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...especially as player salaries have skyrocketed. But many observers believe this most recent trend of quick triggers has reached laughable levels. "Head coaches may be hearing all this talk about how 'we're all in this together,'" says Jeff Van Gundy, former coach of the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets and now an ABC/ESPN analyst. "In reality, not really. Unless your name is [nine-time title winner] Phil Jackson, [four-time title winner] Gregg Popovich, [21-year Utah Jazz coach] Jerry Sloan or ['08 champ] Doc Rivers, if you lose three games in a row, you're instantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The NBA's Epidemic of Fired Coaches | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...they really had to substantiate the gains of these funds was Madoff's own statements," says Harry Susman, a lawyer at Houston-based Susman Godfrey. "They were supposed to be the watchdogs. Why did they sign off on these funds' books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Madoff Fraud: How Culpable Were the Auditors? | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...those same people think they can do better with retirement funds? It is easy to make decisions when the rules don't apply to you. No members of government will have to worry about their pension or medical care. The market works; government does not. Charles van Ravenswaay, HOUSTON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

Although I only lived in the great city of Houston, Texas for the first four years of my life, I still feel the need to highlight the strengths of the Lone Star State as we near the end of a particularly unpopular presidency. 5. Austin, Texas. Live music capital of the world... 4. “All my Exes Live in Texas” by George Strait 3. Sandra Cisneros and all of the other Chicano authors 2. Cacti! 1. BEVO. He’s a longhorn bull. He hangs out at University of Texas games. Once he charged...

Author: By Meredith S. Steuer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Top Five Things About Texas | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...prominent writer and educator, Wise was invited by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice to speak on his new book, “Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Obama Election Transformed Racism? | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

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