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Multi-talented Blake Griffin

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If you think you’ve seen a lot of Blake Griffin lately, it’s because you have. The former University of Oklahoma basketball player and former NBA star is now the star of several television commercials while enjoying a second career as a broadcaster. Griffin spent 13 seasons in the NBA, playing with the LA Clippers, Detroit…

Tulsa Oilers Drop Home Opener

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A late comeback fell short as the Tulsa Oilers football team lost a close one to Fishers Freight, 40-38, Saturday evening at the BOK Center. Tulsa’s record dropped to 1-2 on the season, and Fishers improved to 3-1. The Freight jumped out to an early 10-0 lead, but Tulsa responded with a nine-yard touchdown pass…

UFL coming to Oklahoma City

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Either I wrote my column last week a bit prematurely, or I was a bit prophetic. Last week, I wrote about spring football leagues, and the United Football League specifically. Then this past week, the UFL announced it would be expanding from eight teams to ten teams in the next few years, beginning with putting…

Oilers lose at Orlando

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Tulsa and Orlando tangled in a back-and-forth game, with the Pirates coming out on top in overtime, 61-55, on Sunday afternoon at the Kia Center in Orlando. The Oilers dropped to 1-1 on the season and Orlando improved to 2-0. Orlando scored on their first drive of the game, quarterback Paxton DeLaurent completed a touchdown…

Sooners lose in final game in OT of Crown tournament

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Oklahoma led for most of the second half, but West Virginia battled back to force overtime, and the Mountaineers beat the Sooners, 89-82, in the College Basketball Crown championship game on Sunday afternoon at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. OU won eight of its last 10 games and finished the season with a 21-16 record,…

TULSA PLAYS IN NIT CHAMPIONSHIP

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After winning their first two NIT games at home, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane advanced to the NIT Semifinals in Indianapolis last weekend. Tulsa beat New Mexico, 74-69, in the semifinals on Thursday, and moved on to play Auburn in the Championship game on Sunday. Tulsa’s win over New Mexico in the semifinals was the team’s…

It is football season once again

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It’s football season once again. As the college basketball postseason tournaments were crowning champions, the Major League Baseball season concluded its first week, and the minor league baseball season began, another football league opened its 2026 season. If you’re a fan of watching professional football in the spring and summer, you should be happy that…

Hurricane advance to NIT men’s semifinals

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Wichita State’s comeback fell short as Tulsa held on for an 83-79 win on Tuesday in the Reynolds Center. The Golden Hurricane advanced to the semifinals of the NIT for the third time in program history. Tulsa has won the NIT semifinals games each of the last two times they made it that far. The…

OU WOMEN LOSE IN SWEET 16

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Oklahoma’s season ended on Saturday in Sacramento as the 10th-ranked Sooners fell to top-seeded South Carolina, 68 – 94, in the Women’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. The Sooners finished the season with a record of 26-8, winning 25 games for the fourth time in five seasons under head coach Jennie Baranczyk. OU advanced to its…

What March Madness is about

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What in the world was Duke doing at the end of that Elite 8 game against UConn? My goodness, it looked like the Blue Devils were trying to throw the game during a total collapse late in the second half. Duke led by 15 at halftime, 44-29, and that is now the largest halftime lead…