Sports

Velocity Tour Bull Riding

January 30, 2025 Jeff Brucculeri

It has become an annual event, over the past 21 years, as the Professional Bull Riders make a stop in Tulsa. This year, it was the first time for the Velocity Tour to visit the BOK Center, on Friday and Saturday nights. As I’ve written in the past, this is something my daughter and I…

OU Baseball Fan Experience enhancements and new seating options for 2025 baseball season

January 30, 2025

The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department has announced a series of fan-experience enhancements at L. Dale Mitchell Park for the 2025 OU baseball home season, which starts Feb. 14. The expanded offerings are in response to fan feedback following the Sooners’ NCAA regional in Norman last season and are the result of current opportunities to…

OU earns first SEC win

January 23, 2025

Oklahoma used a balanced scoring performance to defeat South Carolina, 82-62, at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, on Saturday. All 10 Sooners who played in the game scored, and OU recorded its first-ever SEC win. The Sooners are now 14-4 overall and 1-4 in the SEC, while the Gamecocks are still looking for their first…

OSU picks up win against Buffs

January 23, 2025

The Oklahoma State Cowboys outscored Colorado by 10 points in the first half and held on for an 83-73 win, Saturday at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater. OSU ended a two-game losing skid and improved to 10-7, 2-4 Big 12. The Buffaloes are still looking for their first conference win of the season, and have lost…

S. Dakota State beats ORU

January 23, 2025

Oscar Cluff scored 21 points and pulled down 20 rebounds to lead South Dakota State to an 84-70 win over Oral Roberts, at First Bank & Trust Arena, in Brookings, S.D., on Saturday. With the loss, ORU is now 5-13 overall,1-4 in Summit League play. SDSU improved to 12-8, 3-2 SL. The game was characterized…

Tulsa loses at South Florida

January 23, 2025

Tulsa’s shooting went cold in the final few minutes, allowing South Florida to come from behind and win, 63-56, at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Saturday afternoon. Tulsa was leading 54-44 with 4:53 remaining in the game, before USF outscored Tulsa 19-2 in the final minutes. During that stretch, the Golden Hurricane turned the ball…

NFL conference championships

January 23, 2025 Jeff Brucculeri

Following their upset of the No. 1-seeded Detroit Lions, the No. 6 Washington Commanders are headed to the NFC Championship game for the first time in 33 years. The Lions (15-3) were favored to win the game by 10 points or more, but lost 45-31, to the Commanders (12-5) who snuck past Tampa Bay the…

ORU gets first Conference win against N Dakota

January 16, 2025

Coming off a disappointing loss at home on Thursday night, the ORU Golden Eagles turned things around to defeat North Dakota, 83-79, Saturday evening at the Mabee Center. ORU picked up its fifth win of the season and improved to 5-11 overall, 1-2 in Summit League play, while UND dropped to 7-12, 1-3. It was…

Tulsa Gets Win Over Charlotte

January 16, 2025

The Tulsa men’s basketball team held off the Charlotte 49ers 69-63 for Tulsa’s second conference win of the season Sunday at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. With the win, Tulsa improves to 8-9 on the season and 2-2 in The American Athletic Conference. Charlotte falls to 7-10 and is 0-4 in the AAC. “That was…

Georgia Beats OU Sooners

January 16, 2025

Still looking for their first SEC win of the season, the Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball team was defeated by Georgia, 72-62, on Saturday night at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga. Georgia improved its record to 14-2 overall, 2-1 in the Southeastern Conference, while the No. 17 Sooners lost their third in a row, and are…