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Sooners defeat the Green Wave

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A week after just getting past Houston, the No. 15 Oklahoma Sooners left no doubt which team was in charge on Saturday, as OU defeated Tulane, 34-19 in front of a sellout crowd of 83,325 at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. It was OU’s 155th straight sellout of an originally scheduled home game. Quarterback…

Visits to Ballparks in Oakland

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OAKLAND, CA – Last week I wrote about the experience of watching two baseball games at Oracle Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. This week, in part two of this series, the baseball adventure continues with a visit to Oakland Coliseum, the home of the Oakland Athletics. I mentioned briefly in my previous…

Sooners hold off Cougars

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There wasn’t much offense in this one, but the Oklahoma Sooners did just enough to hold off the Houston Cougars, for a 16-12 home victory Saturday night in front of 83,653 fans at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, in Norman. The No. 15 Sooners (2-0) struggled to get their offense going, having to punt…

OSU escapes with OT win

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In a game that was dominated by Arkansas, 16th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys needed double overtime to pull out a, 39-31, come from behind win against the Razorbacks, Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. A crowd of 52,202 watched Ollie Gordon II carry the ball into the end zone from 12 yards out, followed by…

TU loses at Arkansas State

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A third quarter surge by Arkansas State led the Red Wolves to a 28-24 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, in front of 19,316 fans at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Saturday evening. After stopping Arkansas State (2-0) on fourth down to open the game, Tulsa (1-1) got on the board first with a Seth…

California ball park trip, Part 3

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SAN FRANCISCO – This week we wrap up my three-part series about a recent baseball odyssey to San Francisco. I still have a lot to share from this three-day trip, and it is not baseball related. What you’ve heard about the massive number of homeless people lining the sidewalks in downtown San Francisco is all…

Tulsa Oilers & WeStreet Ice Center

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This week we will cover several bits of news and notes from the local sports scene. Tulsa’s newest ice center, WeStreet Ice Center, is featured in the July-August issue of Rink Magazine, published by the United States’ Rink Association. The article is entitled “Striking Oil.” The article goes into detail about how the ice center…

Sooners and Cowboys added to preseason watch lists

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The OU Sooner Football team has eight players on watchlists for the 2024 season before any games have been played. Announced starting quarterback Jackson Arnold and LS Ben Anderson, punter Luke Elzinga and wide receiver Nic Anderson have each been named to one watch list. Arnold, a sophomore, has been named to the Maxwell Trophy…

TU unveils field level suites at H.A. Chapman Stadium

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TULSA, Okla. –– The University of Tulsa is excited to a new premium seating option for the 2024 football season as Suites and Club Seats at H.A. Chapman Stadium are sold out for the upcoming season with a waiting list forming for future years. For the first time ever, TU is excited to announce Field…

OU and OSU ranked #16, #17 respectively in AP preseason poll

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The Sooners joining the SEC this season were ranked 16th in the AP preseason poll and eighth in the SEC preseason media poll. This is their third season with Brent Venables as their head coach.  OU has been in the AP preseason Top 25 poll 25 straight years, 66 times over all.  Their overall ranking…