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Cowboys, Texans Talk About Moving Game Due To Hurricane Harvey

The Cowboys "have offered to make AT&T Stadium available to the Texans as a potential contingency plan in case Hurricane Harvey impacts a scheduled preseason finale game Thursday night at NRG Stadium." The storm is expected to hit the coast Friday night, and both teams are "monitoring the situation with no decisions having been made about next week." The NFL makes the "final decision about where games are played" (HOUSTONCHRONICLE.com, 8/25).

Meanwhile, home games Saturday and Sunday for the Dynamo and NWSL Dash have been postponed. Sporting KC-Dynamo was scheduled for 8:00pm CT on Saturday and has been rescheduled to Oct. 11, a Wednesday. A makeup date for Sunday's Courage-Dash game has not been finalized (Dynamo). Sam Houston State's football opener against Richmond scheduled for Sunday night "has been postponed." The game was to be televised on ESPNU, and the two teams are "in talks about finding" a makeup date (HOUSTONCHRONICLE.com, 8/25).

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