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Baseball dreams sometimes come true

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I had a dream the other night, but I don’t think this one will come true. My dream starred former Kansas City Royals All-Star second baseman Frank White, whom I’ve met several times and got to know fairly well when he was the manager for the former Wichita Wranglers in the Texas League. Also, in…

TU opens fall camp; no starting quarterback is named yet

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Boomer, Smith compete to start Tulsa football coach Philip Montgomery at some point will name either Seth Boomer or Zach Smith his starting quarterback for 2019. But the question is who and when. “I never put a timeline (on naming a starter),” Montgomery said in a press conference last week. “Those guys are in a…

The 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame is an emotional ceremony

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Every year I enjoy watching the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and one of these years I hope to be there in person. Sure, I’ve been to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, five times, but never during the induction weekend, so I’m forced to watch on television each year. Next year,…

Riley recruits Dallas; Gundy likes Hurts; Herman: Texas is back

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Four new head coaches and the other six Big 12 football coaches met with the media in July near Dallas and some made some telling comments. OU coach Lincoln Riley knows he needs to recruit players in Texas, particularly in Dallas. “It’s a critical area for us and it has been historically and even maybe…

There’s always something new in a trip to Kannapolis, N.C.

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KANNAPOLIS, NC – Over the past 20 years, my family and I have been traveling to this little town northeast of Charlotte to visit my wife’s parents. We’ve probably made this trip over a dozen times, and each time, I find something new to write about. This trip was a little different than most. I…

Riley seeks to maintain offensive success, elevate the defense

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After fielding arguably the best offense in college football for several years, the Oklahoma Sooners need the defense to do better in 2019 in case of a potential dropoff in offensive production. Because of graduations and the NFL Draft, OU lost their starting quarterback, their best wide receiver and four of the five starting offensive…

Gundy is waiting for a quarterback to earn the starting job

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Oklahoma State hasn’t named a starting quarterback for 2019 but you can bet that Coach Mike Gundy will have one that will do well running his high-powered offense. After a disappointing 7-6 season in 2018, OSU lost offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich to Ohio State and Gundy hired Princeton’s Sean Gleeson. They will pick between redshirt…

Montgomery undaunted by low expectations

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Expectations for the Tulsa University football team are low. TU was picked to finish last in the West Division in the preseason poll of the American Athletic Conference. Last season, TU opened with a win and then lost nine out of 11 to finish 3-9. Will the low expectations make Tulsa players play with a…

Driller pine tar incident is swept aside?

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Call me naïve, but until recently I had no idea that pitchers in minor league and Major League Baseball were still doctoring the baseball to try to gain an advantage. I thought that practice went out a long time ago. However, there is some unspoken acceptance of using a small amount of pine tar to…

Six Sooners, three Cowboys named to All-Big 12 team

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Hurts, Murray rate individual recognitions If the media pundits are correct, Oklahoma should be in great shape for a run at a fifth consecutive Big 12 Conference football title. Six Sooners were picked on the Preseason All-Big 12 team and OU linebacker Kenneth Murray was chosen as the “defensive player of the year” in the…