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PGA Championship jobs?

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The PGA of America is inviting local talent from underrepresented backgrounds to register for PGA JobMatch and be considered for positions that support the PGA’s 2022 Major Championships. Registration at goes through Feb. 15. Qualified applicants will interview with the PGA’s vendors for jobs leading up to, during and after the 2022 PGA Championship  in…

Oklahoma State upsets No. Baylor 61-54, in Waco, TX

Tulsa Beacon

While playing their third game in five days, the Oklahoma State Cowboys upset  then-No. 1 Baylor 61-54 Saturday in Waco. Baylor (15-2, 3-2 Big 12) had won a national-best 21 games in a row until a loss January 11 at home to Texas Tech. Bryce Thompson led the Cowboys (9-7, 2-3) with 19 points on…

Max Abmas paces ORU in victory

Tulsa Beacon

The Oral Roberts men’s basketball team capped off a three-game road trip with an 84-72 victory against the Kansas City Roos Saturday evening in Kansas City, Missouri. Max Abmas etched his name in the ORU record book Saturday as the junior moved to No. 10 in all-time points scored after his 26 points at Kansas…

TCU edges OU in OT, 58-59

Tulsa Beacon

Road wins in the Big 12 are hard to come by. Oklahoma fell to TCU (12-2, 2-1) Saturday, 58-59, in overtime in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU’s Charles O’Bannon hit a three-point shot with 27 seconds to go that proved to be the winner. OU’s Elijah Harkless hit a layup to cut the lead to one…

No. 11 Houston edges Hurricane

Tulsa Beacon

Tulsa made a furious comeback attempt after trailing by 17 points at halftime, but the nation’s 11th-ranked Houston Cougars squeaked out with a 66-64 win Saturday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Jeriah Horne had team-highs of 24 points and six rebounds to lead Tulsa, including 17 points in the second half. Sam Griffin…

Tulsa’s Les Rogers passes

Tulsa Beacon

Time to get caught up on some news and notes: University of Tulsa Athletic Hall of Famer and baseball All-American Les Rogers died on January 10, at the age of 73. Rogers was a third baseman on the TU baseball teams (1968-70) that won the Missouri Valley Conference Championship in 1969 and 1970. He was…

Sportsradamus’ 2022 prognostications

Tulsa Beacon

I, Sportsradamus, the all-knowing, all-seeing swami of sports prognostications, present to you my annual predictions for this, the year 2022. As I pointed out last year at this time, coming off the year of a pandemic and most of the sports world having been shut down in 2020, I predicted that 2021 would not be…

Second half run helps Sooners upset No. 11 Iowa State

Tulsa Beacon

A 14-0 run for a five-minute span late in the second half helped Oklahoma race past No. 11 Iowa State 79-66 Saturday night in Norman. Umoja Gibson scored 20 points for the Sooners (12-3, 2-1 Big 12). Tanner Groves had 16 points while Elijah Harkless scored 13. Overall, OU shot 62% from the field and…

Boone helps OSU upset No. 14 Texas

Tulsa Beacon

Keylan Boone scored 17 points off the bench, hitting five of seven three-point attempts as Oklahoma State upset No. 14 Texas, 64-51, in Stillwater. Bryce Williams added 11 points for Oklahoma State (8-5, 1-1 Big 12), who had lost two games in a row and four of the previous five. Boone also had six rebounds….

Abmas scores 32 as OSU tops UWI

Tulsa Beacon

Elijah Lufile scored a 18 points as ORU slipped past Western Illinois Saturday in Macomb, Illinois. The Golden Eagles had four score in double-figures in what was the fourth-straight win for ORU. Max Abmas led all scorers with 32 points. Lufile had 18, Isaac McBride scored 15 and DeShang Weaver added 11. It was ORU’s…