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ORU's new head coach shows passion, priorities

6/14/2012 9:44 AM

After Ryan Folmar formally got the offer to become head baseball coach at Oral Roberts University on Tuesday night, he was sitting with outgoing coach Rob Walton thinking ...

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ORU to name Ryan Folmar head baseball coach

6/12/2012 9:13 PM

By JOHN E. HOOVER
World Sports Columnist

Oral Roberts University will name assistant Ryan Folmar the school’s ninth head baseball coach at a 10:30 a.m. press conference ...

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With Rob Walton as pitching coach, OSU will be great, not good

6/11/2012 12:19 PM

The last time Josh Holliday hit a home run for Oklahoma State was June 4, 1999, in a Super Regional victory at Baylor.

He hit another one on Monday when he hired ...

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Stoops, Kruger, Coale in unison: they'd rather be watching softball

6/6/2012 7:47 PM

At least three people at the Sooner Caravan on Wednesday night were glad that Oklahoma’s national championship showdown in softball had been rain-delayed in Oklahoma ...

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One thing of which the Big 12's got plenty: equity

6/3/2012 1:47 PM

KANSAS CITY — On Thursday at the InterContinental Hotel overlooking The Plaza, Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds nestled in a chair in the center of a makeshift media ...

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Bowlsby: Big 12 'should be the hardest fraternity in college athletics to join'

6/1/2012 4:08 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Expansion? Not in Bob Bowlsby’s mind.

The Big 12 Conference’s new commissioner said Friday on the final day of the league’s annual spring meetings ...

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Tulsa World Sports Columnist John E. Hoover has been a newspaperman since 1985 and has worked at the Tulsa World since 1992. Among other things, he's covered the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Arkansas Razorbacks, Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, Oklahoma State Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners.

Covering the Sooners in 2011, Hoover was named National Beat Writer of the Year by the Associated Press Sports Editors, and has won numerous writing and reporting awards at the World and other newspapers. He was sports editor in Tahlequah, Okmulgee and Waynesville, Mo., and assistant sports editor in Ada.

Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School and received a journalism degree from East Central University in 1989. He lives in Broken Arrow with his wife and two kids.

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Past Articles By John E. Hoover

2/17/2013		John E. Hoover: Salaries for OU football assistants remain static while Bob Stoops' has climbed
2/16/2013		John E. Hoover: It's good to see Bedlam basketball is good again
2/13/2013		John E. Hoover: Nathan Mitcham dresses out for Owasso, provides everlasting memory
2/12/2013		John E. Hoover: Mangino's personal baggage too much for Oklahoma return
2/10/2013		John E. Hoover: Bill Self is not giving up on his Kansas team
2/9/2013		John E. Hoover: Martin's fit in OKC is key to Thunder title hopes
2/7/2013		John E. Hoover: As inside look as, one by one, TU family grows on Signing Day
2/6/2013		John E. Hoover: #dressNathanout nears reality in Owasso
2/5/2013		John E. Hoover: Thunder can go far with consistent team defense
2/3/2013		John E. Hoover: 1972 Dolphins remain gold standard of NFL champions
2/2/2013		John E. Hoover: Westbrook's fit overblown
1/30/2013		John E. Hoover: Super Bowl is great thrill for parents of Ravens and ex-OSU player Billy Bajema

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