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Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles is an American animated television series based on the 1959 novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein and the 1997 Starship Troopers movie adaptation. The film's director, Paul Verhoeven , served as executive producer. [ 2 ]
A roughneck is a person whose occupation is hard manual labor. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with the workers on a drilling rig . The ideal of the hard-working, tough roughneck has been adopted by several sports teams who use the phrase as part of their name or logo.
The Houston Roughnecks, may refer to: Houston Roughnecks (2020) , an American football team that played in the XFL from 2020 to 2023. Houston Roughnecks (2024) , formerly the Houston Gamblers of the 2022–23 USFL, an American football team that has played in the United Football League since 2024.
The Roughnecks compete in the United Football League (UFL) as a member of the USFL Conference. The team is owned-and-operated by Dwayne Johnson 's Alpha Acquico and Fox Corporation . The team was a founding member of the USFL , as the Houston Gamblers in 2022, named after the 1980s USFL team of the same name .
Roughnecks is a British television drama series, created and principally written by former Tomorrow's World presenter Kieran Prendiville, that first broadcast on BBC1 on 16 June 1994. Produced by First Choice Productions, Roughnecks ran for two series, with the final episode broadcasting on 21 December 1995.
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, a CGI animation television series; Calgary Roughnecks, a Canadian lacrosse team; Houston Roughnecks, an XFL (2020) team; Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84), an American soccer team in the original North American Soccer League; Tulsa Roughnecks (1993–2000), an American soccer team in the United Soccer Leagues
The 2024 Houston Roughnecks season was the third season of Houston Roughnecks (2024), an American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team's first season in the United Football League (UFL) after a merger in the offseason between the USFL and the XFL .
The 2023 Houston Roughnecks season was the second season for the Houston Roughnecks as a professional American football franchise. They played as charter members of the XFL , one of eight teams to compete in the league for the 2023 season .