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Bill Self calm despite charges

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University of Kansas head basketball coach Bill Self has been in the news lately, and the news hasn’t been all positive, but he still showed a lot of class by showing up and speaking at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Steve Davis Luncheon last week at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel. Self and his Kansas basketball…

Tulsa honors athletics, academics

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The University of Tulsa student-athletes were honored for their athletic and academic achievements last month at the school’s Golden ‘Cane Awards Gala. A crowd of over 600 gathered for the 24th Annual Golden ‘Cane Awards Gala, a Grammy Awards-type Ceremony, at the Donald W. Reynolds Center on the TU campus. The night was highlighted by…

City auction will be on April 27th

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A WNBA basketball goal used by the now-defunct Tulsa Shock, the former marquee from the BOK Center, and distinctive coin collections will be among the many items up for bids at the next City of Tulsa Surplus Property Auction. The auction will be April 2, at the City of Tulsa surplus property facility, 108 N….

Kwanza Johnson rejoins the Hurricane

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Former University of Tulsa basketball star Kwanza Johnson has been hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater, for the second time. Johnson, a 1995 graduate of TU, brings 20 years of collegiate coaching experience, including stops at TCU, Georgia, Nevada, Little Rock and Eastern Illinois. Johnson got his start as an administrative assistant…

Eddie Sutton’s exclusion is inexplicable

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For the sixth straight time that Eddie Sutton has been a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the former Oklahoma State head coach has been denied entry. There’s really no explaining why the 24 panelists have yet again voted against his induction. The Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Saturday the 2019…

Study shows pastors find sports betting morally wrong

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Americans are expected to wager more than $10 billion on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but don’t bet on many pastors joining in. A new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research found most pastors believe it is morally wrong to bet on sports, while few agree it should be legalized nationwide. Though if…

AAC inks ESPN deal

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The American Athletic Conference and ESPN have reached agreement on a 12-year media rights extension beginning in 2020-21, according to American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco and ESPN Executive Vice President of Programming and Scheduling Burke Magnus. ESPN has been the conference’s principal media rights holder for football, men’s and women’s basketball and Olympic sports…

Jeffries in dunk contest

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Tulsa’s DaQuan Jeffries has been selected to the Great Clips Slam Dunk Championship roster for the 31st annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at Minneapolis’ Target Center on April 4. Jeffries is one of eight men’s college basketball players selected for the event that will air live on ESPN at 8 p.m….

No. 1 seed Virginia locks down Oklahoma in NCAAs

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In a defensive struggle, Oklahoma came up short against No. 1 seeded Virginia Sunday and lost 51-63. The loss eliminated the Sooners from a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. It also left the Big 12 Conference with only one team – the Texas Tech Red Raiders – in th NCAA Tournament. The Sooners overachieved this…

It’s OU vs. Ole Miss; Texas Tech, ISU, Houston play in Tulsa

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Even match between OU and Miss. No. 9 seed Oklahoma and No. 8 seed Mississippi seem evenly matched for their first-round game in the NCAA Tournament Friday. OU plays Ole Miss at 11:40 a.m. Friday in Columbia, South Carolina, in a game televised by truTV. Whoever wins the Friday game will face the winner of…