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The Houston Texans had to shut down operations at their practice facility on Wednesday, after a player tested positive for the coronavirus.

Jason Whitlock says that when the Chiefs and the Texans lined up prior to the game in a show of “unity,” fans booed, and it was right to do.

The Texans and Chiefs joined arms and stood in the middle of the field for a “Moment of Unity,” prior to their season opening game on Thursday night.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans were loudly booed as they linked arms in a show of “unity” after the singing of the national anthem on Thursday night.

The Houston Texans could not decide, as a team, how to handle the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner and the “Black National Anthem.” Therefore, they decided as a team to remain in the locker room. The Chiefs, however, elected to stay and stood arm-in-arm during the playing of both songs.

One of the league’s few remaining anthem protesters has found himself attracting headlines for a protest off the field football.

Last month, Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt excoriated fans who called Colin Kaepernick anti-American, but Watt has been mysteriously silent since Kaepernick tweeted that the Independence Day holiday is a celebration of “white supremacy.”

Houston Texans defensive end J.J.Watt rejected a fan’s notion that he would not approve of protests during the national anthem.

Former Clemson Tigers and current NFL players Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins have persuaded Clemson University to rename its Calhoun Honors College, given that John C. Calhoun was a pre-Civil War slavery advocate.

Fans had hoped that the NFL would not delay free agency, in order to give people a distraction from the daily drumbeat of gloom and doom from the coronavirus.

There was much cause for rejoicing after the Chiefs took a 24-0 deficit and outscored the Texans 51-7, completing one of the wildest comebacks in NFL history.

The NFL headed into Week 5 hoping to gain some momentum with their attendance numbers, however, several stadiums still seemed more empty than they ought to be.

On August 7, wide receiver and anthem protester Kenny Stills criticized his then-boss, Miami Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross, for hosting a fundraiser in honor of President Donald J. Trump.

Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins says he felt “like a slave” after hearing late Texans Owner Bob McNair use the expression “inmates running the prison,” during discussions between owners and players about the national anthem protests.

Houston Texans star JJ Watt’s Hurricane Harvey relief fund has now rebuilt and repaired 1,183 homes in the Houston area so far.

Former NFL running back Arian Foster blasted President Trump for calling former quarterback and anthem protester Colin Kaepernick a “son of a b*tch,” during an interview with Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren.

During what he called a “life-changing” trip to Israel, Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was baptized in the famed Jordan River.

Jeff Pope, a now former Houston Texans front office employee, is alleging that he was fired because he is black, according to a discrimination complaint.

Jameel Cook, a member of the 2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl winning team, has been convicted of stealing $105,000 from the NFLPA Health Reimbursement Fund.

Cierre Wood, a former Notre Dame running back who washed out of the NFL, has been charged with murder in Las Vegas after forcing a 5-year-old girl to exercise until she was so fatigued she fell and slammed her head on the floor causing her death, police say.

It’s been a long time since an NFL player has worn a shirt with the number seven and Colin Kaepernick’s name, to an NFL game.

Houston Texans Owner Bob McNair passed away on Friday evening, he was 81 years old.

Things went from bad to worse on Sunday, for a Redskins offense that was looking to find some consistency with their play. Now, the Redskins will have to search for that consistency without their starting quarterback.

It wouldn’t be a Monday after a full-slate of NFL Sunday action, if there wasn’t a video of a fight between fans in the stands. The fans at yesterday’s Jaguars-Texans game, provided just such a moment.

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans star J.J. Watt said Monday that he has distributed the $41.6 million his foundation raised to help rebuild the Texas Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey.

Along with death and taxes, fights at NFL joint practices are one of the other guarantees in life. Earlier this week, the Redskins and Jets engaged in a wild brawl that spilled over into the fan seating area.

At the beginning of the month, President Donald Trump offered professional athletes protesting the National Anthem to share names of people they believed should be pardoned for their non-violent crimes, but Houston Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is not buying it.

A former Houston Texans cheerleader claims that her cheer coach duct taped her stomach. Because she was deemed to be “skinny fat,” according to reports.

Former Houston Texans running back Arian Foster wants team owner Bob McNair to come on his podcast “to sit down and have a conversation.”

Five former Houston Texan cheerleaders have filed a lawsuit claiming that they suffered in a hostile work environment, and were paid unfair wages.

Houston Texans star J.J. Watt surprised everyone with a visit the victims of the Santa Fe high school shooting, reports say.

Former Houston Texans running back Arian Foster says he was not surprised by Texans Owner Bob McNair’s “inmates” comment. On the contrary, Foster believes that’s how NFL owners “view the players anyway.”

Houston Texans Owner Bob McNair does not regret using the expression “inmates running the prison,” when referencing the NFL anthem protests last year. However, he does regret apologizing for using that expression.

Texans Owner Bob McNair drew a lot of criticism last year, in part, for trying to stem the tide of ratings-killing anthem protests that dominated the headlines.

The question of why Colin Kaepernick was in Houston earlier this week, throwing a football around on camera for the first time in a very long time, has been answered.

After the Kansas City Chiefs recently traded Marcus Peters to the Los Angeles Rams, the talented cornerback did an exclusive interview with NFL Network’s Michael Robinson.