2006 — Kobe Bryant scores a staggering 81 points — the second-highest total in NBA history — and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-104.

Coming off a tough loss to the Clippers, the Lakers have little trouble defeating the NBA's worst team, the Washington ...

Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner. 1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

With a Monday afternoon matchup between the Houston Rockets and the Detroit Pistons approaching, the home team could be down a starter. According to the official NBA injury report, the veteran ...

The Houston Rockets come into Martin Luther King Day at No. 2 in the Western Conference. Something most people people at the start of the season would not have thought possible. At 28-13 ...

Fred VanVleet sent his lob to Amen Thompson impossibly high, as if by then the Houston Rockets needed just one thing, one more jaw-dropping, crowd-screaming highlight. The Rockets got it ...

The Houston Rockets have suprised a lot of people around the NBA. They are currently second in the Western Conference, a game in front of the Memphis Grizzlies. Their 27-13 start to the season is ...

The Pistons defeated the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center, 107-96, on Monday afternoon to move back above .500 (22-21) and start their five-game road trip on the right note. Cade Cunningham led ...

With less than one minute remaining Sunday in the Houston Rockets' 104-100 loss to the Miami Heat at Toyota Center, Amen Thompson decided to turn the clock back a couple decades. After triggering ...

Detroit Pistons (21-21, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Houston Rockets (28-13, second in the Western Conference) Houston; Monday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rockets -6.5 ...

The Rockets have a big choice to make about trading for a star like De'Aaron Fox. Here are the variables they need to consider. Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka / Soobum Im/GettyImages The ...