North Dakota State had a late 15-5 run to top Oral Roberts 67-57 Saturday night at the Mabee Center. ORU lost for just the second time this season when giving up fewer than 70 points, having also fallen 69-59 against Tulsa. Kevin Obanor had 21 points and eight rebounds, while Sam Kearns returned from injury…
It will be youth versus experience when the Los Angeles Rams face the New England Patriots Sunday in Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. Sean McVay, coach of the Rams, just turned 33. Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick is 66. America only had 48 states when Belichick was born in 1952 and the NFL had only 12…
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy got an annual raise and a contract rollover for 2019. Gundy’s five-year contract was extended through the 2023 season. His annual $125,000 raise makes his salary for 2019 $5.125 million. That’s one of the top 10 coaching salaries in the nation. “I’m more energized and excited about Cowboy football than…
Oklahoma State fourth-team quarterback Keondre Wudtee has entered his name into the NCAA’s transfer portal. Wudtee, a Bossier City, Louisiana, native, has been at OSU for three years and will be a junior in eligibility. Players who submit their names to the new NCAA transfer portal don’t have to transfer but it allows them to…
Two sets of Cowboys, one from down the Cimarron Turnpike in Stillwater, and the other from Laramie, Wyoming, along with conference foes UCF, Houston, Memphis and Navy will visit H.A. Chapman Stadium in the fall to face The University of Tulsa on the gridiron. Tulsa’s attractive home schedule will begin on the third week of…
Chris Chambliss played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (1971-1988) with three different teams, but it is his walk-off home run in game five of the 1976 American League Championship Series for which he’s remembered. I had the opportunity to interview Chambliss recently, as he was in town to be the keynote speaker at the…
Up until this week, only 29 former Harlem Globetrotters, from the team’s 93-year history, have been given the “Legends” award. The Globetrotters have announced they will add three more to that list during their 2019 Fan Powered North American Tour. The Globetrotters will bring their 2019 tour to the BOK Center in Tulsa, February 7…
No. 20 Oklahoma evened its conference mark at 2-2 with a tight victory over former No. 25 TCU in Norman Saturday. OU won 76-74 as Kristian Doolittle hit a crucial shot with a few seconds left to seal the victory. Doolittle had 24 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Sooners (13-3, 2-2). “I knew…
Isaac Likekele led the Cowboys with a career-high 23 points and nine rebounds as Oklahoma State beat West Virginia 85-77 in Morgantown, West Virginia, Saturday. Likelele added three assists and hit seven of 10 attempts from the field. He made 9 of 11 free throw attempts. OSU (8-8, 2-2 in the Big 12) has won…
Jeriah Horne hit four three-point shots but it wasn’t enough as Tulsa fell to SMU 57-77 in Dallas Saturday night. Jahmal McMurray paced the Mustangs with 22 points. Horne went 4-for-7 from downtown en route to his 14 points for the Golden Hurricane (11-6, 1-3), while Sterling Taplin added 10 points. The Hurricane shot 35.7-percent…