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Jaimito, as he is known within the family, is the first Jaquez to reach the highest professional level of his sport, though others before him have flirted with the big leagues. The Jaquezes' relationship with sports goes back decades. Ezequiel's brother Richard played rookie ball in the Houston Astros organization (then known as the Colt .45s) in 1964. Upon retiring, he became a successful high school baseball and football coach who was recognized with induction into the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame. For his part, Ezequiel Jaquez Jr. played baseball during his time at Ventura College. His interest in football was stopped cold by his mother Lucía, who feared her lanky son would be easily injured. However, at over 6 feet tall, Ezequiel gravitated to and excelled at basketball, enough to where he earned a scholarship to Arizona State College in Flagstaff, now known as Northern Arizona. "I'd never been over there. It was funny, I showed up in a suit and then they looked at me like I was weird," Ezequiel says. "[The rest] wore cowboy boots and belts and stuff like that."
Clutch Points: Mavs legend Dirk Nowitzki is in attendance for Game 4 of the Rangers vs. Astros matchup 🤩 pic.twitter.com/x7K009jJLP
Adam Spolane: Rockets and Astros announce they have acquired AT&T SportsNet Southwest from Warner Bros. Discovery effective tomorrow. The network will re-launch as Space City Home Network on Tuesday
A decade after losing millions of dollars from the collapse of Comcast SportsNet Houston, the Astros and Rockets are negotiating to get back into the regional sports network business as owners of AT&T SportsNet Southwest.
If negotiations proceed as planned, according to sources with knowledge of the talks, the teams will create a new business entity that will assume ownership of the network from Warner Bros. Discovery. While negotiations continue, Astros and Rockets games will continue on AT&T SportsNet Southwest, which has carried both teams since 2014.
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The Atlanta Hawks plan to celebrate the Atlanta Braves’ 2021 World Series victory by hosting Braves stars and senior-level executives during the Hawks game against Utah on Thursday, Nov. 4. In a one-of-a-kind ceremony at State Farm Arena, the Hawks will honor the World Champion Braves. Expected to attend are Freddie Freeman, AJ Minter and Joc Pederson among many others. Last night, the Braves earned The Commissioner’s Trophy, which the club received as part of a 4-2 series victory over Houston Astros in the 2021 World Series.
There are nine Texas teams playing the leagues mentioned by the NAACP: the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets; the NHL's Dallas Stars; the WNBA's Dallas Wings; MLB's Texas Rangers and Houston Astros; and the NFL's Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys.
Mark Berman: New #Rockets star Jalen Green throwing out the first pitch before the Astros play Arizona.
New #Rockets star Jalen Green (@JalenGreen) throwing out the first pitch before the Astros play Arizona. pic.twitter.com/9gassFYeLX
— Mark Berman (@MarkBerman_) September 17, 2021
The sports world remains shut down, but Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, runner-up in the 2019 American League MVP voting, is changing agents because of … LeBron James? The answer is yes, according to four sources with knowledge of Bregman’s thinking.
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The involvement of James’ media platform Uninterrupted in a new docuseries on the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal was perhaps not the only reason Bregman left Brodie Scoffield, whose company last month became the baseball arm of James’ agency, Klutch Sports. But the sources said it was an overriding factor — at the very least, the last straw.
James created Uninterrupted as an athlete empowerment brand with his longtime friend and business partner, Maverick Carter. The company is partnering with The Cinemart to produce the Astros’ series, tentatively titled, “Sign Language,” on Quibi, a short-form content platform. Bregman, whose move first was reported on Twitter by Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, is in the process of interviewing other agencies. He might end up selecting a company that represents players who were critical of the Astros for illegally stealing signs during the 2017 and ’18 seasons — just as James was critical of the team in February.
Quibi and LeBron James’ Uninterrupted sports media company are teaming up for a new docuseries about a cheating scandal that has gone down in baseball infamy. The short-form content platform has ordered “Sign Language” (working title), a series which aims to give viewers an inside look at the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal and its unprecedented fallout. Per the logline for the series, it will look to “transcend the baseball diamond to explore larger themes of greed, cheating, corruption, sportsmanship, and social media activism.” News of the series comes around two months after it was announced that “Slow Burn” producers Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons are looking to hit a home run with a podcast about the Astros’ controversial World Series-winning 2017 season, which they then intend to adapt into a scripted series.
The Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal is about to get the documentary treatment thanks in part to NBA superstar LeBron James. Quibi announced Friday that the docuseries tentatively titled “Sign Language” will debut on the streaming service at a later date and will be produced by James’ Uninterrupted sports media company.
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