Oilers hockey and ORU baseball

It was a sweep of a weekend for the Tulsa Oilers hockey team, winning three straight games at home against the Rapid City Rush. Tulsa shut out the Rush in the first game of the series on Friday, 2-0, at the WeStreet Ice Center. Oilers’ Jake Sibell was superb in goal and made 32 saves…

Great Winter Olympics for U.S.

It seems I write a column like this one every four years, and it stands to reason, the Winter Olympics come around every four years. As I’ve written before, I’m a fan of many of the sports featured in the Winter Games, and it may be because we don’t get to watch so many of…

Richard Fuqua honored by ORU

Richard Fuqua has often been referred to as “the man who built the Mabee Center,” and now Oral Roberts University’s legendary basketball player has a practice court named in his honor. Fuqua, a native of Chattanooga, Tenn., played basketball at Riverside High School prior to attending ORU. He was recruited by the late Ken Trickey…

The Super Bowl defense show

Here are my observations while watching Super Bowl LX. Charlie Puth did a fine job with the National Anthem. Not overly dramatic or jazzed up, and just under two minutes. The way it’s supposed to be done. I enjoyed the Toyota commercial with athletes being encouraged by their younger selves. It was one of my…

Patriots – Love ‘em or hate ‘em

I read an article online this week with the headline, Is It Time You Stopped Hating the Patriots? My answer was a definite, “no.” The column was written by Dan Roberts for Front Office Sports. Roberts is a Massachusetts native and self-proclaimed New England Patriots fan. I’m a native of Western New York and a…

Super Bowl half-time shows

If you’re planning to watch the Super Bowl, you don’t have to watch the halftime show that the NFL has planned, there may be an alternative. The Super Bowl, featuring the New England Patriots against the Seattle Seahawks will be played on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., home of the 49ers….

Rangers and Royals fan days

If you’re a big baseball fan, you may be interested in attending a fanfest in Texas or Kansas City. The Rangers and Royals are hosting fun-filled days for their fans. This Saturday, January 24 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., the Texas Rangers will be hosting their annual Fan Fest at Globe Life Field. It’s…

Sportstradamus prognostications

I, Sportstradamus, the all-knowing, all-seeing swami of sports prognostications, present to you my annual predictions for 2026. This year, I peer deeply into my magic mirror in hopes of seeing the future of sports, but instead I see a guy who has a lot greyer hair than he did at this time last year. Let’s…

2025 Sports figures deaths

It’s time to take a look back at some of the sports figures who died in 2025. Bill McCartney, the former University of Colorado football coach (1982-1994), died on Jan. 10 at age 84. McCartney was one of the men who founded the Promise Keepers organization in the 1990s. Former Seattle SuperSonics star Gus Williams…

In the past, I have written a few Christmas and Thanksgiving poems. I haven’t written a New Year’s poem since I was a kid and collaborated with my friend Tim Johnson on what we called “Twas the Night Before New Year.” I’ll save you from having to read the sophomoric humor and inside joke laden…