Sports

Good news from ORU overshadowed by loss of Wayne Otto

April 9, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

Some good news and some bad news came from the Oral Roberts University Athletic Department last week; Director of Sports Medicine, John Joslin, became a hall of famer, and longtime fan Wayne Otto passed away. Joslin has served in the sports medicine department at ORU since 2008, and was recently named as an inductee into…

Legendary Harlem Globetrotter Curly Neal passes away at 77

April 2, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

I had only met Fred “Curly” Neal twice, but like so many people around the world, I loved him and was a huge fan. The former dribbler with the Harlem Globetrotters died last week (March 26) at the age of 77, at his home outside Houston. Neal’s ballhandling skills were legendary, and he learned from…

TU coach Frank Haith named District 24 Coach of the Year

April 2, 2020

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) selected as Tulsa’s Frank Haith as the District 24 Coach of the Year. After being picked 10th in the American Athletic Conference preseason coaches’ poll, Haith led the Golden Hurricane basketball team to a share of the regular season title. For that, Haith was also selected as The…

TU cancels the spring football game

April 2, 2020

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane Spring Football Game, scheduled for April 4, has been canceled, as has all remaining spring football practice sessions. The University of Tulsa announced that for the remainder of the semester, classes will be held in a virtual learning environment (online). The Hurricane football team finished four spring workouts before stopping for…

ORU cancels spring competitions

April 2, 2020

All Oral Roberts University athletic competitions have been canceled for the 2019-20 academic year as announced by The Summit League due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Summit League Commissioner Tom Douple announced Friday that all spring sports have been canceled given the current status of COVID-19. This cancellation includes all non-conference, conference and championship competitions for…

American Athletic cancelations

April 2, 2020

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The American Athletic Conference has canceled all athletic competition and championships for the remainder of the academic year. In addition, all American institutions have ceased practicing.

Olympic Games are postponed

April 2, 2020

The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo have been postponed and could be cancelled due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 by about one year. The Opening Ceremony had been planned for July 24. The Olympic flame will remain…

OU-ex Blake Bell signs with Dallas

April 2, 2020

Former Oklahoma Sooner quarterback and Super Bowl champion Blake Bell signed with the Dallas Cowboys. Bell, who has played tight end in the NFL, caught eight passes for 67 yards last season for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. The Cowboys lost tight end Jason Witten to the Las Vegas Raiders in the offseason….

OU ticket office temporarily closed

April 2, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Sooner Club and the OU Athletics Ticket Offices will be closed until further notice. Payment plans for football ticket renewals have been extended to June 1. The Sooner Club has extended new payment schedule opportunities for non-renewed accounts through June 1. Donors and season ticket holders can complete…

OSU-ex Leslie O’Neal in HofF

April 2, 2020

Former Oklahoma State defensive end Leslie O’Neal is one of 17 players named to the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame Class, the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced. It marked the third consecutive year that O’Neal was included on the ballot. A two-time All-America honoree, O’Neal anchored the two best…