Kyle Grooms, who has spent the past eight years as director of football operations at The University of Tulsa, has been promoted to the position of associate athletics director for internal operations, said director of athletics Dr. Derrick Gragg. Grooms, a 2008 TU graduate, has been responsible for the football team’s daily operations, practice scheduling…
The 2019 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football season opener against the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference has been moved to a Friday night game in Lansing, Michigan. Tulsa and Michigan State will square off at 75,005-seat Spartan Stadium on Friday, August 30. The game time and TV network will be announced at a…
Rickey Dixon, one of the best defensive backs in University of Oklahoma history, is among the 13 players in the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Dixon, who won the Jim Thorpe Award, was selected from the national ballot of 76 All-America players from the Football Bowl Subdivision, and 100 players from the divisional…
With the new year comes new beginnings. For one pro golfer that means a new job, for some former NFL players that means a new sport, and for some pro football players that means a new league. Web.com Tour player Kyle Thompson, one of the winningest players in the tour’s history, has decided to trade…
Oklahoma State capped a disappointing season with a dramatic 38-33 win over Missouri in Liberty Bowl on New Year’s Eve. OSU ended the year with a winning 7-6 record with the win over Tigers, a former member of the Big 12 Conference who bolted for the Southeastern Conference. Fifth-year senior quarterback Taylor Cornelius tied a…
No. 23 Oklahoma, led by Kristian Doolittle with 16 points and eight rebounds, held off Oklahoma State in Norman Saturday for a 74-64 win in the first round of Bedlam basketball this season. OSU was leading the Big 12 in three-point shooting (39 percent) but managed to hit only six of 26 attempts against the…
In light of the remarkable success he has enjoyed in his first two years as head coach, officials at The University of Oklahoma have offered Coach Lincoln Riley a new contract extension with a higher salary. Riley has agreed but details are not yet public. “We felt it important to extend and amend Lincoln’s contract…
Riley will have some rebuilding to do on offense next season. Heisman winner Kyler Murray intends to play for the Oakland A’s this spring. All-American wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and offensive tackle Cody Ford will both forego their senior year of eligibility to enter the NFL draft. Brown had 1,318 receiving yards in 2018…
After midway in the second quarter, Oklahoma outscored Alabama 34-17 but it wasn’t enough after a 28-point opening onslaught and the Sooners lost 34-45 in the semifinals of the College Football Playoffs in the Orange Bowl Saturday night. For the second year in a row, OU has failed to advance to the national championship game,…
Tulsa Beacon editor Charley Biggs was the top picker for the newspaper this season. Nephew Brandon Biggs correctly picked 13 of 19 bowl games (the Boston College/Boise State game was canceled due to lightning) but he came in third for the season. Charley Biggs was 10-9 in bowl picks and 133-45 overall. Brother Jon Biggs…