Convenience Big Store: Why Texas had no choice but to fire Chris Beard

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Weeks after he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting and choking his fiancée and summarily suspended, Texas fired men's basketball coach Chris Beard on Thursday, ending a brief but high-profile tenure on the Forty Acres. Jerome Solomon says the Longhorns certainly had just cause to cut ties with Beard.

Closer to home, UH's basketball juggernaut keeps rolling, with SMU the latest conference foe to get steamrolled by the Cougars.

The Rockets continue to experience misery at home, fading down the stretch in a loss to the Jazz. A silver lining came in the form of Jae'Sean Tate returning to the lineup and injecting some energy.

Where do the 2022 Texans stand among the dregs of Houston's NFL teams? Dale Robertson puts this trying season into historical perspective.

The Houston Open currently isn't on the PGA Tour's fall 2023 schedule. But that may end up being a good thing for the event.

Stat of the day: 42. Games for Chris Beard as Texas' basketball coach, the shortest tenure since Marty Karow's 47 games from 1935-36.

Greg Rajan
Texas Sports Nation editor
greg.rajan@chron.com

Texas fires Chris Beard

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Their only option

Chris Beard sullied his leadership of the Longhorns' basketball program in a way that could not be ignored — not in 2023, writes Jerome Solomon.

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Tenure terminated.

Nearly a month after being suspended following an arrest on domestic violence charges, Texas basketball coach Chris Beard was fired by the school Thursday.

UH basketball

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Taking charge

Heralded freshman Jarace Walker asserts himself early and often as UH romps past longtime rival SMU.

Rockets / NBA

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Immediate impact

While it didn't result in a victory for the Rockets, Jae'Sean Tate brought his energy and versatility to the lineup in his return from injury.

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Fading away.

The Rockets made a third-quarter push, but the Jazz owned the final 12 minutes to extend Houston's misery at home.

Texans / pro football

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Is this rock bottom?

As the Texans trudge to the finish line in another brutal season, where does the 2022 campaign rank among the worst for Houston's NFL teams?

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'Remarkable improvement.'

Bills safety Damar Hamlin has shown what physicians treating him are calling "remarkable improvement" three days after he went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field.

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Game off.

The NFL will not resume the Bills-Bengals game that was suspended Monday night, and is trying to figure out how to determine playoff seeding and scheduling.

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Save the date.

The rebooted XFL's first prime-time game will be played by the Houston Roughnecks at TDECU Stadium.

Golf

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Change of season?

The Houston Open is not on the PGA tour's tentative 2023 fall schedule. That might bode well for tournament honcho Jim Crane's wish to return to a spring date.