Adam Spolane

Cavs head coach J.B. Bickerstaff was just 32 years old when joined Kevin McHale’s Rockets’ coaching staff alongside Kelvin Sampson, and he praised the job Sampson has done in turning Houston into a national powerhouse.

Dana Altman coached Dillon Brooks for three seasons in Eugene. They won Pac 12 regular season and tournament titles in 2016 before losing to Buddy Hield and Oklahoma in the Elite Eight. They advanced to the Final Four in 2017

Jock Landale spent last season with Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in Phoenix, two players who he always believed would come through every game, no matter how poorly it might have started. Jalen Green is starting to evoke that same confidence.

Justin Verlander took the next step in his recovery from the shoulder inflammation that delayed the start of his spring training by throwing a two-inning live BP on Tuesday afternoon at Minute Maid Park.

Justin Verlander cleared another hurdle in his bid to rejoin the Astros starting rotation after throwing a three inning, 52 pitch live batting practice on at Minute Maid Park on Monday afternoon.

In the second inning of the Astros 10-0 win over the Blue Jays on Monday night, Jeremy Peña drove a hanging slider from Bowden Francis 393 feet over the Crawford Boxes for his first home run since July 5, 2023, spanning 368 regular season plate appearances.

Before taking the floor for the Rockets final home game of the 2023-24 season, Jalen Green grabbed the microphone and addressed the Toyota Center crowd.

Ime Udoka was aware of the talent Jalen Green possessed when he took the Rockets head coach job last April, so the high-flying dunks and scoring outbursts have been no surprise, but one aspect of Green’s game Udoka wasn’t expecting was his durability

After meeting with the team at the NFL’s scouting combine, Blake Fisher’s contact with the Texans was minimal outside of a Zoom call a couple of weeks ago, so he did not expect to hear his name called when the They were on the clock in the 2nd round

Monday marked the first time Josh Hader had been asked to throw multiple innings in a regular season game since August 14, 2020, and the first time he recorded six outs in a game since 2019.