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TU hopes for a quick turnaround

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With a new coaching staff in place, the University of Tulsa football team hopes to make a quick turnaround from what was a horrible 2024 season. Gone is Kevin Wilson, who was let go after only two seasons as head coach. He was replaced by Tre Lamb, a 35-year-old coaching prodigy with a proven record…

Great golf on the PGA Tour

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If you haven’t been paying attention to the PGA Tour this year, you’ve missed some great golf. The PGA Tour postseason officially wrapped up this past weekend, so allow me to get you caught up on some of the exciting stories of the season. The season began with Scottie Scheffler missing the first tournament of…

I never bought a motorcycle and never played football

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Football fever is in the air. I almost played football when I was in the sixth grade at Burbank Elementary School. I went to the first practice and was shown how to get into a three-point stance on the offensive line. “Block the guy on the other side,” the coach barked. I did block him….

Oklahoma State 2026 football preview

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Coming off a horrible 3-9 season in which Oklahoma State didn’t go to a bowl game, there are great expectations for the Cowboys in 2025. It was the first time since Mike Gundy’s first season as head coach, in 2005, that OSU didn’t play in a bowl game. The Cowboys had 18 straight winning seasons…

Watching the Thunder this year

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The 2025–26 NBA schedule was unveiled last week, and the defending NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder will have 34 of their games featured on national television broadcasts. Three other teams will also have 34 games on national television; the Knicks, Lakers and Warriors. All three are large market teams that made playoff runs last season….

Boone Pickens Stadium named the best by USA Today

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According to USA Today Oklahoma State’s Boone Pickens Stadium is the best college football Stadium in the United States.  USA Today compiled ratings from Yelp, Tripadvisor and Google reviews to make the determination. The three top stadiums were OSU’s Boone Pickens Stadium, with Kansas State’s Snyder Family Stadium and Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium close behind. After…

2026 OU Basketball Schedule for SEC Conference Games

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The Southeastern Conference released its conference schedule for Men’s Basketball last week. All  SEC teams will play 18 SEC Conference basketball games this year. Each team will play 12 teams in the SEC one time and 3 teams twice. Oklahoma will play Ole Miss, Miss. State, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Tennessee,…

Daikin Park the home of the Astros

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Last week I wrote about going to Houston to watch a couple of baseball games between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros. I highlighted the fact that this is the final season for Nationals television broadcaster Bob Carpenter. This week, we look at the experience of attending a game at Daikin Park. It was…

Oilers lose in playoffs to Blizzard

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Green Bay defeated the Tulsa Oilers, 58-26, on Sunday in Wisconsin, to advance to the IFL Eastern Conference Championship. It was the Oilers first playoff game in franchise history. Tulsa was plagued by turnovers throughout the game and on their first possession of the game, the Oilers fumbled the ball away inside the red zone…

Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees

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Four former NFL stars were inducted into the Pro Football Hall on Saturday afternoon at Tom Benson Hall of Fame stadium, in Canton, Ohio. The Class of 2025 featured Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Antonio Gates and Sterling Sharpe. Jared Allen was presented by his father, Ron Allen, who unveiled his son’s bronze bust. Allen, a…