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It is football season once again

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It’s football season once again. As the college basketball postseason tournaments were crowning champions, the Major League Baseball season concluded its first week, and the minor league baseball season began, another football league opened its 2026 season. If you’re a fan of watching professional football in the spring and summer, you should be happy that…

Hurricane advance to NIT men’s semifinals

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Wichita State’s comeback fell short as Tulsa held on for an 83-79 win on Tuesday in the Reynolds Center. The Golden Hurricane advanced to the semifinals of the NIT for the third time in program history. Tulsa has won the NIT semifinals games each of the last two times they made it that far. The…

OU WOMEN LOSE IN SWEET 16

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Oklahoma’s season ended on Saturday in Sacramento as the 10th-ranked Sooners fell to top-seeded South Carolina, 68 – 94, in the Women’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. The Sooners finished the season with a record of 26-8, winning 25 games for the fourth time in five seasons under head coach Jennie Baranczyk. OU advanced to its…

What March Madness is about

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What in the world was Duke doing at the end of that Elite 8 game against UConn? My goodness, it looked like the Blue Devils were trying to throw the game during a total collapse late in the second half. Duke led by 15 at halftime, 44-29, and that is now the largest halftime lead…

FORE the Kids Golf Tournament

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On June 29th, for the first time ever we’re hosting the New Life Ranch Golf Tournament FORE the Kids, and registration is officially OPEN! This isn’t just a day on the course. It’s a chance to help more kids experience camp. All the money raised goes toward supporting the Mission 19:14 Camper Scholarship Fund, which…

Hurricane advances to men’s NIT Quarterfinals

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In the first round of the NIT, Tulsa came from 13 points down in the second half to force overtime against Stephen F. Austin, Wednesday night at the Reynolds Center. The Golden Hurricane took control in the overtime period to win 89-84, and advanced to the second round of the NIT. Jaylen Lawal scored 20…

OSU MEN LOSE TO SHOCKERS IN NIT

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Kanye Clary had 20 points in Oklahoma State’s 84-80 home victory over Davidson last Tuesday in the Cowboys’ first round game in the NIT. OSU’s Benjamin Ahmed scored 16 points and added six rebounds; Christian Coleman added 15 points. Roberts Blums led the Wildcats with 22 points. Davidson also got 16 points and three steals…

OU WOMEN ADVANCE TO THE SWEET 16

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Raegan Beers and Sahara Williams tallied double-doubles and No. 4 seed Oklahoma overwhelmed No. 13 seed Idaho 89-59 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last Friday night, ending Idaho’s 18 game winning streak. Beers scored 18 points with four assists and four blocks, while Williams added 17 points and 10 rebounds, Aaliyah Chavez…

OSU ADVANCES TO SECOND ROUND

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Princeton battled back from being 18 points down, but the Oklahoma State Cowgirls pulled away down the stretch to defeat the Tigers, 82-68, on Saturday in the first round of the Women’s NCAA Tournament. It was OSU head coach Jacie Hoyt’s first March Madness victory in her fourth season at OSU. The eighth-seeded Cowgirls (24-9)…

Memories of watching NCAA tourney

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Watching the NCAA Tournament brought back a great memory of a dear friend. I remember back around 1983 or 1984, while at Jamestown Community College, my longtime friend and sports editor of the local newspaper, Jim Riggs, invited me to his house to watch the first and second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament….