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‘Horns Down’ is a tempest in a teapot

July 22, 2021 Jeff Brucculeri

The Big 12 Football media days were held recently and the biggest news coming out of the sessions was the “Horns Down” gesture will likely be penalized. It must be quite a luxury for a major football conference to have nothing more serious to worry about than whether its players use a non-profane gesture to…

OU’s Rattler named preseason offensive player of the year

July 15, 2021

Expectations continue to soar for the Oklahoma Sooner football team as 10 players were named to Big 12 Conference preseason honors by a vote of the media. OU quarterback Spencer Rattler, the preseason pick to win the Heisman Trophy by some pundits, was the selection for the No. 1 Big 12 quarterback. He led a…

OSU’s Harvell-Peel, Sills are 1st team selections

July 15, 2021

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State’s Josh Sills and Kolby Harvell-Peel were named to the 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team. Harvell-Peel, a safety from College Station, Texas, earned the distinction after being named an All-Big 12 Second Team selection in 2020 and an All-Big 12 First Team selection in 2019. He enters his senior season with…

Star Max Abmas foregoes the draft, will play at ORU

July 15, 2021

Just hours before the deadline to withdraw to maintain college eligibility, ORU basketball star Max Abmas withdrew from NBA draft consideration and will return to ORU for another season. Last year, Abmas led the nation in scoring and was a key player in ORU’s Cinderella trip through the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 24.5 points per…

OU running back dismissed

July 15, 2021

Oklahoma running back Mickey Henderson was released by the team, according to coach Lincoln Riley. Henderson has been identified by the police as the third participant in a robbery on April 15 involving former OU players Trejan Bridges and Seth McGowan. The Norman Police Department asked for an arrest warrant from the Cleveland County District…

OU picked to win Big 12

July 15, 2021

The Oklahoma is the preseason pick to win the Big 12 Conference football championship in 2021 by a poll of sportswriter. OU has been picked to win six years in a row and has been picked nine times in the 11 years since the Big 12 dropped to 10 teams. OU has won the last…

ORU supports NIL move

July 15, 2021

Oral Roberts athletics department supports new legislation approved regarding Name, Image and Likeness compensation for student-athletes that took effect July 1. On May 28, 2021, Governor Kevin Stitt signed legislation approved by the Oklahoma Senate and House permitting student-athletes participating at colleges and universities in the State of Oklahoma to earn compensation from the use…

Tulsa gets Tennessee DB

July 15, 2021

The University of Tulsa added University of Tennessee cornerback Kenney Solomon to the Golden Hurricane roster. Solomon is the seventh transfer student-athlete to join the Tulsa football roster since June 1. With the extra collegiate season due to Covid-19, Solomon has three years of eligibility remaining. He is the fourth defensive newcomer transferring to Tulsa…

Olympic changes will cost billions

July 15, 2021 Jeff Brucculeri

Delaying the 2020 Summer Olympics a year was already going to cost the Tokyo organizers billions of dollars, but now the Tokyo Olympics will lose even more, as spectators will not be allowed to attend the games. It was already projected the Tokyo Olympics would lose $3 billion, following the delay, due to the COVID…

Gwen Berry does not hate but disrespects her country

July 8, 2021 Jeff Brucculeri

You probably never heard of Gwen Berry before last week, and you probably only know of her because of her protests and not for her ability as an Olympic hammer thrower. Berry caused quite a stir at the end of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials, as she turned her back on the flag…