Sports

The banquet circuit is now in full swing

January 16, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

Even though baseball spring training is still a month away, and the Major League and minor league seasons don’t begin for a couple months, this is a great time of year for baseball fans. It’s banquet and caravan season. This is the time of year current and former Major League players have the time in…

Late surge lifts Hurricane over Houston

January 16, 2020

With a late surge, Tulsa (10-6, 2-1 in the AAC) topped Houston (12-4, 2-1), 63-61, Saturday in a key American Athletic Conference game. Trailing 61-56, Darien Jackson hit his third 3-pointer of the game at the 1:38 mark, slicing Tulsa’s deficit to 2 points. Jackson followed his trey with a steal and after two Brandon…

ISU defeats OU

January 16, 2020

After a big win at Texas last week, Oklahoma (11-4, 2-1 in the Big 12) lost at Iowa State, 68-81, Saturday. The last time that OU won in Hilton Coliseum was in 2011. Brady Manek led OU with 17 points while Austi Reaves had 12 points and five rebounds. Iowa State (8-7, 1-2) ended a…

OSU falls at TCU

January 16, 2020

Oklahoma State (9-6, 0-3 in the Big 12) was looking for that elusive first conference win Saturday but it didn’t happen as the Cowboys lost to TCU (12-3, 3-0), 40-52, in Fort Worth. For the first time since he was a freshman, OSU’s Lindy Waters III – the Cowboy’s leading scorer – was held scoreless….

ORU tops NDST

January 16, 2020

Max Abmas and Deondre Burns combined for 46 points as ORU (9-8, 2-2 in the Summit) topped North Dakota State, 88-73, here Saturday. ORU will be at Western Illinois for a 7 p.m. game Thursday and at Purdue Ft. Wayne Saturday for a noon tip off.

Former Jenks coach Allan Trimble fell to ALS last year

January 9, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

Every year at this time we look back at those in the sports world who died in the previous year. Generally, I focus on those who made an impact nationally or internationally in a particular sport, or those who meant something to me personally. However, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out a…

Cowboys edged by Texas A&M

January 9, 2020

Oklahoma State was edged 24-21 in the Texas Bowl by a Texas A&M team that played one of the toughest schedules in the nation. “Played a good football team in the Bowl, right? They’re a good team,” Gundy said after the game. “I said this early, and I’ll say it again. They lost to No….

Lopsided loss to LSU ends an otherwise good OU campaign

January 9, 2020 Charles Biggs

An otherwise successful 2019 season went sour quickly as No. 4 Oklahoma was overcome by No. 1 LSU, 63-28, in Atlanta in a College Football Playoff semifinal. The Sooners have won five Big 12 Championships in a row but this is the fourth time (in those same five years) that Oklahoma has advanced to the…

OU’s Riley and LSU’s Orgeron have different backgrounds

December 26, 2019 Charles Biggs

An old-school, hard-nosed football coach who was forced to update his coaching philosophy and perhaps the most innovative offensive mind in college football will clash in the Peach Bowl December 28 in Atlanta. And Oklahoma has suspended starting defensive end Ronnie Perkins, running back Rhamondre Stevenson and receiver Trejan Bridges for unnamed violations. It wasn’t…

Road to LSU was bumpy

December 26, 2019

Orgeron grew up in Larose, Louisiana, and is of Cajun descent. He played football at South Lafourche High School in Galliano, Louisiana (along with future NFL quarterback Bobby Hebert). Orgeron signed with LSU but after one year, he transferred to Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. After signed on as a graduate assistant at Northwestern…