In an interview on ESPN, Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley admitted that a few OU football players have tested positive for the coronavirus. “We’ve had a player or two that has either been exposed or has tested positive for this thing just like everyone else has,” Riley said during the phone interview. “The difference for…
The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department has announced three football season ticket plans for the 2020 season that are on sale. OU’s home opponents are scheduled to be Missouri State (Sept. 5), Tennessee (Sept. 12), Baylor (Oct. 3), Oklahoma State (Oct. 24), Kansas State (Nov. 14) and Kansas (Nov. 21). Donor plans range from $300…
PROVIDENCE, RI – American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the creation of a Racial Equality Action Group consisting of administrators, head coaches and student-athletes from The American’s member institutions along with select ex officio members of the conference staff. The University of Tulsa’s Vice President and Director of Athletics, Dr. Derrick Gragg will…
The first phase for University of Tulsa football players to return to campus started June 21. The majority of the football team returned June 21-25, followed by all remaining football student-athletes along with men’s and women’s basketball from June 28-July 2. Men’s and women’s soccer returns on July 5, volleyball on July 12 and the…
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. – It’s always good to come back to my hometown area in Western New York, and there’s no better time to do so than in June. The weather this weekend was perfect; not too hot during the day, and not too cold at night. My wife and I grew up in Jamestown, New…
A total of five Big 12 football players have been named to the watchlist for the 2020 Lott IMPACT Trophy Award. Baylor’s Terrel Bernard, Oklahoma’s Caleb Kelly, Oklahoma State’s Amen Ogbongbemiga, Texas’ Joseph Ossai and West Virginia’s Darius Stills were named to the watchlist. The Lott IMPACT Trophy, which has raised more than $1.6 million…
Oregon State football head coach Jonathan Smith has dismissed redshirt freshman tight end Rocco Carley after audio surfaced of Carley making “racist and bigoted remarks” while speaking in a southern accent. The team took Carley’s profile from the school’s website. “I became aware of the comments made by Rocco Carley earlier this evening,” Smith wrote…
According to CBS Sports, Tennessee has the second toughest schedule in the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee is scheduled to play Oklahoma in Norman this season. Writer Tom Fornelli put the Volunteers behind only Arkansas. The Razorbacks play Notre Dame this fall. Fornelli wrote that Tennessee’s game against Oklahoma on the road is more difficult than Arkansas’…
According to a report in the Springfield News Leader, Missouri State Athletics Director Kyle Moats said his athletics department is budgeting as if it won’t play its football game at Oklahoma on Sept. 5. Moats said he hopes to play the game but he is planning as if he won’t bet the $600,000 guaranteed payment…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. –– University of Tulsa offensive lineman Chris Paul has been appointed as the American Athletic Conference’s representative to the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and will serve as chair of the conference’s SAAC executive board for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years. Paul is one of 32 student-athletes on the NCAA Division…