Sports

10% cuts for OU coaches making over $1 million a year

July 9, 2020

The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department has cut $13.7 million from its budget – including a 10% salary cut for anyone earning more than $1 million a year. The cuts are due to revenue shortfalls connected with the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. There are added expenses due to medical testing and added safety measures. That includes…

OSU’s Coach Boynton signs two more basketball players

July 9, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

In this column, I usually try to avoid the controversial or political subjects. After all, you get enough of that in the rest of the paper or by watching and listening to the electronic media. Plus, this column is supposed to be about sports and travel related subjects. However, sometimes politics invades the world of…

Basketball star Cade Cunningham will attend O-State

July 2, 2020

Basketball star Cade Cunningham – perhaps the best recruit in the nation – will honor his commitment to play at Oklahoma State despite the NCAA penalties that prevent post-season play this year. Cunningham was the top player in OSU’s Top 5 recruiting class. He is considered a top pro prospect and could be in the…

Hall of Fame game canceled

July 2, 2020

The National Football League has canceled the annual Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. The Pittsburgh Steelers were supposed to play the Dallas Cowboys in the first exhibition game of the 2020 season. The game is always a part of the enshrinement weekend at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Before the cancelation, Ohio…

TU freshmen are honored

July 2, 2020

University of Tulsa incoming soccer freshmen Madison Tokarchik and Will Edwards were named the Gatorade Oklahoma High School Players of the Year, as announced by Top Drawer Soccer. A 5-6 defender, Tokarchik was a three-year letter winner at Bishop Kelley High School. She led BKHS to 38 wins, while scoring 38 goals and 42 assists…

Tulsa cautious on health

July 2, 2020

Tulsa coach Philip Montgomery wants to prevent a coronavirus outbreak in the Golden Hurricane’s locker room. Players are required to quarantine for at least five days when they get on campus before being tested for COVID-19. A negative test lets players start voluntary workouts with guidelines for physical distancing, mask coverings, sanitization, limited groups and…

5 Big 12 All Americans

July 2, 2020

Five Big 12 football players have been named to the 2020 Preseason Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American team, presented by Marcum LLP. Leading the first-team offensive unit is Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard who was a 2019 Walter Camp First Team All-American, and Oklahoma’s Creed Humphrey who was a Walter Camp Second Team All-American…

Big 12 will stay in KC

July 2, 2020

The Big 12 Conference has announced a one-year extension to the multi-year agreement for Kansas City to serve as the host site for the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. The events will remain in Kansas City through 2025. Kansas City was the initial host of both championships in the first six years of the Conference…

ESPN analyst wants Gundy fired for wearing a conservative T-shirt

June 25, 2020

Sports columnist Paul Finebaum said on ESPN that Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy should be fired for wearing a T-shirt with the logo of a conservative news network. OSU All-American running back Chuba Hubbard jumped on Gundy after his coach was seen wearing an OANN T-shirt, which stands for One America News Network –…

Some OU players have positive tests

June 25, 2020

In an interview on ESPN, Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley admitted that a few OU football players have tested positive for the coronavirus. “We’ve had a player or two that has either been exposed or has tested positive for this thing just like everyone else has,” Riley said during the phone interview. “The difference for…