STILLWATER– To deal with Name, Image and Likeness programming, Oklahoma State Athletic Director Chad Weiberg has announced Barry Hinson as OSU’s first full-time NIL administrator. “Over the last two years we have assembled an outstanding team to help provide robust NIL opportunities for our student-athletes,” said Weiberg. “What we were missing was someone who could…
Here are area players on preseason watch lists. Lou Groza Award (Best placekicker) Zach Long of TU Ray Guy (Best punter) Lachlan Wilson of TU Michael Turk of OU Tom Hutton of OSU Maxwell Award (All-around best player) Dillion Gabriel of OU Davey O’Brien Award (Best quarterback) Dillion Gabriel of OU Doak Walker Award (Best…
Here are some comments from the Big 12 Media Days in Frisco, Texas, earlier in July. New Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables brought quarterback Dillon Gabriel, wide receiver Marvin Mims, defensive end Ethan Downs, cornerback Woodi Washington and defensive back Justin Broyles to the media event. Venables was asked who would be the team…
“It’s about time,” could have been the theme of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 induction ceremony, last weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y. For many years, baseball fans and historians have questioned why players like Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat, Gil Hodges and Buck O’Neil weren’t already in the Hall of Fame. That injustice…
Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy always seems to cut to the chase in interviews. Gundy told the media at last week’s Big 12 Media Days that the league will flourish even without Oklahoma and Texas, who are bolting for the SEC by 2025. ”I don’t think there’s any question as this moves forward that…
Oklahoma has a new football coach and a whole lot of new players. In an interview during Big 12 Media Days in Dallas, new coach Brent Venables thinks any newness will be overshadowed by the 14 years he spent as an OU assistant before becoming the defensive coordinator at Clemson. On the Sooners 2022 Team,…
I’ve been thinking lately. Actually, I’ve been reminiscing a lot lately. Maybe because I’m in my 50’s and I’m a grandparent, but whatever the reason, I’ve spent a lot of time looking back on my life. Baseball has been a huge part of my life since I was a kid. Until the pandemic shutdown minor…
Former University of Tulsa quarterback Dane Evans is now in his fourth season of professional football north of the border. Evans is a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Evans, whom I follow on Twitter, is a native of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and graduated from high school in Sanger, Texas. He completed…
Former Oklahoma basketball coach Lon Kruger, now retired, was named to the 2022 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class. Kruger coached for over 40 years, with his final 10 years in Norman as the head coach of Oklahoma. A native of Silver Lake, Kansas, Kruger had a record of 195-128 (.604) with the Sooners….
When Oklahoma and Texas decided to leave the Big 12 Conference and join the Southeastern Conference, it had a ripple effect that impacted at multiple college athletic conferences. And the shakeup could be even more dramatic as USC and UCLA have been approved and will switch to the Big 10 Conference in 2024. The vote…