Skip to main content

HOUSTON/US: Texans Unveil a Uniform as Bold, Fresh and H-Town as the City Itself

By CNN

Click here for updates on this story

    August 26, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — Houston, we have a new look — and Houston Style Magazine is officially stoked. The Houston Texans unveiled their new HOUSTON/US alternate uniform Tuesday, August 25, giving H-Town a football fit that feels less like somebody designed a jersey and more like somebody drove down Westheimer, cruised through Third Ward, looked up at the city’s street signs and said, “Put all of that on the uniform.”

Created through the Nike x NFL Rivalries program, HOUSTON/US arrives drenched in Liberty White, H-Town Blue and Battle Red, celebrating Houston culture through details inspired by the city’s historic blue-and-white street tiles, customized automobiles and the celebrated “Be Someone” bridge imagery. The Rivalries initiative allows participating NFL clubs to develop community-rooted alternate uniforms designed around their local identity.

And this one is unapologetically Houston.

photo

Start with the Texans’ first-ever Liberty White helmet, a nod to the white helmet prototype late franchise founder Robert C. McNair displayed in 1999 before Houston ultimately adopted Deep Steel Blue. Then give it a candy-paint-inspired finish, Houston street-tile graphics reading “H-Town” and “Texans,” plus a chrome H-Town Blue facemask that looks like it could have rolled straight out of a Houston custom-car showcase.

The jersey numbers borrow their block styling from the “Be Someone” bridge, while player nameplates echo Houston’s iconic tiled street signs. The Bullhead logo also moves over the heart for the first time in franchise history. Even the inside collar carries the concept home: HOUSTON/US, emphasizing that this uniform is supposed to represent the millions of people who make Greater Houston one of America’s most diverse metropolitan communities.

Texans Chair and CEO Cal McNair said the organization wanted something meaningful and uniquely Houston as the franchise celebrates its 25th season. Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Doug Vosik called the design the team’s most Houston-centered uniform yet. Judging by the details, that might be an understatement.

The NFL’s national Rivalries campaign adds even more hometown horsepower, featuring Texans star Nico Collins alongside Houston cultural heavyweights Bun B and Slim Thug — because apparently this uniform needed just a little more H-Town credibility.

Now comes the real show.

The Texans will debut HOUSTON/US under the lights at Reliant Stadium on Thursday, November 19, at 7:15 p.m. CT, hosting AFC South rival Indianapolis in Week 11 on Thursday Night Football. Fans are being encouraged to wear H-Town Blue.

Rivalries merchandise goes on sale September 1, with a Texans Mobile Team Shop appearance at City Centre September 5.

Houston has always understood that style is storytelling. Now our hometown football team is wearing the story.

By the H. For the H. For US.

Explore the Houston Texans HOUSTON/US Uniform and Official Rivalries Collection

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

Kierra Lee
KIELEESTYLE@GMAIL.COM
3465287733

How worried should the GOP be about two Dan Sullivans on the ballot in Alaska?

By CNN
(CNN) — The situation that Republicans strove to avoid in Alaska has come to pass: Two Dan Sullivans will appear on the general election ballot for US Senate.One is an incumbent GOP senator, and the other is a political unknown that the party fears will siphon votes from the senator in a key race for the Senate majority.But how worried should the GOP be?In short, history suggests this could hurt the party at least somewhat — but likely only in a very close race.And Alaska’s unusual ranked-choice system should mitigate some of the potential impact.The ranked-choice effectNewly reported results in last week’s all-party primary show Dan J. Sullivan, a former school teacher, taking 2.5% of the vote and resting firmly inside the top four alongside GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan (42.6%) and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola (48.2%). The last spot is to be determined, with two other candidates at 1.1%.Republicans would have plenty to fear if this were a normal general election and the other Dan Sullivan appeared on the ballot as an independent or third-party candidate. In that case, it’s easy to see a fair number of voters inadvertently voting for the wrong Dan Sullivan.But Alaska’s ranked-choice system allows voters to rank multiple candidates. So as long as Dan J. Sullivan’s voters also rank Sen. Dan Sullivan — and rank him ahead of Peltola — the other Dan Sullivan’s votes would filter down to the senator.Scott Kendall, an Alaska lawyer who spearheaded the state’s adoption of ranked-choice voting in 2020, wrote an op-ed this month making a compelling case that ranked-choice voting will blunt the impact of the other Dan Sullivan.But it might only blunt the impact so muchThat’s mainly because while Alaska’s system allows voters to rank multiple candidates, many voters don’t do that.Many voters will “exhaust” their ballots by not listing backup options — either deliberately or because they are unfamiliar with the process — meaning if their chosen candidate is eliminated, their ballot doesn’t count toward the final matchup.The state’s limited history with ranked-choice voting suggests a fair number of these voters do exhaust their ballots. And many others don’t rank the backup options that might be logically expected.Perhaps the best example is the state’s 2024 US House race.Initially, 1.1% of voters picked Democrat Eric Hafner. When he was eliminated, you might have expected his votes to filter down to the only other Democrat on the ballot, Peltola.But that’s not what happened with most of them. About one-third of Hafner’s supporters didn’t rank another candidate and exhausted their ballots. A similar proportion ranked Peltola next, and the rest ranked either Republican Nick Begich or a third-party candidate next.So while 1.1% voted for Hafner, just 0.4% worth of that filtered down to the other Democrat, Peltola.The state also held two US House races in 2022 — a special election and then the general election. Both featured Peltola and a pair of high-profile Republicans: Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential nominee.In both races, around one-quarter of voters initially backed Begich before he was eliminated. And each time, more than 20% of Begich’s voters exhausted their ballots rather than pick an alternative. That amounted to 5-6% of voters overall in both races.In the special election, only about half of Begich’s voters filtered down to the other Republican, Palin. In November, two-thirds did.Part of the reason for that, of course, could be how polarizing Palin was. Perhaps Begich’s voters just didn’t want to vote for her or Peltola.But all told, in the state’s 2022 and 2024 elections for US House and Senate, an average of 28% of a candidate’s voters didn’t rank a backup when that candidate was eliminated.And only about half of them ranked the candidate you’d most logically expect as a backup — i.e. someone from the same party or someone ideologically closer to their initial choice.So if Dan J. Sullivan got 2.5% of the vote in November and was eliminated, you might wager about half of that would filter down to Sen. Dan Sullivan.The unusual dynamics of the two Dan SullivansBut it’s not quite so simple.Just because 2.5% voted for the other Dan Sullivan in the primary doesn’t mean many or even most of them were Republicans who did so mistakenly.After all, minor candidates do tend to get 1% or 2% of the vote here and there. Some people just don’t want to vote for the major candidates.There is also a real question from last week’s primary about whether many of the other Dan Sullivan’s votes actually came from Democrats.He tended to do better in areas where Peltola also did well. So it seems possible that much of his 2.5% vote share was not Republicans, but rather Democrats voting strategically — i.e. trying to get the other Dan Sullivan into the general election to potentially help Peltola.The confusion factor is also likely reduced by the fact that the other Dan Sullivan, despite being a registered Republican, didn’t appear on the primary ballot as a Republican. Assuming that’s also the case in November, for voters to mix this up, they’d not just have to pick Dan J. Sullivan, but skip over the only Dan Sullivan who is listed as a Republican.At the same time, the November general election could feature more casual voters who are more likely to get confused.In other words, it’s difficult to say how this will shake out in November.It seems quite possible that the other Dan Sullivan’s vote share will drop, after Republicans spend more time educating voters about the differences between him and the senator, and perhaps as Peltola supporters who strategically voted for the other Dan Sullivan in the primary back her in November.But it’s also possible that a small but significant handful of voters will see “Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.” on their ballot, vote for him thinking he’s the senator, and be done with it — in a way that could matter in a very close (read: decided by considerably less than 1%) race.And that would be very bad for the national GOP, given Alaska could be the pivotal race for the Senate majority.In the meantime, also keep an eye on whoever becomes the fourth candidate to emerge from the all-party primary. Republican Gerald Heikes passed Democrat David Leslie overnight for the No. 4 slot.If it’s the other Dan Sullivan and another Republican on the ballot, this variable looms larger in a close race.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Read Next Story

Related Stories

Cnn L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2ltYWdlL2luc3RhbmNlcy9jbXRhOWd0ZnkwMDAwM2I2cnRkaHFkbWlx L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2FydGljbGUvaW5zdGFuY2VzL2NtdGE5M3A0MDAwMHkyN3A4ZGhwNzV5NWs=
Latest News
Tim Curry, star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and ‘Clue,’ dead at 80
2 minutes ago
Cnn L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2ltYWdlL2luc3RhbmNlcy9jbXRhOWd0ZnkwMDAwM2I2cnRkaHFkbWlx L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2FydGljbGUvaW5zdGFuY2VzL2NtdGE5M3A0MDAwMHkyN3A4ZGhwNzV5NWs=

Tim Curry, star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and ‘Clue,’ dead at 80

WBALMigrantMotherProtest

Migrant mothers in downtown Baltimore demand ICE remove ankle monitors after March detention

Las imágenes increíbles preseleccionadas para el concurso Fotógrafo de Vida Silvestre del Año

Suspect fleeing deputies crashes into school bus transporting 19 kids

WXIIMiaFulton

Beloved Biscuitville drive-thru worker battling cancer showered with community surprise thanks to social media