As Houston floods, Texans postpone start of OTAs

Marc Lancaster

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Widespread flooding in the Houston area has put the opening of the Texans' organized team activities on hold.

The team hopes to begin OTAs on Wednesday, ESPN reported, but those plans remain uncertain based on the weather conditions.

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Parts of several major freeways and other main roads were submerged Tuesday morning after heavy storms swept through Houston overnight. The National Weather Service's observation site at Hobby Airport recorded 5.89 inches of rain in about seven hours overnight.

The deluge marooned hundreds of fans — and Rockets forward Dwight Howard — at Toyota Center after Houston's win over Golden State on Monday night.

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.