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…

OU’s season ends with playoff loss

It may not have ended the way they would have liked, but overall, the Oklahoma Sooners football team had a very successful season. The Sooners finished the season with a 10-3 record, and they were 6-2 in the SEC. The Sooners finished the regular season ranked No. 8 and faced No. 11 Alabama in the…

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…

OU versus Alabama rematch

No. 8 seed Oklahoma will host a first round game in the College Football Playoff and will face No. 9 seed Alabama on Friday, Dec. 19 at 7:00 p.m. at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The game will be televised by ABC and ESPN. The winner will face No. 1 seed and Big Ten…

CFP Playoff selections

This bowl season is shaping up to be quite interesting. Only one local college football team is headed to post-season play, and three schools have declined bowl invitations. The Oklahoma Sooners will be hosting a College Football Playoff game against Alabama on Dec. 21. This is not a bowl game, but rather a post-season game…

OU came from behind to stay in playoff contention

It wasn’t pretty, but the Oklahoma Sooners accomplished what they needed in order to secure a spot in the College Football Playoffs. The Sooners came from behind and had to overcome three interceptions, to beat LSU 17-13 Saturday at Gaylord Family – Memorial Stadium in Norman. The Sooners who are now 10-2 overall, 6-2 in…

Turnovers doom OSU in close loss to Iowa State

With a 20-13 loss to Iowa State on Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium, a horrible season for the Oklahoma State Cowboys has come to an end. Oklahoma State finishes with a record of 1-11 overall, 0-9 in the Big 12. The Cyclones are 8-4 overall and 5-4 in the Big 12 and are headed to…

Hurricane suffer 4th Quarter loss to the Blazers

On a cold and windy Saturday afternoon, with the sun peaking out of the clouds for just one quarter of play, the UAB Blazers defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 31-24, at H.A. Chapman Stadium. With the win, UAB finishes the season with a 4-8 record overall and 2-6 in the American Athletic Conference. Tulsa finishes…

OSU hires new head coach

Oklahoma State Director of Athletics Chad Weiberg announced last week that he had found a replacement for football head coach Mike Gundy. OSU has hired Eric Morris, the current head coach at North Texas. “Today begins the next era of Oklahoma State Football,” Weiberg said in a statement. “I am thrilled to introduce Eric Morris,…

Sooners defeat Missouri, hold on to #8 ranking

Oklahoma moved another step closer to securing a spot in the College Football Playoff, by defeating Missouri, 17-6, Saturday at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. The Sooners (9-2, 5-2 SEC, No. 8 CFP) were coming off road wins at Tennessee and Alabama. This was the team’s their third straight victory over a…