Sports

Cowboys pick TU’s Reggie Robinson II in the fourth round

April 30, 2020

The Cowboys weren’t through with picking players from the State of Oklahoma. With the 17th pick of the fourth round, they drafted former Tulsa cornerback Reggie Robinson II. Robinson was the top defensive back in the American Athletic Conference in 2019. He was the league leader for passes defended with 17, including a conference-leading 13…

Cowboys draft OU defensive lineman Neville Gallimore

April 30, 2020

The Dallas Cowboys also drafted former OU defensive lineman Neville Gallimore with the 18th pick of third round (82nd overall). The Cowboys were surprised that Gallimore had lasted that long without being picked, too. “We’re living right,” Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones said Friday. “It fell right to us these past two days.” Jones called getting…

Chargers trade up to get Murray

April 30, 2020

The Los Angeles Chargers were so anxious to draft OU linebacker Kenneth Murray that they made a trade with New England to move up to the 23rd pick in the first round of the NFL Draft. In exchange for the 23rd pick, the Chargers sent their second- and third-round picks to the Patriots (37th and…

Philadelphia drafts QB Jalen Hurts

April 30, 2020

Former OU quarterback Jalen Hurts was the 21st pick in the second round last Friday by the Philadelphia Eagles. Hurts is Oklahoma’s third quarterback drafted in three years. OU is the only program to ever produce QB selections in the first two rounds of the NFL Draft in three consecutive years (Baker Mayfield and Kyler…

Bears draft Tulsa’s Trevis Gipson

April 30, 2020

University of Tulsa defensive end Trevis Gipson was selected Saturday by the Chicago Bears as the 10th pick in the 5th round and the No. 155 overall selection of the NFL Draft. Gipson finished his career with 114 tackles, 25.5 TFLs, 13 sacks and eight forced fumbles. The four-year letter winner and two-year starter was…

OSU’s Green, Siverand sign deals

April 30, 2020

Former Oklahoma State cornerback A.J. Green and cornerback Kemah Siverand did not get drafted but they have signed free agent contracts. Siverand signed with the Seattle Seahawks and Green signed with the Cleveland Browns. This was the first draft since 2008 in which no OSU players were drafted.

Uncertainty looms for the Golden Hurricane football season

April 23, 2020

Tulsa is supposed to play Toledo in Chapman Stadium on Saturday, September 5. Because of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent “stay at home” orders, no one is certain if that game will be played on schedule. The challenge for TU coach Philip Montgomery and other college football coaches is how to prepare for those opening…

Some surprises popped up in basketball signings and transfers

April 23, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

I don’t usually write about college basketball signings, but there has been some interesting news out of the local college athletic departments, and some interesting names have popped up in the press releases. The most shocking signing, at least to me, is of sophomore transfer Maya Mayberry with the University of Tulsa women’s basketball team….

Watching shows about ‘The Bird’ Fidrych, Billy Martin

April 16, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

Besides trying to get some badly needed yard work done, and do some other work around the house, the past couple of weeks has afforded my wife and me a lot of time to watch television. Along with watching the occasional classic Major League Baseball or National Hockey League game from the 1970s or 1980s,…

New OSU stadium debut must wait

April 16, 2020

The Oklahoma State Cowboy baseball team was scheduled to move from Allie P. Reynolds Stadium to the new O’Brate Stadium on March 20 and host TCU to open the Big 12 season. The Chinese coronavirus pandemic changed all that. Beginning with the March 13 game in Stillwater against Fresno State, the Oklahoma State baseball season…