Abe Lemons, the Oklahoma-bred college basketball coach who became as famous for his homespun wit as his 599 victories, died Monday after a long illness. He was 79. Lemons, who suffered from ...

The passing of Abe Lemons brought back a swarm of memories for syndicated sportswriter Skip Bayless and Oklahoma City sportscaster Craig Humphreys. They became huge fans of Lemons and his ...

Abe Lemons, shown here after his Texas squad beat North Carolina for the 1978 NIT title, died Monday. He was 79. Former coach at Texas, OCU leaves lasting legacy of one-liners. OKLAHOMA CITY -- Abe ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas men’s basketball will host the Abe Lemons Classic in November, a multi-team event featuring Texas, California Baptist, Northern Colorado, and San Jose State. Each team will play ...

There was a funny story, as so many were, behind the fact Abe Lemons finished his career as a college basketball coach with 599 wins. In the late 1970s, Abe was riding high at the University of Texas ...

When Abe Lemons and Eddie Sutton were at their respective peaks as rivals, the former Texas head coach was competitive on the court and behind the mic with the Arkansas boss When Eddie Sutton passed ...

On the eve of the NCAA crowning a national champion at the Final Four, guest columnist Larry Carlson remembers the NIT-winning Texas squad of Abe Lemons 40 years later. Long before Longhorn basketball ...

In his capacity as an investor and citizen-athlete, Don Sanders has beaten baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan and barely lost to Bobby Riggs in tennis, caught a really big fish in Siberia and ...

Texas men's basketball coach Chris Beard needs early, preferably lighter non-conference games to get an entirely new roster to find some rhythm. What better way than to play in your own tournament.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns returned from the Pacific Northwest with its first loss of the season, after facing the best team in the country. No. 1 Gonzaga set the tone early and didn’t give ...

AUSTIN — The King of Quips wasn’t going to let this opportunity slip by. In the afterglow of an enchanted run to Texas’ first and only NIT title, wisecracking coach Abe Lemons presented reporters with ...

AUSTIN, Texas — There are 351 NCAA Division 1 basketball programs. The Longhorns are one of fourteen still playing postseason basketball. Texas has won three straight games for the first time since ...