since its inception.

It should be noted that, unlike neighboring Houston, Missouri City has been a zoned city since 1981.

The visitor center has been the adjacent Space Center Houston since 1994 ; JSC Building 2 previously housed the visitor center.

The Chicago Wolves ( 2002, 2008 ), Houston Aeros ( 2003 ), and Milwaukee Admirals ( 2004 ) have all won Calder Cup titles since joining the AHL from the IHL.

As of 2001, DeLay had not spoken to his younger brother, Randy, a Houston lobbyist, since 1996, when a complaint to the House Ethics Committee prompted Tom DeLay to state that he cut his brother off in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.

The " Texans " name has since been revived by the NFL for the current Houston Texans, which started play in 2002.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

Macy's New York began opening stores outside of its historic New York City – Long Island trade area in 1983 with a location at Aventura Mall in Aventura, Florida ( a suburb of Miami ), followed by several locations in Plantation, Florida ( now relocated from the Fashion Mall to the Broward Mall since the Burdine's acquisition ), Houston, New Orleans, and Dallas.

It struck Galveston and Houston, Texas directly, causing $ 2. 6 billion ( 1983 USD ; $ USD ) in damage and killing 21 people ; this made it the worst Texas hurricane since Hurricane Carla in 1961.

Hurricane Alicia was notable for the delayed post storm evacuation of Galveston Island ( since the eye of the storm traveled the evacuation route up Interstate 45 from Galveston to Houston ).

Prior to the construction of METRORail, METRO consisted of the largest all bus fleet in the United States, only because Houston was the largest major city devoid of any rail transit since 1990.

The Houston Texans have played their home games at Reliant Stadium since their inception in 2002.

In 2006, 59, 236 were in attendance which was the largest convention in Houston in 2006 and the highest attendance for the event since 1982.

Houston also believed that since such schools served small portions of the population, attempts to integrate them would arouse less public opposition than efforts to integrate elementary and secondary schools would.

It has been held at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, since 2003.

Galleria II included office space ( known as the Galleria Financial Center since the early 1990s ) and a second hotel, the Galleria Plaza Hotel ( now The Westin Galleria Houston ).