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Podcast: Houston Sports Talk
Episode: Rockets, Astros, Coogs & Oilers Memories with Iconic Sportswriter Mickey Herskowitz
Description: Bleav Host Robert Land revisits a classic interview (from '16) with iconic Houston Post & Chronicle Sportswriter Mickey Herskowitz. Mickey remembers the early Astros, Colt 45's, Buffs, Oilers & Rockets days. He explains how he brought the Rockets to Houston, how Houston nearly stole another franchise before the Astros arrived & shares anecdotes about his time with Nolan Ryan, George Blanda, Bud Adams, Cesar Cedeno, Jimmy Wynn, Guy V. Lewis, Muhammad Ali, Mickey Mantle, Howard Cosell and UH vs. UCLA in the Game of the Century.
(:40) Robert & Stephen grew up with Herskowitz
(4:26) How Herskowitz fell in love with baseball & started...