When the legendary coach of the Houston Oilers, Oail Andrew Phillips — everybody knows him as “Bum” — was approached in 2012 with a pitch to make an opera about his life, he responded in trademark ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Before the Texans, we had the Oilers, and before Bill O'Brien, there was Bum Phillips. Forty years ago -- nearly to the day -- Phillips coached his first game for the Oilers in the ...

Former Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips is one of the most colorful characters in NFL history. Inspired by a life so improbable that it has been compared to that of the fictional Forrest Gump, the ...

[vimeo 88364932 w=600 h=338] Bum Phillips All-American Opera opened in New York this week, and it is exactly what the title says: an opera based on the life of Sports on Earth's Mike Tanier reports ...