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All-Star Game in Philadelphia during America’s 250th year

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It is quite appropriate that Major League Baseball decided a few years ago to hold the All-Star Game in Philadelphia this season. After all, here we are celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America, and Philadelphia is the birthplace of this nation. There were many Independence Day celebrations held in Philadelphia over…

2026 OU Football schedule

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The SEC has an agreement with ABC and ESPN that all games will be aired on ABC and ESPN  channels exclusively. ESPN  has set the “windows” for seven of the nine games OU will play in. “Windows are general time slots, not exact times.  There are four time windows:  Early 11 a.m. to noon CT; Afternoon…

Museums can make your trip memorable

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[This is the third in a series of three columns based on a recent trip to Western New York.]   JAMESTOWN, NY – While in Jamestown, we had the opportunity to visit the National Comedy Center (NCC). Gary Hahn the V.P. of Marketing and Communications for the NCC was a guest on “Tulsa Beacon Weekend”…

Oilers edge out Iowa Barnstormers

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It was a back-and-forth battle but in the end the Tulsa Oilers Football team got past the Iowa Barnstormers, 49-48, Saturday evening in Des Moines, Iowa. The win extended the Oilers franchise-record winning streak to six games. Tulsa improved to 8-5 on the season, while the hapless Barnstormers dropped to 1-12. The Oilers opened the…

Underdog Sooners win College World Series!!!

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Oklahoma won its third college baseball national title in program history by defeating North Carolina, 13-2 in the third game of the College World Series on Monday evening in Omaha, Neb. It was the first title for the Sooners since 1994. The Sooners took the series 2-1 and finished the season with an overall record…

Never say Never is my answer

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[This is the second in a series of three columns based on a recent trip to Western New York.]   JAMESTOWN, NY – I have written many times in this column about how I used to be a professional mascot. Well, recently, I was talked out of retirement to make a personal appearance here in…

OU wins first two game in CWS

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Cord Rager and the Oklahoma Sooners baseball team continue to roll in the postseason, as the OU lefthander led his team to 9-0 shutout of the No. 7 seed Alabama, in the first-round of the College World Series Saturday at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb. A sellout crowd of 24,579 was treated to a…

First Tee-Tulsa celebrates 25 years

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First Tee – Tulsa, a youth development organization that helps kids and teens build their strength of character through golf, is celebrating 25 years of impact in Tulsa this month, and the organization will have a very special event this Saturday, June 13 beginning at 12:00 p.m. at Mohawk Park Golf Course. This is a…

OU Baseball headed to the College World Series

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This past week, the University of Oklahoma baseball team played the No. 15 seed Kansas Jayhawks at the Lawrence Super Regional at Hoglund Ballpark winning two games out of three to win the Kansas Super Regional and became eligible for the College World Series for the first time since 2022. Game 2 began on Sunday…