Christopher Walken on Texas Sports Nation

Houston Chronicle sports reporter Hunter Atkins impersonates Christopher Walken. (Courtesy of Jerome Solomon/Texas Sports Nation/KPRC)

Matthew McConaughey on Texas Sports Nation

Houston Chronicle sports reporter Hunter Atkins impersonates Matthew McConaughey. (Courtesy of Jerome Solomon/Texas Sports Nation/KPRC)

Doc Rivers on Texas Sports Nation

Houston Chronicle sports reporter Hunter Atkins impersonates Doc Rivers. (Courtesy of Jerome Solomon/Texas Sports Nation/KPRC)

Mark Wahlberg on Texas Sports Nation

Houston Chronicle sports reporter Hunter Atkins impersonates Mark Wahlberg. (Courtesy of Jerome Solomon/Texas Sports Nation/KPRC)
Houston Chronicle sports reporter Hunter Atkins impersonates Harry Caray, Barack Obama and Matthew McConaughey. (Courtesy of Jerome Solomon/Texas Sports Nation/KPRC)

College Football Great Marcus Dupree Wrestles in Oklahoma

Marcus Dupree, former University of Oklahoma running back, headlines Crowbar Championship Wrasslin' at Sugar Creek Casino in Hinton, Okla. (Saturday, January 7, 2017.) Video by Hunter Atkins, reporter at Houston Chronicle. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/author/hunter-atkins/

 

Astros-Rangers Weekend Series Report July 9, 2017

 

Running of the Bulls Begins in U.S.--And Why I Ran it Seven Times

Sports Illustrated

PETERSBURG, Va. -- It was here, out in the sticks of southern Virginia, on a drag strip covered with dirt on which man tempted beast at the Great Bull Run -- the first event of its kind held on American soil -- that I learned the consequences of insatiable bloodlust. A year ago, Rob Dickens and Brad Scudder, co-owners of Rugged Maniac, a series of 5-kilometer obstacle racing events held across the U.S., conceived a classic idea. Why go abroad, when we could just outrun death here in America? If it offered frequent danger -- the near-death kind -- it would be a success.