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LOS ANGELES (AP) — J.J. Redick was getting tired of the Los Angeles Clippers losing to the Houston Rockets, so he finally took matters into his own sharp-shooting hands — with plenty of help from Chris Paul, of course. Redick scored a career-high 40 points and the Clippers made a franchise-record 22 3-pointers in a 140-132 overtime win against the Houston Rockets on Monday night.

Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard is engaged in a Twitter battle, but thankfully, it is not with another NBA player and the nature of the back-and-forth tweets is on the rather innocent side.

St Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ)  -- Hockey Captain Eddie Klein has given new meaning to the term "tough", and though his grueling conditioning and practice have helped him succeed on the ice, nothing could have prepared him for the hand he was dealt this fall. The 17-year-old Rivervale, New Jersey native was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkins Lymphoma on October 6th.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Harden scored 31 points and the Houston Rockets pulled away from the Los Angeles Lakers with a pivotal run in the third quarter en route to a 112-95 victory Sunday night. The Rockets, who snapped a season-high five-game winning streak Friday night with a 91-77 home loss to Cleveland, began the second half of their schedule by beating the Lakers at Staples Center...

Sunday was the first time UConn guard Sam Cassell Jr. played a collegiate game in the city where his father is regarded as a Houston Rockets hero.

HOUSTON (AP) — Sterling Gibbs scored 20 points, Shonn Miller added 14, including the last eight of the game, and UConn closed on a 16-3 run to defeat Houston 69-57 on Sunday. Gibbs started the run with back-to-back 3-pointers for a 59-54 lead with 5:21 left. After a Houston free throw at 4:14, Gibbs made two free throws and he answered a Cougars basket by feeding Miller for a dunk with...

Gymnast Marisa Dick of Trinidad and Tobago is fighting for a spot on the Caribbean nation's Olympic team, but she's already earned a spot in the history books.

A sports insider reports the owner of the Oakland Raiders purchased property between San Antonio and Austin where he could build a stadium.

HOUSTON (AP) — The road-weary Cleveland Cavaliers had plenty left in the tank in the last game of their longest trip of the season to make easy work of the Houston Rockets. Kyrie Irving scored 23 points, LeBron James added 19 and the Cavaliers cruised to a 91-77 victory on Friday night.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a University of Houston graduate, says the city of Houston is planning to honor University of Houston football.

According to a Tweet from 49ers CEO Jed York, Chip Kelly was selected as the new head coach...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drake is facing off against Kevin Hart on the court. The Canadian actor-rapper and the American actor-comedian will serve as the coaches for the Canada and USA teams at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. The "Best I Ever Had"" singer's team will include Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, Drew and Jonathan Scott of "Property Brothers," tennis...

UH quarterback Greg Ward Jr. won the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award on Wednesday night.

HOUSTON (AP) — Clemson's Dabo Swinney has won the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year award. Swinney on Wednesday night became the first ACC coach to be honored with the trophy named for the late Alabama coach. Clemson was undefeated until losing to Alabama 45-40 on Monday night in the national championship game. The Tigers finished 14-1. Swinney, who grew up in Alabama and...

The University of Houston is adding James Casey to its football staff.

HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden had 27 points and 11 assists and the Houston Rockets got their season-high fifth straight win, 107-104 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night. Minnesota lost its season-worst eighth in a row. The Timberwolves stuck around the entire second half. They trailed by three when Jason Terry made a 3-pointer with about two minutes left to extend...

Former Texas Longhorns and North Carolina Tar Heels head football coach Mack Brown says he is not looking to coach again but will not rule out the possibility either.