Texans 17, Saints 13: Houston closes out preseason with road win
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 27: Nico Collins #12 is congratulated by C.J. Stroud #7 of the Houston Texans after catching a pass for a touchdown during the preseason game against the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome on August 27, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 27: Nico Collins #12 is congratulated by C.J. Stroud #7 of the Houston Texans after catching a pass for a touchdown during the preseason game against the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome on August 27, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
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The Texans closed their preseason with a 17-13 victory over the Saints on Sunday night in New Orleans.
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Brooks Kubena, a Houston native, joined the Chronicle in 2021 to cover the Texans. He can be reached at [email protected]. He previously reported on LSU football for The Advocate | Times-Picayune in Baton Rouge, La., for three years. Kubena has received APSE National Top 10 honors eight times for his reporting, which includes his beat writing coverage during the 2022 season.
A graduate of the University of Texas and Clear Lake High School, he’s too young to remember the Oilers but old enough to remember a parking lot was once AstroWorld.
Jonathan M. Alexander is a staff writer for the Houston Chronicle covering the Houston Texans and NFL. He can be reached at [email protected].
Alexander is a Charlotte native and graduated in 2013 from N.C. Central University, an HBCU in Durham, N.C. He’s covered a variety of beats in his career from K-12 schools, public safety, town government, recruiting, Duke basketball, UNC basketball and football at the Raleigh New & Observer, and most recently spent two years covering the Carolina Panthers for the Charlotte Observer.
He has twice earned APSE National Top 10 honors for his writing and reporting.
He broke one of the biggest stories on the Panthers beat in November 2021, when he revealed that the Panthers were planning to meet with quarterback Cam Newton with the intentions to sign him one year after releasing him.
In his free time, Jonathan enjoys coaching youth basketball, trying new restaurants and hanging with friends. He has one sister, Tyler, who has lived in Houston for six years. His parents, Stanley and Becky, who are his biggest influences, are both retired social workers.
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