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These two guys [Foley and Peterson] have given their lives to the Houston Rockets organization,” Worrell told the Houston Chronicle’s sports media critic David Barron. “Coaches and general managers come and go, but Gene and Jim have been the one constant this organization has had in terms of reaching the fans, and that has been important. ” The steady Bill Brown is the Astros’ equivalent of Worrell. Brown just finished his 21st season as the Astros’ primary television play-by-play man. Depending on how much longer Hamilton lasts in the radio booth, Brown may ultimately end up as the longest tenured Astros broadcaster in history.
He was the voice of the Southwest Conference for 33 years, holding that title at least in spirit long after he died in 1967. So where does that leave us? Houston has had many brilliant sports voices, but only four folks can fit on this Mount Rushmore. 25 THE BEST HOUSTON SPORTS ARGUMENTS “Gene Elston and Milo Hamilton both belong on the Mount Rushmore of Houston sports broadcasters, but they should be situated at opposite ends on either side of Jim Foley and Gene Peterson,” Barron said. “The seismic consequences of placing them side by side would be considerable.
In an international city that doesn’t get the national respect it deserves, being without an NFL team was a tremendous black eye. McNair brought the NFL back to a football town in a football-crazed state, so his impact has been bigger overall for the self-esteem of the entire Houston area. 39 WHICH WOMAN HAS HAD A BIGGER IMPACT ON HOUSTON’S SPORTS COMMUNITY: Pam Gardner or Sheryl Swoopes? Sheryl Swoopes has been one of the WNBA’s 13 brightest stars, helping the Houston Comets win title after title.