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OU hires financial officer

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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…

OU picked to win sixth Big 12 championship in a row

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Oklahoma State picked to come in second in Big 12 The media is predicting that Oklahoma will win their sixth straight Big 12 Championship this fall with Oklahoma State coming in second. Ever since the Big 12 dropped to 10 members, OU has been picked to win the league title eight of 10 years. OU…

OU-Army game in doubt

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Thanks to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Oklahoma may not play Army this year. Cuomo, a liberal Democrat, ordered that fall college sports in New York won’t have fans in attendance. He ordered no fans for the Buffalo Bills in the NFL. (That doesn’t affect the New York Giants and New York Jets who play…

TU players on preseason list

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The University of Tulsa linebacker Zaven Collins and long snapper Adam Higuera were named to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-America fourth team, the magazine announced. Collins, who was selected as one of 90 players to the preseason watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, was a second-team American Athletic Conference selection last year. In 2019, Collins…