The Houston Astros will face the Detroit Tigers in the AL Wild Card series this week.

Following a sign-stealing scandal that rocked college football and hung over Michigan’s championship run in 2023, the NCAA’s oversight committee approved the use of coach-to-player helmet communications in games for the 2024 season.

Texans or Browns? A pre-Wild Card journey to unravel hometown hues!

As Houston Texans Prepare for a wild card showdown, battle lines drawn in unexpected places!

Let’s go. TEXANS!

Wild-card weekend is all about familiarity.

The St. Louis Cardinals have fired manager Mike Shildt over philosophical differences within the organization.

Nine months after Houston’s rules-breaking, sign-stealing system was revealed, the Astros advanced to the Division Series in Los Angeles. Since that date, the Astros are 43-35 in postseason play, winning 10 of 15 rounds with three trips to the World Series. Nobody on this Twins team has had a hand in more than six of the playoffs losses, but for the second straight year one of baseball’s most potent lineups limped through a brief postseason cameo. In a three-game Diviion Series sweep by the Yankees last year, the Twins totaled seven runs and 22 hits. Manager Rocco Baldelli declined to confirm whether Buxton was experiencing a recurrence of concussion symptoms that kept him out of the last two regular season games.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo waged a tasty bet with her counterpart in Buffalo, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, ahead of the Wild Card Playoff Game between the Houston Texans and the Buffalo Bills. Hidalgo wagered the Texans would win against the Bills and pledged to send a plate of tamales to Poloncarz if the Bills should win. Poloncarz put up a plate of buffalo wings as collateral. @markpoloncarz of Erie County (Buffalo) has bet me that the Bills will beat the @HoustonTexans tomorrow. Also for what it's worth, Toro wears pants... pic.twitter.com/3nOx6Ar3xz — Lina Hidalgo (@LinaHidalgoTX) January 3, 2020“I’m looking forward to a Bills win and I’m looking forward to some tasty tamales,” Poloncarz said in a Tweet.

The Houston Texans will kick off the postseason here in Houston, as they host the Buffalo Bills today in the Wild Card Playoff Game. Here’s what to look for when the Texans take one the Bills later today:Rest assured, Houston Texans fans, the team opened as the favorite to win their AFC wild-card playoff matchup against the Buffalo Bills on Saturday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette acknowledges that the Buffalo Bills haven’t won a playoff a game since 1995 -- that’s before their quarterback, Josh Allen, was born. As the clock ticks down to the Texans playoff opener with the Buffalo Bills on Saturday all eyes are on Watt. Click here for a list of sports bar perfect for watching the Texans game today.

HOUSTON – Everyone expected JJ Watt to play in the Wild Card game Saturday, but it was not official until #99 was activated. The Texans had until 3 p.m. Friday to activate Watt, but they chose to make the official announcement Tuesday. Watt returned to practice last week, and his teammates said he looked like the solid player we all know him to be. He’s going to be able to get some pressure, and that’s going to help out the whole defense." It’s going to be great to have him back.”In order to make room for Watt, the Texans placed safety Tashaun Gipson on the Injured Reserve.