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The 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…
Read MoreKelvin Sampson goes on a walk with 12 seconds left in another win over Memphis, rubbing his hands together as his usual game face scowl dissolves into a big smile. The University of Houston coach is headed for the baseline where Quentin Grimes, Fabian …
Read MoreDALLAS — Jamal Shead really wants to get Reggie Chaney an easy basket, something to reward the hard physical work the senior forward puts in for the second ranked college basketball team in the land. But that’s not so simple to do, even for one o…
Read MoreMarcus Sasser uses tennis balls to make controlling a basketball seem easy. It’s long been part of the University of Houston guard’s routine, part of a family tradition really, handed down from one Sasser to the next. The Gospel of The Hand…
Read MoreIt often happens with no warning, as sudden as the flash of a dragonfly on an otherwise dark night. The University of Houston men’s basketball team will be going through its regular practice routines, maybe just working on some shooting. . . and …
Read MoreProdigies tend to look at the world differently and seek out other original thinkers in their field. University of Houston freshman forward Jarace Walker, 0ne of the most preternaturally gifted young basketball players in the world, is no exception. Wa…
Read MoreWhen Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker headed back home to Sacramento the day after the world championship parade, he called up University of Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson on the way. One determined coaching lifer who’d just reached th…
Read MoreNEW ORLEANS — There is no big celebration, no hollering to the rafters, no post-buzzer barking at another vanquished would be giant toppler who found it’s much easier to scheme to beat this No. 1 than actually do it. Kelvin Sampson’s Univer…
Read MoreToyota Center and the Houston Rockets are catapulting the suite experience into the stratosphere with two immersive retreats designed to rock your world. Opting for either the Sneaker Suite or the Green Room, Rockets fans and concert-goers will find th…
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