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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Just a few months after he took the University of Houston basketball job, Kelvin Sampson made a point of going over to TDECU Stadium for the naming dedication of the football press box. Houston’s press box is named the Doris Na…
Read MoreBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — University of Houston lifeline point guard Jamal Shead gets both his knees wrapped up in plastic before he heads to the bus and what many will paint as a nightmarish uncertain future for one of the No. 1 seeds in this NCAA Tournament…
Read MoreFORT WORTH — The room holds all the charm of a meeting room in a Days Inn. Dickies Arena has some nice spaces, but this is not one of them. The TV is smaller than you’d find in some hotel rooms and turning up the volume to hear the Selection Show…
Read MoreFORT WORTH — There is basketball and then there’s life. No matter what you do for Kelvin Sampson on the basketball court, if you play for or ever have played for him, he’ll be there for you in life. With Kelvin Sampson facing real life grie…
Read MoreFORT WORTH — East Carolina coach Mike Schwartz might rather face a Cocaine Bear than Jamal Shead. For at least, you’d see or hear the bear coming. Shead, the floor leader of the University of Houston’s No. 1 ranked basketball team, follows …
Read MoreMEMPHIS — Standing on the court, five minutes after beginning his last season of calling college basketball games with the University of Houston buzzer beater of his dreams, Jim Nantz is still feeling the buzz. The longtime voice of CBS Sports, the pro…
Read MoreWatching basketball players scale the ladder one by one to each cut down their own piece of net is a familiar scene for Karen Sampson. The matriarch of this University of Houston basketball program, the coach’s wife who’s always been much m…
Read MoreEmanuel Sharp still remembers the moment he first felt drawn into his dad’s international pro basketball world vividly. Derrick Sharp won a championship for Maccabi Tel Aviv (one of many for him) and brought his young son centerstage with him. &#…
Read MoreThe celebration is spirited and meaningful. University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson shows off his dance moves to his players’ delight. UH’s 67-year-old basketball lifer of a coach flashes the speed of man at least 20 years his junior to …
Read MoreIt’s more than a half hour after the game and Jarace Walker is drenched in a fresh layer of sweat. The University of Houston’s super freshman went back out after Kelvin Sampson talked to the team in the postgame locker room to get some extr…
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