. . ; Pre-European era Houston has sports teams for every major professional league except the National Hockey League the Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball expansion team formed in 1962 (known as the "Colt .45s" until 1965) that won the World Series in 2017 and previously appeared in 2005 It is the only MLB team to have won pennants in both modern leagues the Houston Rockets are a National Basketball Association franchise based in the city since 1971 They have won two NBA Championships one in 1994 and another in 1995 under star players Hakeem Olajuwon Otis Thorpe Clyde Drexler Vernon Maxwell and Kenny Smith the Houston Texans are a National Football League expansion team formed in 2002 the Houston Dynamo is a Major League Soccer franchise that has been based in Houston since 2006 winning two MLS Cup titles in 2006 and 2007 the Houston Dash team plays in the National Women's Soccer League the Houston SaberCats are a rugby team that plays in Major League Rugby, By 2005 USA Today referred to Houston as "the dining-out capital of the nation." Houstonians ate out at restaurants more often than residents of other American cities and Houston restaurants have the second lowest average prices of restaurants of major cities. Tex-Mex cuisine and Louisiana Creole cuisine are very popular in Houston Many Mexican cuisine restaurants in Houston have aspects that originate from Texas culture, Houston Texas Business Directory. Kohrville 9 Secrecy and disinformation Wikisource has original text related to this article:. . 8.1 Major highways German panzers of the Afrika Korps advancing across the North African desert 1941, (137) 5.52 1.3 Opening and reception (2) 23 Northeast Gulf of Mexico which extends from a point east of the Mississippi River Delta near Biloxi to the eastern side of Apalachee Bay, El Lago Brazos Wind Farm in the plains of West Texas. In 2008 KBR announced that it will open a new office facility in an unincorporated area in western Harris County in December KBR said that it would not continue with the plans due to a weakened economy in January 2009 KBR announced that it will not open the new office facility.
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