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Jaguars coach, GM sound off on Justin Blackmon

4/26/2012 11:13 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 ... 

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Putting this name on a court just feels right

4/20/2012 4:36 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 ... 

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Tragedy strikes former Tulsa football player

4/18/2012 6:27 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 ... 

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

4/18/2012 11:08 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 ... 

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And here comes the tough question....

4/16/2012 9:00 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 ... 

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Is golf world ready for a Knievel?

4/16/2012 10:16 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, ... 

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Shock-ing news: Time to junk the draft lottery

4/15/2012 2:00 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 ... 

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

4/12/2012 4:35 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 ... 

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

4/10/2012 9:18 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 ... 

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Bubba: You might be a redneck if you cut sleeves off green jacket

4/8/2012 11:27 PM


Time doesn’t just fly. It flies like a golf ball crushed by Bubba Watson.

By the time the PGA Championship rolls around, it will have been five years since Tulsa ... 

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Paid leave? Petrino should just leave

4/6/2012 10:28 AM

But he wins...

Yes, he does. But take a step back and understand that doesn’t give a coach the freedom to behave badly.

Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino ... 

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Does the book help Tiger? And will he help himself?

4/5/2012 12:52 PM

I wrote a story in today's paper about former University of Tulsa golfer Hank Haney, who served as Tiger Woods’ swing coach for six years and has written a book (“The ... 

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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.

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