OU ROMPS FLORIDA GULF COAST A stellar performance by Oklahoma’s Raegan Beers led the No. 3 seed Sooners to an 81-58 win over No. 14 seed Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Sooners improved to 26-7 overall, FGC finished the season at 30-4. This was the second consecutive year…
Last Saturday, I had the wonderful opportunity to introduce my grandkids to hockey. My son, Joshua, my two grandkids, Penny (7) and Oliver (almost 3), and I attended what was their first Tulsa Oilers game. Three generations of hockey fans, cheering on the local team. For me, I’ve been a life-long fan of hockey. I…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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….