Author: Chris Baldwin

Jim Nantz does not know what to expect when he’s honored at halftime of No. 1 Houston’s game with storied Kansas on Saturday. “I’ve just been told there’ll be something at halftime,” Nantz tells PaperCity. The voice …

ORLANDO, Fla. — Emanuel Sharp uses J’Wan Roberts as a blocker, staying hidden behind the 6-foot-7 warrior who does so much heavy lifting for this No. 1 Houston team, giving Kelvin Sampson no chance to see what is coming. As the University of Hous…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Mylik Wilson plays all the angles, understanding the art of the fake out. So as Oklahoma guard Javian McCollum starts his move, the game having entered winning time, Houston’s surprise sixth man makes an instant calculus. And deci…

NORMAN, Okla. — Jamal Shead is half limping up and down the floor, dealing with a hurting ankle. Kelvin Sampson’s Houston roster is hobbled, seemingly held together by Scotch tape and elbow grease. And the old Lloyd Noble Center is louder than Ok…

NORMAN, Okla. — Talented true freshman forward JoJo Tugler is expected to miss the rest of the season (including the NCAA Tournament) for No. 1 Houston with a stress injury in his right foot, PaperCity Houston has learned. This is a potentially crippli…

When Jamal Shead brought his own pillow from home to University of Houston basketball’s reimagined cutting edge training facility, Lauren Sampson knew the nap pods had truly caught on. “Jamal was ready to move right in,” Lauren Sampso…

Walking off the Fertitta Center floor, University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson knows that some will question his No. 1 ranked team’s 67-59 victory over Cincinnati, call it closer than it should have been, missing the truth in this gut check. T…

WACO — Baylor’s new show palace arena is roaring, bringing all the noise, feeding off any doubt. But University of Houston center Ja’Vier Francis can hardly notice it. Not with Kelvin Sampson in his face. Again. In one sequence early in the…

Jim Crane is certain that the big names playing in the Houston Open when it returns for the first time 16 months this March at Memorial Park will go far beyond World’s No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, 2023 US Open winner Wyndham Clark and defending champ…

Bruising power forward J’Wan Roberts’ bothersome right knee is barking at him, two grueling games in three days having exacted their toll. Lifeline scorer LJ Cryer’s legs appear shot. Both are also fighting foul trouble for Houston, t…