Tagged: Arian Foster

Arian Foster says he’ll be ready for regular season

The Houston Texans activated running back Arian Foster off the physically unable to perform list on Wednesday. Foster has been sidelined with a back issue throughout the entirety of training camp. With the season opener less than three weeks away, Foster has a short amount of time to get up to speed…
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Arian Foster turns columnist’s anti-Texans jabs into his own Twitter avatar

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If it’s the NFL postseason, it’s time for Patriots fans and columnists to ratchet their annoying tendencies up another few notches. Yes, they’ve reached many Super Bowls in recent years, and even won a few, and yes, we’re all jealous of their success. But there’s winning with grace … and then there’s the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy.

In a predictably trolling column, Shaughnessy takes shot after shot at the Houston Texans, the Patriots’ upcoming division series opponent. He calls the Texans “fraudulent” and reaches back to the ’30s for a “tomato cans” reference. The whole column is a fine stew of chickenhawk yapping, but here’s the money line:

“The 2012-13 Texans? Pure frauds. The worst 11-1 team in the history of the NFL. These Texans have absolutely zero chance of beating New England here next week. And everybody knows that this is true.”

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Arian Foster’s young fan is worried about his heart, he uses Twitter to calm her fears

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Houston Texans’ fans were understandably concerned when star running back Arian Foster left early during the team’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings with an irregular heartbeat. One young fan named Macie was so worried she made a sign for her favorite player, hoping that his heart felt better.

Five years ago, Macie’s sign would have made the family’s refrigerator or maybe could have been mailed to the Texans’ training facility. But thanks to Twitter, Foster got to see Macie’s concern for him right away. Macie’s father tweeted the picture to Foster, who quickly responded to his young fan.

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