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Roger Goodell, you must fix this...and here's how: Packers win

9/25/2012 3:23 AM

Time for Roger Goodell to step up and be the kind of man he says he expects his players to be.

It’s time for the NFL commissioner to show that the quality of character ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Did OU's Landry Jones waste his time and money on 'pocket presence'?

9/24/2012 1:41 PM

NORMAN — Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones spent a lot of time and effort and money during the offseason to improve his “pocket presence,” that is, his feel for defensive ... 

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John E. Hoover
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If the Sooners play like this, a 6-6 season is realistic

9/23/2012 5:06 AM

NORMAN — The Oklahoma team that played on Owen Field Saturday night was not the team most everyone thought it was.

After opening the season ranked No. 4, OU fell ... 

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

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Stubbs believes in TU; OSU's '13 patsy struggling; bulllies are relative

9/20/2012 1:56 PM

As long as major college football teams around here think it’s OK to play members of the Championship Subdivision (I-AA), here’s your FCS update, courtesy of the American ... 

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

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TU coaches diligent on Fresno State, but there's not much to go on

9/18/2012 3:24 PM

University of Tulsa football coaches have had to put in a little extra time preparing for this week’s opponent.

When Fresno State comes to Chapman Stadium on Saturday ... 

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

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Redskins' Shanahan: 'Just a matter of time' until Bradford lights it up

9/12/2012 1:22 PM

Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan has the NFL’s hottest property in quarterback Robert Griffin III.

Griffin was the No. 2 overall pick in last April’s draft, ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Source: Notre Dame's move to ACC won't affect 2013 game vs. Sooners

9/12/2012 11:12 AM

Sooner fans, don’t cancel your travel plans to South Bend just yet.

A University of Oklahoma source told the Tulsa World on Wednesday morning that the Irish will ... 

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

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As fathers, Gundy and Blankenship were rocked by Tulane player's spinal cord injury

9/11/2012 3:40 PM

My 11-year-old finished his second tackle football game on Saturday morning with his hardest tackle so far. His opponent was bigger and stronger, but he held on as they ... 

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

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TU's Blankenship: 'We are who we think we are'

9/7/2012 1:37 PM

Tulsa coach Bill Blankenship walked out of his office on Sunday morning with a strong feeling of discontent.

“I left the film room a little discouraged,” Blankenship ... 

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

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Why didn't Finch play? Stoops' answer seems contrary to the facts

9/3/2012 9:19 PM

NORMAN — Bob Stoops isn’t in denial about Roy Finch.

Is he?

Finch, who finished the 2011 season as Oklahoma’s most dynamic offensive player, didn’t even see ... 

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

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OU's Stills wasn't expecting TD throw, but he was expecting success

9/3/2012 11:45 AM

NORMAN — Kenny Stills may have been the most surprised person in the Sun Bowl after his 68-yard touchdown catch from Landry Jones on Saturday night in El Paso.

“As ... 

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

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SUNDAY REVIEW: Green's late mistakes can be encouraging for TU

9/2/2012 6:02 PM

SUNDAY REVIEW

Here’s a look back at college football’s opening day for Tulsa:

Quarterback Cody Green did not finish the Iowa State game like he wanted. That’s ... 

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John E. Hoover
Sports Columnist

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Game Point

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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