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Kelvin Sampson heads to Final Four having rebuilt Houston basketball and coaching careerKelvin Sampson's coaching reputation took hit after NCAA rule-breaking at two schools. But he has rebuilt his career and Houston basketball program.
Houston advanced to the Final Four Sunday with a 69-50 over No. 2 seed Tennessee, the Cougars' first trip since 2021 ... featured basketball greats like Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon.
The Cougars coach would become the oldest to ever win a national championship if he leads the Cougars to their first trophy.
James Dickey and program legend Clyde Drexler all combined for one tournament appearance. Once, in those early days, Sampson found himself commiserating to his wife, Karen, who eventually grew so ...
The Trail Blazers celebrated the 1990 and ’92 teams that made runs to the NBA Finals this past weekend, but legendary shooting guard Clyde ... scene. Drexler told Eggers that his wife is now ...
Clyde Drexler wasn’t there, either. Drexler was at his home in Houston, where wife Tonya is recovering from breast cancer. “Amazingly, she is cancer-free,” Clyde told me last week.
Before Olajuwan and Drexler, there was Hayes, the star of Houston's first Final Four team in 1967. The 1967-68 Player of the Year, Hayes is still Houston's all-time leader in total points and ...
The spread accurately reflects the reality that very little separates two teams worthy of cutting down the net.
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