Sports

Coronavirus has a wide sports impact

March 19, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, is having a huge impact on businesses and communities all around the world, but this column will focus only on the impact of this virus on the world of sports. You may want to wash your hands and use some sanitizer before reading this column. I can assure you,…

Coronavirus prompts canceling a host of college and pro sports

March 19, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma State will go in the history books as one of only two teams to win a game in the 2020 Big 12 Basketball Championship. OSU edged Iowa State 72-21 on March 11 in the opening round of the tournament and then the Big 12 decided to play the rest of…

OU and OSU suspend play

March 19, 2020

NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department is suspending all athletics competitions, as well as all out-of-season practices and workouts, until further notice. Information on refunds/credits for tickets purchased directly through the OU Athletics Ticket Office for affected events will be announced in the near future. The spring football game in April is still…

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…