Sports

Big 12 will play 9 conference games and 1 nonconference

August 6, 2020

Oklahoma won’t be playing Tennessee in football this fall as the Southeastern Conference decided to play only conference opponents in response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. The Big 12 voted to play nine conference games plus only one nonconference game. After moving OU’s nonconference game with Missouri State up a week to August 29, OU…

OU’s Riley gets a pay raise

August 6, 2020

Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley has a new two-year contract extension that will pay him an average annual salary of $7,535,00. The new contract will pay Riley $45,200,000 over the next six football seasons. The OU Board of Regents negotiated new contracts with several OU coaches prior to the onslaught of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic….

Maxwell Award watch list

August 6, 2020

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard and wide receiver Tylan Wallace have been named to the preseason watch list for the 84th Maxwell Award. Oklahoma State is the only Big 12 school to have multiple players included on the list for the award, presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football….

OU hires financial officer

August 6, 2020

University of Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione announced that Marcus Bowman will join OU as senior associate athletics director and chief financial officer for athletics. Bowman comes to Norman after spending the last two-and-a-half years at UNLV as senior associate athletics director and CFO. He also served as the sport administrator for the Rebels’ men’s…

SAC moves sports to spring

August 6, 2020

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has postponed fall sports competition and championships because of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference may push the fall schedule to the 2021 spring semester. The plans for football include a seven-game conference schedule that begins with an eight-week training period in January. SWAC commissioner Charles McClelland said games would begin near…

Summit delays fall sports

August 6, 2020

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota – The Summit League’s Presidents Council agreed to delay the start of fall sports for member institutions until Sept. 23 based upon the recommendation from the League’s Joint Council due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The delay will result in a conference-only schedule for the sports of women’s soccer, men’s soccer and…

COO suspends fall sports

August 6, 2020

POINT LOOKOUT, Missouri — College of the Ozarks will suspend athletic competition for the College and high school for fall 2020 due to concerns involving COVID-19. “The college’s goal is to remain in session throughout the fall semester,” said President Jerry C. Davis. “Therefore, we have to minimize risk to campus. Because of the residential…

Rose Bowl Parade canceled

August 6, 2020

The 2021 Rose Parade has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time there will be no parade since World War II, organizers announced. So far, the annual Rose Bowl football game in Pasadena will go on as scheduled but that could change. “We continue to work with the College Football Playoff and…

Minnesota’s Matt Dumba takes a knee

August 6, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

This week we share some news and notes from around the sports world. It was widely believed the National Hockey League would be the only major sport without a player to take a knee during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner, however, last Saturday, Minnesota Wild’s Mathew Dumba, changed that. Dumba, a Canadian, was not…

Seattle hockey team is a ‘giant Scandinavian sea monster’

July 30, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

I’m willing to admit my ignorance, when I have to. When the National Hockey League expansion team in Seattle announced last week the team name would be the Kraken, I asked, “What’s a Kraken?” Well, after a little internet research, I found a kraken is a giant sea monster, in Scandinavian folklore, that resembles a…