4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1000+ words) HOUSTON " Soon after realizing that Orlando Antigua and the two younger Antigua boys had nowhere to live together, Gary DeCesare sought help from the head pastor at St. Raymond Catholic Church in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1989. At that time, the Antigua…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (870+ words) Yaxel Lendeborg could have gone to the NBA last year. But he had one main goal when he transferred to Michigan last year. The Dominican American wanted to chase an NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship. He's one step closer....

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (746+ words) SAN JOSE, Calif. " Faced with a seven-point deficit at halftime Saturday night, Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd challenged freshman sensation Koa Peat and the rest of the Wildcats to step up. Peat and his teammates took Lloyd's message to heart. They…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (807+ words) HOUSTON " In a family with deep basketball roots in Kansas, Keaton Wagler often envisioned himself making a run at the Final Four. Few, however, would have dared to dream of the storybook freshman season the former four-star recruit is having....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1003+ words) HOUSTON " In Joe Espada's quest to grow as a leader, he found a mentor only a few miles away in a different sport. The Astros' manager paid close attention to University of Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, who long ago…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (843+ words) HOUSTON " Shortly after arriving from Spain at 16 years old in 2021, Alvaro Folgueiras began learning English at the DME Academy in Dayton, Fla. The adjustment to a new country, culture and language wasn't easy. The Iowa junior's sacrifices are paying off,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (671+ words) Al Horford wasn't the first Latin American to play in the NBA. He's not even the first native of the Dominican Republic to play in the league. That honor belongs to his father, Tito, who debuted with the" Milwaukee Bucks…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1195+ words) HOUSTON " Hearing a loud argument on Halloween night in 1987, Orlando Antigua rushed to see what all the commotion was about. Once he and a friend arrived at the scene in their Bronx neighborhood, he saw a gun pointed at his…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (891+ words) Aaliyah Chavez arrived at the University of Oklahoma with high expectations, and it's fair to say the freshman from Lubbock, Texas, has met or exceeded those goals while helping the Sooners reach the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament as a No....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (703+ words) Growing up in the same household for periods of their lives, Ronald Acu'a Jr. and his cousin Maikel Garcia played baseball and fought often as children in Venezuela. No Venezuelan family has produced more big leaguers than the extended Acu'as,…...