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Astros turn to RHP Hunter Brown and his history of success against Red Sox
The Houston Astros had to slug their way past the Los Angeles Angels in the final two contests of their season-opening four-game series, setting the stage for veteran right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. to deliver a lengthy start against the Boston Red Sox and provide the bullpen a bit of a breather.,M...
Angel City top Dash, secure first 3-0-0 start in club history
Riley Tiernan scored the go-ahead goal in the 49th minute as Angel City took sole possession of first place in the National Women's Soccer League with a 2-1 victory over the Houston Dash on Friday night in Los Angeles., ,Sveindis Jonsdottir also scored a goal, her third in two games, and Angelina An...
Gary Woodland takes lead at Texas Children's Houston Open
Gary Woodland finished his round with three straight birdies to build a multiple-stroke lead halfway through the Texas Children's Houston Open on Friday at Memorial Park Golf Course.,Woodland followed an opening 64 with a 7-under-par 63 to reach 13-under 127. After tapping in a birdie at the par-5 1...
Reports: Sun moving to Houston in ‘27 after sale to Fertitta family
The Fertitta family, which owns the NBA's Houston Rockets, are purchasing the WNBA's Connecticut Sun with the intention of moving the team to Houston, PaperCity Magazine and ESPN reported Friday.,The upcoming season will be the last the Sun play in Connecticut, their home since 2003, before relocati...
Second-half explosion sends Illinois past Houston into South final
HOUSTON -- David Mirkovic and Keaton Wagler produced double-doubles as third-seeded Illinois parlayed a 17-0 second-half run into a 65-55 victory over second-seeded Houston on Thursday in the South Regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament.,The Fighting Illini (27-8) advanced to the Elite Eight for...
Home Sweet 16 Home: Illinois downplays Houston's hometown advantage
HOUSTON -- Illinois is the road team in more ways than one on Thursday night when the Fighting Illini play in the South Region semifinal against the Houston Cougars. ,The University of Houston campus is less than three miles from the Toyota Center, where Illinois and Houston play in a purported "neu...
Freshmen take center stage when Illinois meets Houston in Sweet 16
HOUSTON -- Both Illinois and Houston have been forged by tradition and buoyed by veterans. Yet the Illini and Cougars owe a noteworthy measure of their success this season to freshmen.,Guards Keaton Wagler of Illinois and Kingston Flemings of Houston will serve as the showcase young stars for the th...
Golf Glance: Masters spot on line in Houston; LPGA hits Arizona
One of the final Masters spots is on the line at this week's PGA Tour stop in Houston, while the LPGA Tour hits Arizona, the DP World Tour continues its Asia Swing and the Champions visit southern California.,PGA TOUR,THIS WEEK: Texas Children's Houston Open, March 26-29,Course: Memorial Park Golf C...
After passing Michael Jordan for career points, Kevin Durant, Rockets visit Bulls
Chicago Bulls fans still revere Michael Jordan nearly 30 years after the franchise icon played his last game for the team.,Houston star Kevin Durant, who also has great reverence for Jordan, leads the Rockets into Monday's game in Chicago after passing the NBA legend on the career scoring list Satur...
FC Dallas outlast Houston with late winner in Texas tussle
Logan Farrington scored twice in the opening 14 minutes, Petar Musa scored a late winner in the 86th minute in a rare appearance off the bench, and FC Dallas earned a 4-3 victory over the 10-man Houston Dynamo on Saturday night in Frisco, Texas.,Musa also helped create the second-half equalizer -- a...
Houston routs Texas A&M to reach 7th straight Sweet 16
Emanuel Sharp scored 18 points and second-seeded Houston delivered an 18-0 knockout punch in the first half to sail to an 88-57 victory over 10th-seeded Texas A&M on Saturday in a South Region second-round contest at Oklahoma City.,Chris Cenac Jr. registered 17 points and nine rebounds and Milos Uza...
Texas Derby matchup awaits Dynamo, FC Dallas
The Houston Dynamo will be the rare club thankful to travel when they head north to face FC Dallas in the Texas Derby fixture on Saturday night.,Houston (2-1-0, 6 points) will be the last MLS team to hit the road during the 2026 season after its previous away opener at New England -- scheduled for M...
No. 10 Texas A&M, No. 2 Houston set to renew acquaintances
Just two seasons ago, Houston narrowly sidestepped a second-round upset bid by Texas A&M in one of the most memorable games of the 2024 NCAA Tournament.,The 10th-seeded Aggies (22-11) will take another swipe at upsetting the second-seeded Cougars (29-6) on Saturday when the schools located approxima...
Kevin Durant, Rockets halt Hawks' 11-game win streak
Kevin Durant scored 25 points in three periods as the Houston Rockets snapped the visiting Atlanta Hawks' 11-game winning streak with a 117-95 victory on Friday.,Jabari Smith Jr. added 23 points and nine rebounds for the Rockets (42-27), who blitzed Atlanta from the deep in the third quarter. Housto...
Kingston Flemings, No. 2 Houston have no trouble with No. 15 Idaho
Kingston Flemings scored 18 points and Emanuel Sharp added 16 on 6-of-7 shooting to help second-seeded Houston roll to a 78-47 victory over 15th-seeded Idaho in South region first-round action Thursday at Oklahoma City.,Freshman Chris Cenac Jr. collected a season-best 18 rebounds as the Cougars (29-...
Streaking Hawks putting pieces together while Rockets deal with leaky defense
The Atlanta Hawks had, for a large chunk of this season, endured so many nagging injuries and roster permutations that it was quite difficult to envision the result of a static and settled rotation.,Seemingly that moment has arrived, and to suggest that the Hawks are enjoying the best-case scenario ...
Second-seeded Houston braces for upstart Idaho
Second-seeded Houston lost in the NCAA title game last season and is primed to make another deep run this year.,But don't dare ask Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson about a potential rematch against top-seeded Florida -- last year's champion -- in the South Region final.,Sampson flat-out refuses to look ...
Dynamo top Timbers on goal minutes after going a man down
Mateusz Bogusz found the net with an unlikely, short-handed goal 15 minutes into second-half stoppage time as the host Houston Dynamo defeated the Portland Timbers 3-2 on Saturday in a wild, early-season Western Conference match.,Bogusz got loose on the counterattack with a run down the left side be...
Arizona beats Houston to claim 1st Big 12 tournament championship
Koa Peat scored 21 points before fouling out and Brayden Burries also had 21 as top-seeded Arizona defeated second-seeded Houston 79-74 on Saturday night in Kansas City to win the Big 12 conference tournament and claim the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.,Jaden Bradley scored 13 points...
Arizona, Houston clash in top-5 battle for Big 12 title
A team with national championship aspirations is guaranteed to enter March Madness coming off a loss.,It promises to be a top-flight main attraction on Saturday evening as top-seeded Arizona and second-seeded Houston square off in Kansas City, Mo., in the championship game of the Big 12 tournament.,...