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OU to Dance

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There is only one men’s college basketball team in our state that has made it to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: the Oklahoma Sooners. It is the first time since 2021 that the Sooners have made the NCAA Tournament. Oklahoma, the No. 8 seed in the West Regional, will face No. 9-seed Connecticut in the…

Women’s Post Season Play

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Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are headed to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Sooners, a No. 3 seed, will host the first two rounds and will face No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast (FGCU) in the first round, on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. CDT. No. 6-seeded Iowa and No. 11-seeded Murray State will also play in…

It is time for March Madness!

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Many college basketball fans are not happy with the NCAA Tournament selection committee, but that’s nothing new. What is new is how the field of 68 has 14 teams from one particular conference. The SEC set a record on Sunday, earning more men’s NCAA tournament bids than any other conference in history. The total number…

Local college basketball teams

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In the beginning of the basketball season, I wrote about how I thought the best college basketball team in the city was not the men’s team at Oral Roberts University, nor the University of Tulsa men, but rather their women’s teams, and most especially the ORU women’s team. I wasn’t wrong. The Tulsa men’s basketball…

COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUP

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ORU SWEEPS 3 GAMES AGAINST S. INDIANA Oral Roberts baseball team swept a three-game series against Southern Indiana over the weekend, at Chapman Park. Southern Indiana opened the series on Friday night with a scoring barrage, plating four runs in the first inning and three in the second inning. The Screaming Eagles led 7-0 before…

Area teams lose with the end of the regular season looming

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OU LOSES CLOSE ONE AT OLE MISS Oklahoma’s Dayton Forsythe scored 23 of his career-high 25 points in the second half but it wasn’t enough as Mississippi beat the Sooners, 87-84, in Oxford, Miss. on Saturday. Forsythe made four 3-pointers and all seven of his free throw attempts for the Sooners who have lost seven…

Pete Rose and Baseball HOF

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Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is considering a petition by Pete Rose’s family to have him posthumously removed from baseball’s ineligible list. I say, “No, don’t do it.” Rose bet on baseball while he was the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, and in fact, bet on the Reds. Not only did he do it,…

Oklahoma to debut ‘Crimson Combine’ as new spring football tradition

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The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department announced it will debut a new fan-centric football event at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium to replace OU’s traditional spring game. “Crimson Combine” will be held Saturday, April 12, beginning at 1 p.m. and will provide Sooners fans with a unique opportunity to engage with players and coaches….

OU snaps losing streak with win against Miss St.

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SOONERS BEAT NO. 21 SMU Oklahoma was led by Jeremian Fears with 27 points, and the Sooners defeated No. 21 Mississippi State 93-87 on Saturday in Norman. The win snapped OU’s five-game losing skid and revived its hopes of making the NCAA Tournament. The Sooners improved to 17-10 overall and 4-10 in the SEC. Mississippi…

Who is The Great One in hockey?

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For my generation of hockey fans, Wayne Gretzky was “The Great One.” Now we have Alexander Ovechkin who has been given the moniker of “The Great One.” Who really is “The Great One?” Gretzky retired from the National Hockey League in 1999, with a league record of 894 goals. He also had 1963 assists for…