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- When giving this opportunity to ... talk about who my hero I immediately thought of my hero’s courage. My hero is Clutch the Bear. He is currently the mascot for the Houston Rockets. When the performer was my age he attended the University of Delaware. He had created their mascot and had been it throughout his college career.
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Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets is an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member club of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center, located in downtown Houston. The Rockets have won two NBA championships and four Western Conference titles. The team was established as the San Diego Rockets, an expansion team originally based in San Diego, in 1967. In 1971, the Rockets moved to Houston.
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- 1953 - Rev. Bill Brooks’ bluetick coonhound “Brooks’ Blue Smokey” howled his way to the win in the Pep Club’s mascot contest at halftime of the Tennessee-Mississippi State football game. Smokey leads the Vols through the T before each home football game and carries out many other mascot duties.
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What is the origin of the Houston Texans team name? Texas in general is famous for its cowboy culture and the Stallions refers to the central importance of horses in that culture. However Houston already had a team with space imagery, the Astros of MLB, and the NFL was already saddled with a herd of horse imagery: Broncos, Colts, and Chargers. So, Texans it was. Bob McNair, the principal owner made the final decision on the name.
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Rockets Sign Free Agent Gerald Green HOUSTON – Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team has signed free agent guard/forward Gerald Green. Green will wear #14 for the Rockets. Green (6-7, 205) was originally the 18th overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft out of Gulf Shores Academy in Houston.
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Squatch Squatch in 2005. Squatch (a derivation of Sasquatch) was the team mascot for the Seattle SuperSonics, a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise formerly based in Seattle, Washington.
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University Traditions The University immediately began a search for a new live mascot and found two—Thunder VIII (Jack) and Thunder IX (Liz), half-siblings who were donated by and named after Jack and Liz Longbotham of Abilene.
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- Now, here’s each team explaining why they’re doing this, starting with the Rockets: “The Lunar New Year uniforms represent a great opportunity to honor our incredibly loyal and passionate fans throughout China,” said Houston Rockets Owner Leslie Alexander.
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Sacramento Zoo May 05, 2016. Shani, a six-year-old Masai Giraffe at the Sacramento Zoo, gave birth to a healthy 163-pound male calf on April 10. The calf has been given the name Rocket. Zookeepers chose the name based on his playful personality and on-the-go attitude.
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NBA Trade Rumors: Houston Rockets Exploring Trade With Brooklyn Nets For Deron Williams Before Trade Deadline NBA Trade Rumors: Houston Rockets Exploring Trade With Brooklyn Nets For Deron Williams Before Trade Deadline. At 26-11 in the NBA standings, the Houston Rockets are flying high. The Rockets are in first place in the Southwest Division ahead of the San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans Pelicans, Dallas Mavericks and Memphis Grizzlies.
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- The Phoenix Suns mascot high fives the ball held by Jeffrey, a performer with the Suns, during a pre-game show before a regular-season NBA basketball game between the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.
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- Big Blue Whale added 2 new photos. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the readers of THE LEADER. for voting Big Blue Whale as the #1 Toy Store in Houston for the second year in a row! Big Blue Whale added 4 new photos.
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Catastrophe Depending on where you live, flood insurance may be mandatory. In an A or V flood zone, flood insurance is required. These are typically areas that are coastal, directly on the waterfront, or near a river. It could also be an area that receives a high amount of rain throughout the year.
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- When a protein is composed of more than one polypeptide chain, the arrangement of the chains is called the _____ structure.
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- The Houston Zoo is located inside the Hermann Park. Besides these, some well known green spaces are the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, Lee and Joe Jamail Skate Park, Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary, Houston Audubon and Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden.
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The 35 official mascots of Major League Baseball teams Chicago Cubs: Clark — This year is the first year the for the official Cubs mascot, Clark. He is a large furry bear cub. Clark gets his name from Clark St., which is one of the streets that borders Wrigley Field.
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- Comments0 Share. Kitty Purry is the pet cat owned by Katy Perry. She makes a cameo in the I Kissed a Girl music video. Kitty Purry is also considered to be Katy's Mascot. During Katy's shows in the Hello Katy Tour, a large inflatable Kitty Purry head was onstage for decoration.
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- Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale sits in the Target Center stands as he visited with a Minnesota Timberwolves media official prior to the NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Minneapolis, where ...
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"Killer AHL mascot goes down in flames. RIP, ""Scorch""" The Wales Rugby Union has a mascot of the same name, but it’s a cuddly dragon patterned after the dragon on the country’s flag. The Bloomington Blaze of the Southern Professional League had a mascot named Scorch, but the dude was a fireman.
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- Many people in the county were illiterate, so both parties had to come up with mascots to differentiate themselves. The Democrats picked a white rooster, and the LFCO picked a black panther, which according to LFCO chairman John Hulett, is an animal that when pressured moves back until it is cornered, then it comes out fighting for life and death.
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- Our Michigan State Mascot-Sparty Fathead Wall Decal is perfect for a birthday, graduation, holidays or just because. This gift is one that any Michigan State Spartans fan will always remember.
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Democratic Donkey Nast also helped to establish the elephant as the Republican Party mascot in a cartoon from 1874. Although the donkey had not been adopted as the official symbol of the Democratic Party, all twenty of the Democratic mayors who served at the Old City Hall used the well-known mascot.
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Tilman Fertitta will be the new Rockets' owner. Hereâs who he is. Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta is in the process of purchasing the Houston Rockets for a record-setting $2.2 billion, sources confirm to SB Nation. Fertitta is purchasing the team from Leslie Alexander, who announced his intentions to sell the Rockets last month. Fertitta later confirmed the news on his Twitter account:
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The Rockets (band) The Rockets (band) The Rockets are an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan founded by guitarist Jimmy McCarty and drummer Johnny Bee Badanjek, both former members of the group Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels. Along with slide and rhythm guitarist Dennis Robbins, bassist John Fraga, and lead vocalist David Gilbert, the Rockets reached their pinnacle of success in 1979 with a Top 40 hit, a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song Oh Well, and an appearance on the T.V. series The Midnight Special.
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Houston Zoo Location within Hermann Park. The Houston Zoo is a 55-acre (22 ha) zoological park located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The Zoo houses over 6,000 animals as a part of over 900 species that the zoo has to offer, and receives 2.55 million visitors each year and is the second most visited zoo in the United States.
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- What's Happening Houston? The Houston Zoo is preparing for a big delivery next year. Following the back to back births of Asian elephant calves Baylor and Tupelo in 2010, the Houston Zoo is making preparations for Shanti, a 23 year old Asian elephant to give birth in January, 2014.