Texas will never be a basketball-first state, but it is fielding several title-caliber programs, starting with Houston.

When Texas-Western, now UTEP, won the national title over Kentucky in 1966 the population of Texas was about 10.4 million. In 2025, the population of Texas is a tick over 31 million. (On behalf of ...

Two teams pulled off stunning upsets in the NCAA men’s basketball national title game as 8-point underdogs: Texas Western in 1966 (beat Kentucky, 72-65) and Kansas in 1988 (beat Oklahoma ...

and the Texas Western College Miners winning the NCAA basketball championship in 1966 with its starting lineup of all-African-American players beating the all-White University of Kentucky Wildcats.

2009 — Washington edges the New York Rangers 2-1 in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference series to cap a comeback from a 3-games-to-1 deficit. It is the franchise’s first series victory since the ...

The Basketball Hall of Famer spearheaded HBCU Cheyney State's Final Four run in 1982, an achievement right up there with Texas Western's victory over an all-white Kentucky team in the 1966 men's ...

Kupp and Chase became the 12th and 13th players in NFL history to win the receiving Triple Crown. Only five have won it since the NFL merger in 1966. Jerry Rice was the first, followed by Sterling ...

The Texas baseball team settled its series against Kentucky on Sunday. Texas closed out a weekend in Kentucky with a 5-4 win. That victory at Kentucky Proud Park secured a series victory for Texas ...