The Houston Rockets backup center waved to the crowd and said “Chicken’s on me!” before clanking the shot that guaranteed fans Chick-fil-A.
Only a handful of NBA players have suited up for all three Texas teams. One of them happens to be seven-foot-four Houston Rockets center Boban Marjanović.
The timekeepers for the Spurs, Rockets, and Mavs open up about one of the most overlooked and pressure-packed jobs in sports.
The curse of Houston is a curse of management, which makes it the saddest of all.
Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta on pandemics, mass furloughs, and why he’s not selling his yachts.
This year saw no shortage of impactful sports news, from Dirk Nowitzki’s retirement to Art Briles's return.
Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted support for protesters in Hong Kong, and all hell broke loose—in ways that even united the two rivals.
The enigmatic NBA superstar isn’t long for Oklahoma City. How likely is he to head south down I-35?
The beard is on fire. Well, not literally.
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.
Three-pointers can send you to the championship. All you have to do is make them.
Yes, the game was miraculous. But that defensive burst might have depleted the Rockets' tank.
It’s hard not to like these guys.
The unlikely story of how, after years of bumpy starts, hometown hero Gerald Green made his way back to Houston.
Forget MVP. Harden's future depends on how he fares in the playoffs.
…or he should, at least. The Houston Rockets star has soared ahead of the pack in the race for the top award in basketball.
It was $2.2 billion, actually. That’s how much billionaire restaurateur Tilman Fertitta offered to buy his beloved Houston Rockets. This is the inside story of how he pulled off the most expensive deal in American sports history.
With slick television ads promoting his signature Adidas, hip-hop songs dropping his name, a possible MVP award, and the most famous beard since ZZ Top, James Harden has arrived. In fact, he may just be the biggest name in Texas.
Somehow, the Mavericks and the Rockets join the Spurs in the NBA playoffs again this year—but we don’t like their odds.
The Rockets center isn't the first to be accused of being unhappy.
Are the Rockets already done?
As Houston basketball fans mourn the end of the Rockets season, we remember the efforts of one of the team’s all-time greats.
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.
He had one job.
Sorry, Cleveland.
Who's that? Just kidding.
All three Texas NBA teams had at least one game end with a massive three-point shot to steal the lead.
How Comcast SportsNet Houston could doom the Astros. A cautionary tale.
The Rockets are just 10-11, but they're winning big at media exposure, from viral videos to ESPN the Magazine.
AWOL Houston Rockets rookie Royce White, who suffers from generalized anxiety disorder, is at odds with the team over how to best manage his illness.
A big concept and a big canvas for the former Rockets big man.
The basketball team's general manager plans to hire two statistical analysts to help build a winning team around Jeremy Lin.
1. Dear Houston, Back in February, Jeremy Lin was the king of my hometown, and the Knicks were vowing to do whatever it took to keep him around a long, long time. And then, boom, five months later he was headed to the Rockets. The Knicks? They never even made
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?
Fresh into his retirement from the Houston Rockets, Yao Ming has taken up viticulture and is hoping his cachet in China will help him sell wine in his home country.
“When I was playing in college and the pros, most of the articles called me a ‘future Hall of Famer.’ So you get that idea in your head. You feel secure and confident that you’ll be elected to the Hall of Fame, but it’s different when it actually happens.”
Oilers owner Bud Adams is hightailing it to Nashville; Drayton McLane may move the Astros too—or sell. In Houston and across the country, rooting for the home team is quickly becoming a thing of the past.
As Houston Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovich is discovering, it's one thing to win the MBA title—and quite another to play like champions.
When Houston’s pro sports teams collapse late in the season—as they may do this year—faithful fans like me are never surprised. We’ve almost come to expect it.
So. Ralph Sampson listens to Grover Washington and Akeem Olajuwon craves Chinese food. Now you know.
One of pro basketball’s smartest players thinks about everything but the game.
