Don Chaney and Elvin Hayes helped break the color barrier at the University of Houston. Now Don Chaney's number is being retired by the school. (Photo by F. Carter Smith)

Culture

University of Houston To Retire Don Chaney’s Number — A Legendary Cougar Finally Gets His Due Thanks to a Kelvin Sampson Assist

BY Chris Baldwin

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Brynn King Olympic Games pole vaulter The Woodlands (Photo by Doug Bouma)

Sporting Life

This Woodlands Elite Cheerleader Turned Pole Vaulter Is One of the Best Stories of the Paris Olympics — How Brynn King Defied the Odds to Make the US Team

Not Picking Up the Sport Until Her Junior Year of High School and Coming Out of Division II Roberts Wesleyan, King Still Makes History

BY Laura Landsbaum

Woodlands Warriors Netball team photo

Culture

Forget Pickleball, Netball Is Becoming a Thing In The Woodlands — A New Court and a Popular Sport Overseas

How You Can Jump In and Learn the Game

BY Laura Landsbaum

Shohei Ohtani

Culture

Shohei Ohtani’s Team Up With Livvy Dunne & Paul Skenes Dominates All-Star Buzz, But the Stealth Astros and the AL Figure to Have the Last Laugh

Truths For the Rangers and Astros Heading Into Baseball's Second Half

BY Chris Baldwin

Bobby Witt Jr. Home Run Derby

Culture

Bizarre Bungled National Anthem, Hometown Kid Bobby Witt Jr.’s Near Miss In Home Run Derby Cannot Hide North Texas’ Greater All-Star Wins

Fort Worth's 116-Year-Old Cowtown Coliseum Almost Steals the Show

BY Chris Baldwin

University of Houston associate head coach Quannas White and Kelvin Sampson have been together for a long time. (Photo by F. Carter Smith)

Culture

Kelvin Sampson’s Rising Star Assistant Coaches Stick With Him at Houston, Creating One of the Most Remarkable Stories In Sports

A Model of Continuity and Staying Power In a College Athletics World Where Everything Else Is Always Changing

BY Chris Baldwin

University of Houston athletic director Chris Pezman was fired by school president Renu Khator. (Photo by F. Carter Smith)

Culture

The Chris Pezman UH Firing Fallout — Kelvin Sampson Needs to be the First Call in Houston’s Search For a New Athletic Director

No One Understands What UH Needs For the Future More Than Its Most Successful Miracle Maker Coach

BY Chris Baldwin

Houston sports TV legend Mark Berman attended his first class at the University of Houston 50 years ago. He's enjoying retirement now. (Photo by F. Carter Smith)

Culture

Mark Berman In Retirement — What the Houston TV Legend’s Life Is Like a Year After He Stopped Chasing Every Story

Being There For His Wife Of 30 Years, Lots of Walking, Coming Full Circle as a Sports Fan and. . . Dusting

BY Chris Baldwin

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