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Tulsa Stays on Course in C-USA

9/29/2012 7:40 PM

Saturday’s game at Alabama-Birmingham was all business for Tulsa.
The Golden Hurricane is bigger, faster and stronger. So, winning was a matter of performance.
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The Fading Heisman Favorites

9/27/2012 1:44 PM

You don’t want to be among the favorites for the Heisman Trophy in the preseason.
If you are, you get no margin for error. One loss, regardless of how you play, and ... 

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Not all Doom and Gloom for Sooners

9/26/2012 12:38 PM

Oklahoma could win the rest of its football games this season and finish 11-1.
Of course, that may not be any more likely than the Sooners stumbling a few more times ... 

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Tulsa Hangs Around and Steals One

9/22/2012 11:22 PM

Sometimes you just have to hang in there and hope that sometime late in the game you’ll get a chance to steal a victory.
That’s what Tulsa did on Saturday night against ... 

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Best Reality Show: Arkansas Football

9/20/2012 2:05 PM

Forget Survivor, Big Brother or Amazing Race.
The best reality show on television is Arkansas football.
Since an April 1 motorcycle accident on a highway in northwest ... 

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College Football's Version of NFL Exhibitions

9/18/2012 9:36 AM

It could be argued that Arizona is the best team the Big 12 faced during the non-conference schedule.
That’s not saying much but the Big 12 played a schedule full of ... 

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Two Tulsa Sports Giants

9/12/2012 8:18 AM

Jack Wing and Went Hubbard, two giants of Tulsa sports, died recently.
Tulsa is a better place because of both.
Wing was the voice of running in Tulsa, a ball of ... 

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Praying for a Miracle for Devon Walker

9/9/2012 11:06 AM

The haunting images of CPR being administered to Tulane safety Devon Walker on the field transformed a football game into a quiet, somber afternoon for a lot of people ... 

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The Curious Case of Billy Gillispie

9/6/2012 1:44 PM

Billy Gillispie has gone from the hottest young coach in college basketball to possibly unempployable in just four short years.
Just two years ago, when it was rumored ... 

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Tulsa has Lots of Work To Improve

9/1/2012 8:04 PM

Perhaps Iowa State is better.
It was hard to tell as the Cyclones kind of stumbled through a 38-23 victory over Tulsa on Saturday.
The Golden Hurricane didn’t do ... 

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Klein's Korner

Tulsa World senior sports columnist John Klein is in his fourth decade of covering sports. He started his newspaper career at The Daily Ardmoreite in 1977 and moved to the Tulsa World in 1978. He served 10 years as sports editor for the Tulsa World before being named to his current position in 2005. He also spent five years as the Southwest Conference beat writer for the Houston Post. He has won many writing awards and is a former Oklahoma Sports Writer of the Year.

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