One of the goals for the Oklahoma State Cowboy football team is to get back to the Big 12 Championship game and win it. Another goal is the make it to the College Football Playoff. After a surprisingly successful 2021 season, the Cowboys will open at 6 pm. Thursday night by hosting Central Michigan on…
Oklahoma fans will get their first look at Oklahoma in action at 2:30 p.m. Saturday as the Sooners under first-year head coach Brent Venables hosts UTEP in Norman. Venables said OU is ready. “This game will punish you for trying to cheat the game and cut corners,” said Venables. “Not being detailed and precise in…
Tulsa opens Saturday at Wyoming at 2:30 p.m. on FSI. Wyoming opened their season last Saturday with a 6-38 road loss to Illinois. Even though Wyoming had a lop-sided loss against Illinois from the Big Ten Conference, Tulsa coach Philip Montgomery expects a battle in Cheyenne. “It’s a very well-coached team, very physical team,” Montgomery…
You can’t watch a sports event on television any more without being bombarded with commercials about sports betting. It has become a multi-billion-dollar business. I’m not here to advocate wagering of any kind, but you can’t be a sports fan and not realize what has happened in the past couple of years regarding sports wagering….
Bud, Barry, Bob and Brent? The Brent Venables era at Oklahoma officially begins at 2:30 p.m. September 3 as the Sooners open with the University of Texas as El Paso (UTEP) in Norman. Bud Wilkinson was legendary in the 40s and 50s. Barry Switzer picked up the mantel in the 70s and 80s and Bob…
Tulsa quarterback Davis Brin is ready to build on the success and experience he has achieved for the Tulsa football team. Brin played in only four games in his first three seasons before being named the starter last year. He responded by completing nearly 60% of his passes for 3,269 yards and 18 touchdowns last…
People get hurt during competition in the Big 12 Conference and Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy is confident his Cowboys have good backups heading into the fall season. OSU opens by hosting Central Michigan at 6 p.m. on FSI in a Thursday night game on September 1. “I’m particularly pleased with the backup quarterbacks and…
A year ago, the NFL changed its schedule by decreasing the number of preseason games to three, and increasing the regular season schedule to 17 games. However, there’s still debate over the necessity of preseason games. There have been preseason games since the NFL was founded in 1920, but fans and some players regularly raise…
This week, some quips and comments from this sports writer’s notebook. It’s not very often you see a minor league baseball pitcher pitch more than six innings, but I witnessed it with my own eyes this past Sunday at ONEOK Field, as the Tulsa Drillers starter, Bobby Miller, went 7.1 innings. He even threw over…
PARIS – Coach Porter Moser and the Oklahoma men’s basketball team completed its three-game foreign tour with a 91-53 victory over the Paris All-Stars August 9 at Gymnase Léo Lagrange. Joe Bamisile and C.J. Noland led the Sooners with 16 points each and Bijan Cortes added 13 points and a team-high seven assists. Noland finished…