Sports Extra!

SPORTS EXTRA BLOGS

FOR THE RECORD
LOCAL PROS

ALL SPORTS

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

OUTDOORS

FIND A STORY

EMAIL ALERTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

RSS FEEDS

CONTACT US
BUY PHOTOS & PAGES

ADVERTISE ON SPORTS EXTRA


 

Two's company, but it's not a league

5/5/2012 6:39:29 PM

Lost amid the news that Tulsa’s current league (Conference USA) will be adding new members is this:

One of TU’s old leagues (the Western Athletic Conference) is ... 

Full Story


Comments: 2

Boxing could learn something from Van Halen

5/2/2012 10:03:22 AM

Here are the two most choreographed things in sports or entertainment (and the line keeps getting blurred between sports and entertainment):

1, The scuffle at the ... 

Full Story


Comments: 1

Golfweek releases list of state's best public courses

5/1/2012 10:24:47 AM

Got a favorite golf course? Golfweek just unveiled its seventh annual “best courses you can play” special issue. Translatation: The magazine ranked the best daily-fee ... 

Full Story


Comments: 0

Jaguars coach, GM sound off on Justin Blackmon

4/26/2012 11:13:00 PM

The Jacksonville Jaguars were kind enough to email me quotes from coach Mike Mularkey and general manager Gene Smith about fifth overall pick Justin Blackmon, so the ... 

Full Story


Comments: 0

Putting this name on a court just feels right

4/20/2012 4:36:32 PM

A basketball court in Salina, Kan., bears the name of Kurt Budke, the former Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach who died in a Nov. 17 plane crash.

The playing ... 

Full Story


Comments: 0

Tragedy strikes former Tulsa football player

4/18/2012 6:27:00 PM

During one of my tours of duty as the University of Tulsa’s football beat writer, maybe my favorite game to cover was one in which there was really nothing at stake.

On ... 

Full Story


Comments: 0

Seeking a greener pasture -- and say what???

4/18/2012 11:08:56 AM

I've got no problem with a kid seeking a greener pasture if he thinks his school is no longer the right place for him.

Jordan Clarkson's coach got fired. He sought ... 

Full Story


Comments: 0

And here comes the tough question....

4/16/2012 9:00:00 PM

While monitoring TV coverage of the WNBA draft, I watched ESPN’s Holly Rowe interview one of the Tulsa Shock’s draft picks and I knew, inevitably, she would be required ... 

Full Story


Comments: 0

Is golf world ready for a Knievel?

4/16/2012 10:16:09 AM

I’ve got a new favorite golfer.

The Golf Channel reported that one of Evel Knievel’s sons (Kelly, age 51) will attempt to qualify for the U.S. Open.

Evel Knievel, ... 

Full Story


Comments: 0

Shock-ing news: Time to junk the draft lottery

4/15/2012 2:00:38 PM

Here are words you didn’t hear last year: “With the first pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft, the Tulsa Shock selects Maya Moore of Connecticut.”

Here are words you won’t ... 

Full Story


Comments: 0

Next boss Hog? Oddsmaker offers M&M (Malzahn, McGee)

4/12/2012 4:35:28 PM

A sports book (Bovada.lv) distributed odds to the media on Thursday in regard to the possible identity of Arkansas’ next fooball coach. The top two candidates have Tulsa ... 

Full Story


Comments: 5

Name-dropping: Bobby Petrino, Richard Nixon and Steve Kragthorpe

4/10/2012 9:18:00 PM


Three thoughts about Bobby Petrino’s firing at Arkansas:

1, Razorback fans shouldn’t be mad at Arkansas for making the move.

Petrino fired himself with his ... 

Full Story


Comments: 0


Games People Play

Tulsa World sports writer Jimmie Tramel is a former class president at Locust Grove High School. He graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern State University with a journalism degree and, while attending college, was sports editor of the Pryor Daily Times. He joined the Tulsa World on Oct. 17, 1989, the same day an earthquake struck the World Series. He is the OSU basketball beat writer and a columnist and feature writer during football season. In 2007, he wrote a book about Oklahoma State football with former Cowboy coach Pat Jones.

Follow Jimmie Tramel on Twitter


Subscribe to this blog


Archive

 
Games People Play's Blog Archive:

5/2012  4/2012  3/2012  2/2012  1/2012  12/2011  
11/2011  10/2011  9/2011  8/2011  7/2011  6/2011  
5/2011  4/2011  3/2011  2/2011  1/2011  12/2010  
11/2010  10/2010  9/2010  8/2010  7/2010  6/2010  
5/2010  4/2010  3/2010  2/2010  1/2010  12/2009  
11/2009  10/2009  9/2009  8/2009  7/2009  6/2009  
5/2009  4/2009  3/2009  2/2009  1/2009  12/2008  
11/2008  10/2008  9/2008  8/2008  7/2008  6/2008  
5/2008  4/2008  3/2008  2/2008  1/2008  12/2007  
11/2007  10/2007  9/2007  8/2007  7/2007  6/2007  
5/2007  4/2007  3/2007  2/2007  1/2007  12/2006  
11/2006  10/2006  9/2006  8/2006  

Jimmie Tramel
JimmieTramel
RT @libertyjayhawk: @JimmieTramel best thing about 9:30 Thunder tip? Makes me glad its not an OU Pac16 game.
1 day ago
Best line I heard this weekend: Johnny Cash (live at Madison Square Garden CD) said "I spent 20 years in the Air Force, from 1950 to '54."
1 day ago
@drewbuffaloe Just having some fun. Not serious (except the hyphen is true! How he got a hyphen and the other guys didn't is mystery).
1 day ago
@HankDHaney @drewbuffaloe Spider-Man is hyphenated. All comic book nerds know this to be true.
1 day ago
Tulsa Shock hits first four shots of the season and leads 9-0. No longer the Bad News Bears?
1 day ago
@RickieFowlerPGA Brandon Weeden playing at Patriot Cup. Does he have game?
1 day ago




Home | Contact Us | Search | Subscribe | Customer Service | About | Advertise
Copyright © 2012, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.