A high school competition in Levelland brought fans from across the Panhandle and South Plains in March. Seven would come down with COVID-19.
Basketball
The former player racked up his first win temporarily coaching the San Antonio team.
As he takes over for the legendary Dirk Nowitzki as the face of the franchise, MFFLs are hoping for more from the young Slovenian than just thrilling play.
The enigmatic NBA superstar isn’t long for Oklahoma City. How likely is he to head south down I-35?
Along with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, he brought unprecedented NBA success to the Alamo City.
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, the UT professor and 'Sprawlball' author describes how data analysis has transformed basketball.
The Lady Bears are back in the Women’s Final Four for the first time since 2012.
The first Texas team to make the men’s Final Four since 2003 is easy to like.
Now 99 years old, the legendary coach of the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens has his official place in the Naismith Hall of Fame.
The late-night host and Texas senator will go one-on-one on Saturday. Here's our scouting report.
As the NBA’s best player enters free agency for the third time, here's why the Rockets and the Spurs are viable potential destinations.
The latest front in Title IX?
The business magazine’s ”30 Under 30” lists were released yesterday—and its sports list surprisingly included two Dallas Stars.
The Rockets center isn't the first to be accused of being unhappy.
The seemingly humorless coach plays up his persona for a perfect prank.
Becky Hammon coached the Spurs to a Summer League title, but some people seem surprised she wasn’t writing plays in lipstick.
The last Texas team standing has their work cut out for them in a series against the white-hot Golden State Warriors. But it just may be time for a relaunch of Clutch City.
Having grown up on the South Side of San Antonio, I know that the Spurs aren’t just a team, they’re a way of life. To show my support, I did what any fan would do: make like Bashō and pen five haikus, one for every NBA title.
The six-foot-four junior has already made a fan of LeBron James.
Well, he's a Spur for life, but reports are that he'll exercise the final year option on his contract and be a uniform-wearing, on-court, potential-championship-winning member for the 2015 season.
America loves the Spurs these days, but so do the offshore bookies that put their money where their love is.
All three Texas NBA teams had at least one game end with a massive three-point shot to steal the lead.
The former Waco basketball star now adds "author" to her list of impressive accomplishments.
The Maverick NBA owner issued some cautionary words for the people who run America's most popular sports entertainment.
If there’s ever a tamal shortage in McAllen, it might be the Rio Grande Valley Vipers’ fault. The Houston Rockets’ minor league affiliate has always made a fair amount of three-point shots, so before the current season, local institution Delia’s Tamales sponsored a promotion: any time the Vipers hit…
In the wake of the incident between Oklahoma State basketball star Marcus Smart and Texas Tech "superfan" Jeff Orr, the question of why fans spend half of their time idolizing athletes and the other half treating them like dirt is one worth asking.
Bad news, Memphis: not only are your Grizzlies on the way to losing to the Spurs, but you still won't get to eat the world's best barbecue!
Half a century ago, the women’s basketball team at Wayland Baptist College set an extraordinary record that may never be broken: the longest winning streak in sports history.
The Rockets are just 10-11, but they're winning big at media exposure, from viral videos to ESPN the Magazine.
The Spurs forward expresses his profane displeasure with a stalker fan at CVS in typically low-key fashion.
Will the eye injury he says he suffered as a bystander in Drake and Chris Brown's alleged New York nightclub brawl stop him from playing for France?
Don't people ask that every year? While some sportswriters say this was the "last best chance" of Duncan era, others still think there's a shot at that fifth championship.
The Mavericks star hopped onstage with the alt-country band during their concert in Grand Prairie, tambourine in hand and a big smile on his face.
The story proclaims the San Antonio Spurs star to be "the greatest, least appreciated player of his generation."
What's next for the no-longer defending champions? Five takeaways from the Mavericks's first-round playoff loss to Oklahoma City.
University of Texas-Pan American isn't on the forefront of everyone's mind, but their story makes them worth rooting for.
TAPPS caves in response to a court motion filed by several Beren Academy players and their parents after the association refused to let the team reschedule its playoff game from Friday night.
A big concept and a big canvas for the former Rockets big man.
The University of Texas women's basketball coach, who won big while at Duke, ends her time in Austin with only one NCAA tournament win in five years.
The Beren Stars fell to the Abilene Christian Panthers, 46-42, in Saturday night's TAPPS 2A final, but people are still talking about how the Houston Orthodox Jewish day school got there.
The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools has refused to let Beren Academy, an Orthodox Jewish day school, reschedule its semifinal playoff game from Friday night, which falls during the Jewish Sabbath.
Before "Linsanity" hit, the New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin played for the Houston Rockets for fifteen days. But does the team regret cutting basketball's latest sensation?
Between the overwhelming German press corps and the underwhelming holding pen for journalists covering the visit, the scene wasn't exactly what you would expect.