Tulsa football Philip Montgomery talked about a blend of experience plus an influx of new players last week at the American Athletic Conference Media Days. Tulsa opens the season with a road trip to Wyoming on September 3. Tulsa (7-6 last season) was picked to finish eight in the AAC. A key to Tulsa’s success…
University of Oklahoma softball All-American Jocelyn Alo has been named the 2021-22 Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year in the Big 12. Kansas men’s basketball player Ochai Agbaji was named the male athlete of the year. Alo, who was a unanimous selection, makes it the third year in a row the Big 12 Female…
Oklahoma men’s basketball will open the 2022 ESPN Events Invitational against Nebraska Nov. 24 at 4 p.m. on ESPN. The Sooners and Huskers are joined by Florida State, Memphis, Ole Miss, Seton Hall, Siena and Stanford. Memphis and Seton Hall made the 2022 NCAA Tournament and the Sooners competed in the NIT last season. Oklahoma…
The University of Tulsa football program has added 11 transfer players, according to coach Philip Montgomery. The list of transfers total 10 from FBS institutions and one junior college newcomer. “Over the course of the last few months we’ve been able to make some additions to our roster that has enabled us to strengthen our…
Rep. Ty Burns, R-Pawnee, will hold an interim study this fall before the House Common Education Committee investigating the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (OSSAA). A date for the study has not yet been set. Burns said he will study OSSAA’s finances and discrepancies in the organization’s policies related to student athlete transfers and eligibility…
The University of Tulsa men’s basketball team will play Loyola University Chicago in the quarterfinal round of the fourth annual Myrtle Beach Invitational on Nov. 17 at the HTC Center on the campus of Coastal Carolina in Conway, S.C. The Golden Hurricane and Ramblers will compete in the nightcap of the opening day’s schedule with…
STILLWATER– To deal with Name, Image and Likeness programming, Oklahoma State Athletic Director Chad Weiberg has announced Barry Hinson as OSU’s first full-time NIL administrator. “Over the last two years we have assembled an outstanding team to help provide robust NIL opportunities for our student-athletes,” said Weiberg. “What we were missing was someone who could…
Here are area players on preseason watch lists. Lou Groza Award (Best placekicker) Zach Long of TU Ray Guy (Best punter) Lachlan Wilson of TU Michael Turk of OU Tom Hutton of OSU Maxwell Award (All-around best player) Dillion Gabriel of OU Davey O’Brien Award (Best quarterback) Dillion Gabriel of OU Doak Walker Award (Best…
Here are some comments from the Big 12 Media Days in Frisco, Texas, earlier in July. New Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables brought quarterback Dillon Gabriel, wide receiver Marvin Mims, defensive end Ethan Downs, cornerback Woodi Washington and defensive back Justin Broyles to the media event. Venables was asked who would be the team…
“It’s about time,” could have been the theme of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 induction ceremony, last weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y. For many years, baseball fans and historians have questioned why players like Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat, Gil Hodges and Buck O’Neil weren’t already in the Hall of Fame. That injustice…