In a response to the Chinese coronarvirus pandemic, The University of Oklahoma will not allow tailgating on campus during football games this fall. OU has canceled its homecoming events. “In past years, a typical game day in Norman draws over 100,000 people to campus,” OU Vice President for University Operations Eric Conrad said in a…
Tulsa Public Schools got a waiver from the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association that allows the district to postpone fall sports for nine of the 10 middle schools. Football, volleyball, cross country and cheerleading will start practicing on Jan. 4, with games scheduled to begin on Feb. 6. That is about a week after the…
North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham (formerly at Tulsa) said UNC will start the football and other fall sports without fans at home games because of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. Cunningham said the restriction will last through September for football, men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey, volleyball and cross country. Tailgating has been banned. Cunningham…
STILLWATER – The 2020-21 Oklahoma State basketball non-conference schedule could potentially feature three regular-season conference champions, 10 teams that finished in the top-100 of the 2020 N.E.T. Rankings and eight squads that won 18 games or more despite the shortened season. Oklahoma State will play host to seven non-conference games in Gallagher-Iba Arena, headlined by…
Oklahoma basketball coach Lon Kruger has signed 6-5 guard Josh O’Garro. A native of George Town, Cayman Islands, O’Garro joins Oklahoma from Santa Clarita Christian High School in Santa Clarita, Calif. He recently reclassified from the class of 2021 to class the of 2020 and began his OU coursework on Monday. “Josh is a terrific…
A six-year veteran of The University of Tulsa basketball staff, Toby Lane, was promoted to assistant basketball coach, it was announced by Coach Frank Haith. Lane has spent the past 13 seasons under Haith, first as the associate director of basketball Operations at Miami (Fla.), then at Missouri as the director of operations and most…
Following a speech by Vice President Mike Pence at the Republican National Convention, in a nine-minute video, titled “Lincoln,” Pastor Aaron Johnson praised President Donald Trump’s support of opportunity zones. Johnson, a former TU football student-athlete, is executive director of the Tulsa Dream Center. His story was highlighted for helping change lives. The Tulsa Dream…
With about two weeks left before the first game, the Oklahoma Sooner football team is getting to meet the challenges of a new season and the adjustments forced by the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. OU had started fall drills early because the season opener at home against Missouri State was originally schedule for August 31. That…
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy has his team practicing as more answers are forthcoming about the fall season. “I think the lack of direction has been the most difficult thing for the players,” Gundy said. “As coaches we have to adjust and play the hand we have been dealt. Once the Big…
Derrick Gragg, University of Tulsa vice president and director of athletics since 2013, is leaving TU for a position as the new senior vice president for inclusion, education and community engagement at the NCAA. “Derrick’s leadership truly will be missed,” TU Interim President Janet Levit said. “He recognizes that the student in student-athlete always comes…