Sports

American Athletic Conference

March 19, 2020

AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco announced that the American Athletic Conference will suspend all spring sports competition until further notice. The decision to suspend was made after consultation with member school to fight the spread of the coronavirus and to protect athletes, coaches, institutional and event staff, media and spectators. “While we are all disappointed to…

No more XFL games until 2021

March 19, 2020

According to the XFL league office, “Currently, the XFL will not be playing its regular-season games. However, all players will be paid their base pay and benefits for the 2020 regular season. All XFL ticket holders will be issued refunds or credit toward future games.” The XFL also announced that all of its players would…

Major League Baseball delayed

March 19, 2020

Major League Baseball has cancelled the remainder of its spring training games, also announcing that the start of the 2020 regular season will be delayed by at least two weeks due to the national emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was announced following a call with all 30 Clubs and after consultation with…

National Hockey League delayed

March 19, 2020

The NHL will pause the 2019-20 regular season due to the concerns of the coronavirus, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced March 12. The NHL has 189 games remaining, including 10 scheduled for March 12. The regular season was scheduled to end April 4, with the Stanley Cup Playoffs starting the week of April 6. “In…

NBA suspends games, playoffs

March 19, 2020

The NBA’s suspension of games against the spread of the new coronavirus will last at least 30 days, Commissioner Adam Silver said March 12. So the league will be inactive until April 9 or April 10, less than a week from the scheduled end of the regular season. That’s the point at which the Silver…

50,000 miles on buses to cover sports; ORU loses on Monday

March 12, 2020

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – While traveling to the Summit League Tournament in South Dakota, aboard a comfortable, luxury coach – also known as the ORU Pep Band and Cheer Squad bus – I began thinking about the thousands of miles I’ve logged on similar buses over the past 30-plus years. I won’t even go as…

TU is regular season AAC co-champion; next game on Friday

March 12, 2020

For the first time, Tulsa is co-champion of the regular American Athletic conference season with Houston and Cincinnati. It is the first conference championship for Tulsa since 2013-14 when the Hurricane won the Conference USA Championship. The Golden Hurricane will begin a quest to win the AAC Championship Tournament on Friday when No. 3 seeded…

Sooners are seeded third; Cowboys have to win four in a row

March 12, 2020

Oklahoma’s Austin Reaves scored a career-high 41 points to lead a stunning comeback for the Sooners who beat TCU 78-76 Saturday in Fort Worth. The win put Oklahoma in third place in the final regular season Big 12 standings and solidified their case for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. A loss would have…

Cowboys played ISU Wednesday

March 12, 2020

Oklahoma State entered the Big 12 Basketball Tournament by winning four of their last games – including a stunning 81-59 rout of Texas in Austin on Saturday. The loss put a big dent in the Longhorns’ chances for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Because of OSU’s season record – 17-14 overall and 7-11…

It’s Barry Sanders, not Bernie Sanders, stupid

March 5, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

This is a national election year, with the Presidential election coming up in November, and regardless of party affiliation, it seems everyone is hyper-sensitive about the messages their receiving from the media, the candidates, and celebrities. Case in point – Garth Brooks. For several years now, awards shows have become one political speech after another….