The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

The best single-season scoring average for a UNLV men’s basketball player predates legendary Rebels coach Jerry Tarkanian.

With 5-year-old Chase Center under the spotlight during NBA All-Star Weekend, many eyes are also on the women’s game.

NBA All-Star weekend tipped off Friday with a cavalcade of events that included Hollywood stars and the greatest talents in ...

Blake Harper has gone from a high school role player to one of the top scoring freshman in college basketball. Auburn visits Alabama on Saturday. Plus, Towson is in the mid-major spotlight ...

A storm is brewing in the NJCAA as Tidewater Community College is diving head first into intercollegiate athletics.

During a festive, packed press conference/pep rally Wednesday morning in a small gym on their Portsmouth campus near Rivers ...

On Feb. 7, 1985, Marshall's Bruce Morris launched the "Shot Herd Round the World" to set the unofficial record for the longest made shot in college basketball history. On that memorable Thursday ...

Still, prominent voices of concern keep rising up. An interview with former NFL great Terrell Owens on the “Is What It Is” podcast went viral on Tuesday, in which he claims the league has been ...

Aiden Owens became the sixth player in Chelsea boys basketball history to surpass 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds in a 59-51 win at Mortimer Jordan on Monday. The 6-foot-5 senior went ...

Owens, a College Station native and A&M Consolidated graduate, is culminating her swimming journey at A&M with some of her best performances yet and is one of the Aggies’ team captains.

Owens Community College continued to enroll new students at record pace for Spring Semester 2025, boosting the total enrollment to 7,396 at the 14 th day census headcount date. The total enrollment ...