Harden's 41 helps Rockets beat Thunder 113-109

HOUSTON (AP) - James Harden is on a roll and it's helping the Houston Rockets get on track after their terrible start to the season. Harden scored 41 points and the Rockets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 113-109 on Tuesday for their seventh win in the last eight games.

Both Charlo twins in action at Barclays Center on FOX PBC Fight Night

NEW YORK (AP) - Oh brother, where are thou? In the ring, bro. That's where twins Jermall and Jermell Charlo will be Saturday night at Barclays Center. No, not fighting each other; no family feuds here. Jermall will take on Matt Korobov, a replacement for Willie Monroe Jr., in one feature. The other has Jermell against Tony Harrison.

For Drew: Marshall players honor fallen teammate

[WATCH] Fort Bend Marshall lost the 5A-Division 2 state title game. But the story of the game is the tribute the team paid to Drew Conley, their teammate, who was killed less than two weeks ago, allegedly by his own uncle.

Rockets guard Chris Paul to miss at least two weeks with hamstring injury

HOUSTON (FOX 26) — Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced on Friday that following an MRI, Dr. Steven Flores of Memorial Hermann Hospital has diagnosed guard Chris Paul with a Grade-2 left hamstring strain. Paul will be re-evaluated in approximately two weeks.

FIFA research says 3.5 billion people viewed some World Cup action in 2018

GENEVA (AP) - More than 3.5 billion people viewed some of the 2018 World Cup action, with 1.12 billion watching at least one minute of France beating Croatia 4-2 in the final, according to FIFA. A FIFA-commissioned review of World Cup viewing published Friday said the television audience for the final was 516.6 million by the traditional measure of "global average in-home audience."...

MLB, union, Cuba reach deal for players to sign

Major League Baseball, its players' association and the Cuban Baseball Federation reached an agreement that will allow players from the island to sign big league contracts without defecting, an effort to eliminate the dangerous trafficking that had gone on for decades.

Texas Fishing Report

The weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Dec. 19 and also available on the internet at http://www.txfishing.com : CENTRAL AUSTIN: Water lightly stained; 52-58 degrees; 0.74' low. Black bass are slow. Sunfish are slow to fair on cut nightcrawlers and corn. Catfish are fair to good on cut and live baitfish.

Texans beat Jets 29-22 on path to clinch division title

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Deshaun Watson threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins with 2:15 left, lifting the Houston Texans to a 29-22 comeback victory over Sam Darnold and the New York Jets on Saturday night.

Salt Lake City gets green light to bid for the Winter Olympics

Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for an upcoming Winter Olympics - most likely for 2030 - in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team's ascendance into an international powerhouse.