http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.Here's what all the experts are saying about the Thunder, past and future: Blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah. Blah. Blah, blah, blah. You readers have been walking ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Thunder_Year_in_Review/20387?subj=14Thu, 16 May 2013 16:03:32 CDTWho gave Perkins all that money and said he was the real deal? Who drafted the KU center who couldn't play? Who traded Harden? Who gives Sefolosha a free pass? ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Who_Messed_Up_the_Thunder/20350?subj=14Tue, 14 May 2013 15:08:00 CDTOU football coach Bob Stoops had this scoop during his Tulsa campaign stop: The bottom of the SEC stinks. What campaign stop? His campaign to bamboozle neutral observers. What's wrong ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Stoops_Calls_Out_SEC/20237?subj=14Tue, 07 May 2013 16:19:57 CDTHere is the ranking of the current crop of TV commercials featuring NBA players. 1. The Chris Paul twin spots. He plays an NBA star and, simultaneously, an insurance salesman with ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Most_Overrated_in_the_NBA/20215?subj=14Mon, 06 May 2013 16:37:20 CDTRemember the USC quarterback last year? Another of those golden types, looks good on a brochure cover. Predicted to be the best since, well, the last one at USC. Said to have a great shot at ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Leave_School_Fast_Kids_Leave_School/20138?subj=14Wed, 01 May 2013 14:41:00 CDTTalk about a weird reaction: When most teams lose a star player, it's agony. Woe is them. The season is ruined. But with the Thunder, the reaction after losing Westbrook to the Houston ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Lightning_Gone_from_Thunder/20096?subj=14Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:58:36 CDTWatch the NFL draft Thursday prime time. It's hard to believe how few in-state players are being drafted. The Ivy League probably has more players going to the NFL this year than ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Heres_Why_Our_College_Football_Teams_Have_Slipped/20017?subj=14Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:52:48 CDTIn a huge breaking story: These football teams appear virtually equal to one another. Such a thing was previously considered impossible. The only time the 'other' school caught up with the traditional ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/OSU_Has_Caught_OU/19975?subj=14Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:15:00 CDTLast week, as golf 'experts' were saying that Tiger Woods was the overhwelming favorite to win yet another Masters and move nearer big Jack's major record, we wrote under the following headline: ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tiger_Still_Has_A_Debt/19873?subj=14Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:25:08 CDTMany are surprised that OU football coach Bob Stoops doesn't want to pay players a fair share of the money that a school, and the NCAA, make off stuff like tickets and jerseys. Besides the college ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Stoops_to_Troops_Play_Hungry/19842?subj=14Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:43:55 CDTMany think Tiger is back. Even Tiger thinks he's back, that he can get a new girlfriend and play some joke tournaments out west and in Florida and resume his role a golf's second best ever....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tiger_Isnt_Winning/19789?subj=14Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:58:12 CDTDallas quarterback Tony Romo, otherwise known as Tony Turnover by those outside the greater metro area, has signed a contract reported to be worth about $120 million, causing former competitors to gag ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tony_Turnover_Scores/19688?subj=14Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:24:59 CDTLast year, nationally, the Big 12 football was no factor. This year looks worse. OU and Texas have been absent as a national title threat for years. This season will there ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Why_is_Big_12_Football_So_Far_Down/19666?subj=14Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:56:56 CDTHere's when it's REALLY time to worry: When the homers call for changes! During spring football, the OU media puppets are harping and agreeing on one chief element: The quarterback must run ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/OU_Football_in_Panic_Mode/19634?subj=14Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:21:54 CDTCollege basketball coaches mug for the cameras more than they coach. Some of them shout: Run number two! Here's play number two: Some guy dribbles twice and shoots a 25-footer....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/College_Basketball_Coaches_Dont_Coach/19604?subj=14Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:47:00 CDTPerhaps you have noticed that the OKC media is now saying about the Thunder what we have been saying for five-plus months: It shouldn't have paid Perkins all that money. It shouldn't ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/We_Own_the_Thunder/19565?subj=14Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:28:11 CDTHow can you pick the winners of games matching teams you've never seen? Marquette is a three seed. We didn't know Marquette was still playing basketball. Kansas a one seed? ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Final_Four_Picks/19538?subj=14Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:52:24 CDTHere we go again. There are 68 teams in the NCAA basketball tournament. There are 32 teams in the NIT tournament. That's 100 teams. And TU and ORU simply won't ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Not_All_Post_Season_Basketball_Is_Decent/19505?subj=14Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:34:31 CDTWhy is college basketball so boring? The one and done rule that has made the game a mockery. The best in-state team is Oklahoma State and its best player is of the one and done mold. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/One_and_Done_Fits_Fan_Profile_Too/19485?subj=14Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:28:54 CDTThe Thunder loses a game. Suddenly it's: Fire the coach! Fire the center! Fire the new free agent! Fire the announcers! The way you can really tell ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/OKC_Yahoos_At_It_Again/19447?subj=14Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:46:00 CDTOU's problem at football is not offense. The quarterback will be good again. The offense will score a lot. It does need a runner who can make a play on his own. Its offense saved it against ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Could_Bob_Ever_Fire_Mike/19420?subj=14Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:12:29 CDTBefore, during and after the Thunder-Faker game, TNT's Charles Barkley said that Oklahoma City had zero chance to beat Miami. We agree. Here's why OKC isn't winning the NBA title, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Ten_Reasons_Why_the_Thunder_Wont_Win_It_All/19368?subj=14Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:41:20 CDTGonzaga number one in the country? Kansas a number one seed? Those two would have difficulty running fourth in the Big Ten. So this could be the year that a 16 seed defeats ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Worst_March_Madness_Tourney_Ever_Or_the_Best/19346?subj=14Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:35:56 CDTIt's easy to regard the NIT as something like the Independence Bowl -- a place for fading giants to rest. But OU went to Shreveport on the way up. And so too should the NIT be regarded ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/NIT_Good_Enough_for_TU/19325?subj=14Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:22:40 CDTThe sports world's answer to Honey Boo Boo, former NBA player Dennis Rodman had a reality TV show called Rodman Revealed. We don't know if this show is still on the air. We will only stoop so ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Picture_Rodmans_Head/19288?subj=14Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:55:25 CDTTwo weeks ago we gave OU's schedule the once-over and concluded the Sooners have the best chance to finish 8-4, 9-3 if things fall right and they find about 20 good new key players. Now it's ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/OSU_Football_2013_Weird_With_Huge_Potential/19251?subj=14Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:53:00 CDTEvery year, we try to start fresh with NASCAR, searching for the nuances of the sport. Each year, it's the same. The cars are restricted by rule as to how fast they can go. What if ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/The_NASCAR_Parade/19234?subj=14Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:06:30 CDTAccording to one report, there were few empty seats at the big Bassmaster final-round weigh-in. That's good. That's because the weigh-in was free. One thing people around ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Free_Fishing_Tournament_Draws_Crowd/19216?subj=14Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:56:56 CDTThe OKC media is up against it. Despite some of the worst GM moves in recent NBA history, like drafting the KU guy, and like paying a fortune for Perkins, and like trading the Beard to Houston, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Homer_Heartache/19187?subj=14Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:33:00 CDTThey really are going to have a fishing tournament in northeast Oklahoma in the winter. Outside a heated dock. And not just any fishing tournament, the biggest fishing tournament ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Fishermen_Start_Your_Hand_Warmers/19146?subj=14Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:16:55 CDTSo to speak. Showing skin is what made her popular. She's a pretty woman who helped to put Go Daddy where ever it is on the map. She's also a race car driver, and a pretty ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Danica_Patrick_Shows_Some_Leg/19107?subj=14Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:41:58 CDTHere's what happens when Miami plays the Thunder. Miami has a better general manager. Miami has a better coach. Miami has better players. Miami has better weather in the winter. Miami ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Thunder_to_Become_the_Next_Buffalo_Bills/19081?subj=14Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:31:42 CDTThis is a good time to be a Thunder fan. That's because there are only two and a half high quality teams in the NBA. Miami and OKC are terrific. San Antonio is halfway decent, but ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/From_Teams_3_through_30_the_NBA_Is_the_Worst_Ever/19068?subj=14Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:09:00 CDTWe have been saying for more than five years that winning a watered-down conference and playing in a second-rate bowl was not good enough for OU. Finally, Stoops understands. He has ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bob_Stoops_finally_gets_the_message/19025?subj=14Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:54:00 CDTAnd there he was on a green at Pebble Beach, a stop on the western swing of the PGA tour, where trees are scarce, and where 37 under par should put you in the final foursome, and where some golfers are ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tony_Turnover_Par_for_the_Course/19003?subj=14Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:44:41 CDTWe were watching the one who looks like something from the children's zoo, maybe an opossum, Cowherd, that character, and he railed briefly about OU's below average recruiting class possibly signifying ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Anti_Stoops_Nation/18966?subj=14Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:23:15 CDTWe're trying to help with the big fishing tournament that will be here in two weeks. After the governor throws out the first Bud Light can, it should be a wild time up on Grand Lake, along the ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Think_like_a_crook/18908?subj=14Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:09:00 CDTA year ago at this time, Landry Jones was projected to be a top five draft pick, right up there with the quarterback from the Aggies who everybody was laughing at but turned out to be pretty quick and ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Landry_Jones_Sacked/18891?subj=14Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:19:52 CDTSomebody emailed and said one of the regulars was giving us trouble on the Granny, Grumpy and Goofy morning sports talk show on local radio. Thank heavens that show and most others like it have ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Personal_Fouls/18864?subj=14Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:43:09 CDTWhy are so many professional athletes so mad? They make all the money in the world, it can't be that. Entertainers don't fly into rages after winning Academy Awards. Yet ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Joyless_Sports/18833?subj=14Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:43:33 CDTCatching some sports talk on TV and radio is essential Super Bowl week. That's so you can pick the other way from the dumbest ones. On a major network TV sports talk show this week, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Sports_Talk_Hits_New_Low/18787?subj=14Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:27:47 CDTLet's get one thing straight about professional golf: The tour outside the four major tournaments is a joke. Professional golf outside the four majors is barely even a sport. It's a game for ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Pro_Golf_Is_for_the_Birds/18766?subj=14Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:28:36 CDTThis was not a good weekend for state stars on the national tube. First off, Landry Jones looked like his feet were stuck in cement in the college all star game, being sacked twice while completing ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Westbrick_Builds_an_Outhouse_on_National_TV/18754?subj=14Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:57:53 CDTThis guy looks a little weak when TV cuts into the Thunder huddle. He says stuff like: Come on guys, make a basket. Or: Let's play good defense. Wednesday night in the ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Is_Scott_Brooks_A_Good_Enough_Coach_to_Win_It_All/18696?subj=14Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:31:46 CDTHe's quicker than Bird. He's a better shooter than Magic. He's better than LeBron, who ducks the spotlight when a game is on the line. Plus he is a nice guy, he can love the Texas Longhorns ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Durant_Is_the_Best/18675?subj=14Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:27:21 CDTIn the big ones since SpyGate in 2007, New England hasn't won a thing. SpyGate was when New England was caught stealing signals from the Jets. Belichick was fined half a million....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/SpyGate_Defines_New_England_Belichick/18644?subj=14Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:13:47 CDTThe tournament is so big and good, the regular season doesn't mean all that much. A few teams fight to get into the tournament -- that's interesting for those fans. Seed jockeying ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/What_Happened_to_College_Basketball/18619?subj=14Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:14:38 CDTThis isn't an easy issue. Some think most heroes are flawed. Excuse us, but those are comic book heroes, fictional creations, your Scrooges and Robin Hoods. The truth is that lots of real-life ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Lance_Armstrong_Rat_or_Hero/18574?subj=14Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:55:44 CDTMedia cheerleaders can't seem to understand why players from their beloved teams opt for the NFL instead of staying in college another season. They cry: What's wrong with you people? Are you ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Why_Players_Leave_School_for_NFL/18552?subj=14Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:29:06 CDTLast night was a landmark event in television: Jimmy Kimmel went head to head to chin with Letterman and Leno. ABC moved Kimmel's talk show to the 10:30 central time zone spot. And Kimmel won! ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/KTUL_Sells_Out_Kimmel_Redskin_Coach_Should_Be_Ashamed/18473?subj=14Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:09:00 CDT