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You should put the Ark Encounter on your bucket list

June 10, 2021 Jeff Brucculeri

My wife, daughter and I just returned from a 10-day whirlwind “vacation.” I use that term loosely, because it was not very relaxing, but it sure was a lot of fun. A few times each year, this sports column focuses on travel; my travels to be specific, and this is one of those times. First…

Heupel, Williams, Miller make the Hall of Fame ballot

June 10, 2021

Former University of Oklahoma football players Josh Heupel and Roy Williams are among the 78 players listed from the Football Bowl Subdivision for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame on the 2022 ballot. Former Oklahoma State running back Terry Miller was also on the ballot. Miller was a two-time First-Team All-American, earning unanimous…

Alex Cejka surges to win the Senior PGA Championship

June 3, 2021 Jeff Brucculeri

Southern Hills Country Club sure looks great on television, as the local golf course was the host of the KitchenAide Senior PGA Championship last week. Guess who forgot to put it on his calendar, and instead was out of town on a family vacation. Yep, this sports columnist. Admitting this might be a bit embarrassing,…

Sooners have 11 a.m. kickoffs for Tulane and Nebraska

June 3, 2021

‘Game of the Century’ September 18 Oklahoma football fans will need to get up early in September as two of the Sooners’ first games will kick off at 11 a.m. OU opens the season on September 4 at Tulane in a game that will be televised by ABC and then the 50th anniversary of “The…

Cowboys open against Missouri St.

June 3, 2021

Oklahoma State will start the 2021 football season at 6 p.m. on September 4 in Stillwater in a game against Missouri State that will be shown on ESPN+. OSU is 8-0 all time against Bears. It will be their first meeting since 2018. Oklahoma State will host in-state foe Tulsa on Sept. 11, with kickoff…

Tulsa to play OSU and Ohio State

June 3, 2021

The game times and television selections for five Tulsa football games in 2021 were announced by the American Athletic Conference. Tulsa opens the season with a home game on Thursday, Sept. 2 against non-conference opponent UC Davis. The game has a start time of 6:30 p.m. (CT) and will be aired on ESPN+. The Golden…

ORU baseball players make lists

June 3, 2021

The Summit League announced that 11 individuals from league champion Oral Roberts baseball team made the all-league teams or won individual awards. Isaac Coffey was named the Pitcher of the Year, Joshua Cox was selected as the Newcomer of the Year and Ryan Folmar earned his fifth Summit League Coach of the Year honor. Coffey…

OU signs Juco basketball standout

June 3, 2021

Oklahoma basketball coach Porter Moser has signed Akol Mawein – the No. 4 overall junior college recruit in the 2021 class and the No. 1 power forward – to a National Letter of Intent, marking OU’s fifth newcomer since Moser took the program’s reins on April 3. The 6-10, 230-pound Mawein, who was born in…

OU in the Myrtle Beach Invitational

June 3, 2021

Oklahoma men’s basketball program will play in the 2021 Myrtle Beach Invitational on Nov. 18, 19 and 21, event organizers announced. The eight-team field will also include Davidson (Atlantic 10), East Carolina (The American), Indiana State (Missouri Valley), New Mexico State (Western Athletic), Old Dominion (Conference USA), Penn (Ivy) and Utah State (Mountain West). The…

Could Oakland move to Montreal?

May 27, 2021 Jeff Brucculeri

It’s been 53 years since the Oakland Athletics moved to California from Kansas City, and in all those years, they have been playing in the same ballpark; the Oakland Coliseum. After years of failed plans for a new stadium, the team is under pressure from Major League Baseball to either build a new ballpark, or…