http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.Never mind that Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley are deceased. They’re going to help out with tornado relief. Beggs High School basketball coach Brent Giddens moonlights as an Elvis impersonator. ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Elvis_Johnny_Cash_chipping_in_to_help_with_Oklahoma/20679?subj=9Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:39:20 CDTThis is a blog about whether modern-day athletes want to be coached old-school hard. But first, let’s talk about a quote on page 36: “That’s the sternest man I ever met.” The page ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Adrian_Peterson_Swin_Cash_tackle_this_issue_Do_players/20639?subj=9Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:51:58 CDTMinnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson would like to supplant Emmitt Smith as the all-time leading rusher in NFL history. Or maybe Peterson will pull a Barry Sanders and retire even ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Adrian_Peterson_Chase_Emmitt_Smiths_record_or_retire/20619?subj=9Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:58:03 CDTSeth Davis, a Sports Illustrated writer and CBS college basketball analyst who will serve as master of ceremonies at the Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Awards, provided me with a list of his hall of fame ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/College_basketball_analyst_Seth_Davis_hall_of_fame/20579?subj=9Fri, 31 May 2013 11:14:41 CDTHere’s the deal: Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari is putting out the welcome mat for former Kentucky basketball Eddie Sutton. Sutton and Kentucky didn’t part company on the ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Should_Eddie_Sutton_accept_John_Caliparis_offer_to/20575?subj=9Thu, 30 May 2013 15:56:00 CDTFive thoughts on recent developments in the sports world: 1, I like it that LeBron James fouled out on a moving screen violation. Do superstars get preferable treatment from officials? ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/I_love_it_and_hate_it_that_LeBron_James_fouled_out/20564?subj=9Wed, 29 May 2013 18:52:46 CDTCount former Oklahoma State football and baseball player Josh Fields among sports figures pitching in to help Moore recover from a killer tornado. Fields and his wife, Ashleigh, hope to raise ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Former_OSU_quarterback_Josh_Fields_nears_goal_for_tornado/20540?subj=9Tue, 28 May 2013 20:29:07 CDTOklahoma football coach Bob Stoops angered southern man when, during a booster function, he suggested the SEC’s myth overshadows reality. Surprisingly, Lynyrd Skynyrd has not written a song about him yet....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/SEC_is_of_course_the_nations_best_football_conference/20380?subj=9Thu, 16 May 2013 11:33:15 CDTHalf a dozen reactions to recent sports news: 1, Are you ready for amateur wrestling to look more like pro wrestling? USA Today had a story this morning which indicated amateur ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Will_wrestling_sell_out_Should_Tony_Allen_be_MVP_Is/20375?subj=9Wed, 15 May 2013 17:40:00 CDTThree thoughts on the Oklahoma State quarterback situation following Wes Lunt’s decision to transfer: 1, J.W. Walsh’s stock is on the rise. Regardless of the quarterback competition, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Minus_Wes_Lunt_some_thoughts_on_OSUs_QB_situation/20354?subj=9Tue, 14 May 2013 16:36:00 CDTThe start of college football season is less than four months away. If you had no allegience to any of the state’s three FBS programs (Tulsa, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma) and just wanted to see ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/College_football_isnt_far_away_for_OU_OSU_Tulsa_Best/20269?subj=9Thu, 09 May 2013 11:37:00 CDTThe Tulsa World’s Kelly Hines penned an interesting story that details how Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy and other college football coaches are embracing Twitter. OSU issued a press release Monday ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Mike_Gundy_and_Twitter_questions_so_far_SVU_pomade/20184?subj=9Fri, 03 May 2013 16:31:33 CDTHere’s a story behind a story: A high school classmate -- John Ragsdale -- was fighting cancer. I know cancer doesn’t pick and choose its victims, but it’s hard to believe someone ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Well_miss_you_Rags_Thanks_for_the_story_assist_on_NFL/20060?subj=9Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:55:55 CDTReaction to three developments in the sports world: 1, The Dallas Cowboys draft center Travis Frederick in the first round. Mike Mayock assigned Frederick a third-round grade before ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Could_Dallas_draft_better_if_fans_picked_OSU_on_blue/20046?subj=9Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:13:00 CDTMatt Hayes of The Sporting News undertook the thankless (and sure to stir debate) job of compiling a best-to-worst list of the 125 head football coaches at the FBS level. Alabama’s Nick Saban, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Sporting_News_ranked_all_college_football_coaches_How/19983?subj=9Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:36:22 CDTMajor Dan Rooney, former F-16 pilot and founder of Patriot Golf Club, ran in the 2012 Boston Marathon and raised money for the Folds of Honor Foundation. He didn’t get invited back because he was, in his ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Patriot_and_marathon_man_Dan_Rooney_will_of_course/19933?subj=9Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:40:46 CDTReacting to current events in sports: 1, One of Tiger Woods’ tee shots in the opening round of the Masters knocked a cup of beer out of a spectator’s hands. Reaction: Tiger’s lucky. ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Reacting_to_current_sports_news_Tigers_beer_buster/19846?subj=9Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:17:45 CDTAmid renewed debate over whether college athletes should be paid (and they shouldn’t), maybe we’re having the wrong debate. We’re wasting time talking about how perhaps collegians deserve a ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Instead_of_paying_student_athletes_how_about_we_give/19843?subj=9Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:12:18 CDTI’ve been writing about games for longer than I would care to admit. Truth: The vast majority of games, in the grand scheme of things, mean absolutely nothing. Somebody wins. Somebody loses. Not much was ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Sporting_events_which_mean_something_are_rare_This/19775?subj=9Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:54:00 CDTOklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy, who was courted for other jobs in December, provided the most specific details yet about the courtship process during an interview with college football writer ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Gundy_volunteers_information_on_Volunteers/19669?subj=9Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:14:18 CDTI've got an NCAA Tournament viewers guide in today's Tulsa World and dug up more minutiae about participating teams than could fit on a printed page. Because cyberspace is infinite, here's an ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Expanded_NCAA_viewers_guide_Where_to_find_Oklahoma/19547?subj=9Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:19:00 CDTGoodbye, BracketBusters. Hello, ChickenBusters. Explanation: ESPN’s annual BracketBusters event is taking one last dribble today. Launched in 2003, BracketBusters was created to provide ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/BracketBusters_gone_Replace_with_ChickenBusters_Make/19193?subj=9Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:42:27 CDTReacting to recent sports news: 1, Kansas followed a homecourt loss to Oklahoma State with a road loss at TCU. Reaction: Though no one likes losing, my guess was Bill Self didn’t ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Reacting_to_sports_news_Soft_Jayhawks_hard_words_from/18954?subj=9Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:21:00 CDTSuper Bowl reaction, times 12: 1, Brother beats brother in the Super Bowl. Reaction: It was the best possible outcome for the Harbaugh family. One brother got to win a Super Bowl. ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Super_Bowl_reaction_Name_dropping_Beyonce_Les_Miles/18850?subj=9Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:03:09 CDTReacting to recent sports news: 1, Ray Lewis is alleged to have used deer antler spray. Reaction: Starting alongside Lewis at linebacker in the Super Bowl? Donner and Blitzen....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Sports_reaction_Deer_antlers_monkey_hormones_and_Judge/18811?subj=9Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:11:29 CDTReactions to recent sports news: 1, Kobe Bryant leads Lakers to a victory over Thunder and Tiger Woods wins a golf tournament. Reaction: Have receding hairlines ever had a better ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Reacting_to_sports_news_Receding_hairlines_and_college/18760?subj=9Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:08:08 CDTBored by the last couple of BCS national championship games? Looking forward to a future when college football will have a four-team playoff? Breaking news: The playoff is already ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Switching_sports_topics_From_big_lies_to_tiny_playoff/18716?subj=9Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:26:00 CDTNow that Lance Armstrong has (finally) joined Pete Rose in the “maybe I should try the truth” club, here are five other individuals who should consider leaving the state of denial. 1, Bill Belichick. ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Lance_Armstrong_left_state_of_denial_Five_others_who/18638?subj=9Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:08:34 CDTThis is the best week, ever! Who said it? Anybody charged with the responsibility of writing funnies for folks like Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, David Lettermen, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/No_joke_Armstrong_Teo_need_to_hear_a_line_from_this/18618?subj=9Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:06:00 CDTA memorial service was staged Friday for Patsy Sutton, wife of former Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton and the mother of sons Steve Sutton (a Tulsa banker), Scott Sutton (Oral Roberts head ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Dallas_Cowboys_owner_Jerry_Jones_talks_about_Patsy/18526?subj=9Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:26:00 CDTBy my count, Joseph Randle (who declared Thursday that he was going to make himself eligible for the NFL draft) will become the fourth Oklahoma State running back to turn pro before his senior season....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Joseph_Randle_is_fourth_OSU_runner_to_leave_early_How/18496?subj=9Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:25:00 CDTI’ve got Notre Dame beating Alabama tonight because someone who is way smarter than me about football convinced me the Fighting Irish’s schedule made them more battle-tested for a big game. This ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/If_Notre_Dame_wins_it_will_be_because_yes_I_said_it/18443?subj=9Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:45:55 CDTDuring a Friday press function to talk about Oklahoma State’s pending date against Purdue in the Heart of Dallas Bowl, coach Mike Gundy challenged the NCAA to “step in” and do something to restrict job ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Mike_Gundy_NCAA_needs_to_ban_coaching_changes_until/18186?subj=9Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:41:00 CDT“True Grit” is a Cowboy drama. So, too, is what is occurring at Oklahoma State. There’s a scene in the movie where bent-for-vengeance kid Mattie Ross defies adults who wanted to leave her behind....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/True_Grit_was_a_Cowboy_drama_So_is_the_Oklahoma_State/18063?subj=9Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:45:00 CDTFollowing the Mike Gundy story is like living in Oklahoma during tornado season. Yesterday the Arkansas storm swooped in and people in its path either braced for the worst or scurried to see ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Tennessee_offer_for_Gundy_Its_tornado_season_in_Oklahoma/18041?subj=9Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:34:21 CDTCan you “play nice” and still have a heated rivalry? Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will square off Saturday in Norman. A few days before Bedlam 2012, OSU coach Mike Gundy fielded questions about ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bob_Stoops_Mike_Gundy_Cant_we_all_just_get_along/17879?subj=9Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:33:21 CDTWest Virginia will play a football game in Stillwater for the first time since Oct. 26, 1929. Curious what might have passed for “real world” news back then, I dug into some archives to see ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/This_time_lets_have_a_West_Virginia_at_OSU_game_which/17711?subj=9Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:13:17 CDTKansas State held steady at No. 2 in the BCS standings after a 44-30 victory over Oklahoma State in which both starting quarterbacks left the game due to injury in the third quarter. Afterward, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Noonan_tactic_fails_but_can_K_State_go_from_Caddyshack/17635?subj=9Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:46:56 CDTApparently, it is customary for Carolina Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton to stage a Superman-inspired celebration when he scores touchdowns. He feigns tearing aside his outerwear (picture Clark Kent shedding ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Super_Cam_Im_buying_it_if_Panthers_QB_at_least_buys/17134?subj=9Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:52:00 CDTThe way Robert Griffin III played (brilliantly) for Baylor last season, it seemed like he had taken an evolutionary step for quarterbacks. Now it's time to evolve again. RGIII, two ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/OSU_Rams_got_physical_with_RGIII_Now_ball_is_in_his/17048?subj=9Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:19:39 CDTBoone Pickens gained acclaim for changing the face of Oklahoma State football, donating funds that permitted the Cowboys to build top-of-the-line facilities. He's helping to change more faces. ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Boone_Pickens_helped_Cowboys_Now_hes_helping_disfigured/17022?subj=9Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:35:10 CDTCoaches at the FBS level like to schedule FCS squads because (A) victories are almost guaranteed and (B) those kind of games are test drives for the real thing. But do the dress rehearsals help ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Evidence_Teams_which_play_bum_in_opener_twice_as_likely/16888?subj=9Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:15:22 CDTOn page 72 of Oklahoma State’s football media guide is a recap of the 2011 season with this headline: “Best season in OSU history.” And my reaction was this: Is that absolutely true? Or do the ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Do_OSU_players_from_1945_agree_with_page_72/16838?subj=9Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:56:28 CDTThe Big 12 football season begins Saturday. If you want to see “real” games, you’ll have to wait until league play begins. The Big 12’s non-conference schedule is so weak that it, ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Zero_Really_Hey_Big_12_schedule_makers_You_can_do_better/16734?subj=9Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:51:00 CDTDoes Tim Tebow owe Dom Franks an apology? Before Oklahoma played Florida in the 2009 BCS title game, a reporter asked the former OU defensive back where Tebow might rank among Big 12 quarterbacks....http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Upon_further_review_Was_Dom_Franks_right_about_Tim/16723?subj=9Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:46:00 CDTWinding the calendar back to December, I wrote that my problem with the BCS is it’s a “guess” system. In December of 2011, voters assumed LSU and Alabama were better than Oklahoma State. But ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/What_does_BCS_have_in_common_with_Darrell_Williams/16595?subj=9Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:30:20 CDT Any time you compile a list like the one I have in today's Tulsa World (significant female sports figures in Oklahoma history), you do it knowing that somebody deserving is probably going to be unintentionally ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/I_wish_you_were_in_Dixie/16477?subj=9Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:04:21 CDTI’m going to tell you who I’m picking to win the Big 12 in the Tulsa World’s 2012 college football special section, but I need to point something out first. Men are funny in this way: Most of ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Every_Big_12_team_has_a_flaw_so_who_wins_the_beauty/16451?subj=9Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:33:12 CDTEverybody has a Pat Jones story. “Or think they do,” Jones said. “One of the two. Same difference.” The former Oklahoma State football coach was inducted Monday night in the Oklahoma Sports ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Breaking_news_Hall_of_Fame_football_coach_is_a_real/16403?subj=9Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:20:00 CDT“I didn’t feel guilty. But I sure felt weird.” The words come courtesy of former University of Tulsa football coach Dave Rader, who I thought of this week when I learned that Penn State’s signees ......http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Coach_recalls_wild_free_agent_pursuit_at_SMU_Penn_State/16229?subj=9Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:47:44 CDT