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Caleb Holt — the No. 2 ranked player high school basketball player in America in the 2026 class — is in the Fertitta Center, taking in the charged atmosphere that Kelvin Sampson’s powerhouse University of Houston program created. Texans wideout T…
Read MoreKelvin Sampson could have been a great poker player if fate took him in that direction. University of Houston’s athletic program savior rarely shows all his cards. And when I ask if this particular UH basketball team can be the best defensive tea…
Read MoreGoing to the game — even a potentially monumental game like the College Football Playoff National Championship Game coming to Houston January 8 — is not enough for many sports fans anymore. Certainly not sports fans who are used to enjoying the best of…
Read MoreEmanuel Sharp is used to chaos in big-time basketball games. He grew up watching his dad play for championships in Israel as drums never stopped beating in the stands, firecrackers got shot off and smoke bombs sometimes made their way to the floor. So …
Read MoreKelvin Sampson’s University of Houston basketball team picked up its statement game win over Texas A&M in the Halal Guys Showcase, but it came with a significant price. Sophomore wing Terrance Arceneaux, a burgeoning talent who is an importan…
Read MoreLJ Cryer still hears the soundtrack of doubts, the questioning voices that tried to put him in a box. “All offseason, all last season, I had to hear about how bad my team was defensively,” Cryer tells PaperCity. “And me personally. An…
Read MoreThe fish arrives at the table covered in a silver cloche and it’s removed with a flourish, revealing a smoked sake kasu black cod that more than lives up to the anticipation. This is just one of the showy touches at Katami, Manabu Horiuchi’…
Read MoreMo Williams played 13 years in the NBA, making an All-Star team and winning a championship with LeBron James in Cleveland. He played two seasons of big-time college ball at Alabama. All before becoming a college basketball head coach at age 37. That…
Read MoreCINCINNATI — In a game in which easy baskets are as hard to find as an ancient relic in an Indiana Jones movie, Gylis Nemeiksa is sure he has a bunny. There is nothing between the Xavier forward and a wide open rim — and a long-awaited lead for his tea…
Read MoreDana Holgorsen never got anyone excited about University of Houston football. Certainly not the fans. Not recruits. Not even his own players seemingly a number of times. This is as damning as his 31-28 record, what ultimately convinced the decision mak…
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