By TERRELL LESTEREditor at Large SOONERS: Jason Carter, a Jenks graduate, left, and Blake Ferguson, a Broken Arrow graduate, will help lead the OU Sooners this year It’s a year-round phenomenon, this sport of football. No longer is the Labor Day cookout viewed as a rite of passage from summer fun and frolic to fall […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
TU Savors 1964 Season, 61–14 Win Over OSU
By WAYNE MCCOMBSContributing Writer HALL OF FAME REUNION: Former Tulsa football greats and members of the 1964 team, from left, Bob Breitenstein, Jerry Rhome, and Bill Goods, during last year’s game against Hawaii at Skelly Stadium. The 1964 team was inducted into the TU Athletic Hall of Fame last year and was introduced during the […]
Name Golfers Ready for JQH Classic
2001 WINNER: Gloria Park displays her trophy after winning the first LPGA Classic played in Tulsa in 2001. The John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic has received commitments from LPGA Tour Hall of Famer Beth Daniel and fan favorites Laura Diaz and Rosie Jones for the September 6–12 event to be held at Cedar Ridge Country […]
Cancer Sucks
CANCER SUCKS: The nonprofit group Cancer Sucks presented a $10,000 check to the Cancer Treatment Research Foundation during a recent Tulsa Talons playoff game. From left are CS volunteer Stephanie Price, Talons co-owner Henry Primeaux, CS President Rick Horton, CTCA CEO Jim Bruer, and Patti Horton. Updated 08-26-2004 Back to Top READER COMMENTS Back to […]
Kickoff Speaker
KICKOFF SPEAKER: Tulsa Head Football Coach Steve Kragthorpe was the guest speaker at the Tulsa Press Club’s Page One Luncheon August 3. From left are TPC board member Russ Florence, Kragthorpe, TPC board member Tyra Palmer, and Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center’s Dr. George Mauerman. GTR Newspapers photo Updated 08-26-2004 Back to Top READER COMMENTS Back […]
EOOC Fans
EOOC FANS: Enjoying the annual Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center Barbecue in early August are, from left, the University of Tulsa connection of Jim “Country??? King, John Phillips, and Bill Kusleika. Kusleika and King were players at TU in the early 1960s, and Phillips, now the head basketball coach, was a student assistant for King in […]
Tulsa Drillers Receive Texas League Honor
The Texas League recently announced that the Tulsa Drillers have been selected as the 2004 Texas League Organization of the Year. It is the third time that the Drillers have received the award. Tulsa was previously recognized in 1992 and 1996. “It is an honor to be recognized by our peers in the Texas League,” […]
Golden Eagles Poised For City Dominance
Scott Sutton has come a long way since he entered the Oral Roberts University basketball program in 1995 as a color radio announcer along side play-by-play man Al Jerkens. He became an administrative assistant then an assistant coach to Bill Self and later Barry Hinson. When Hinson left in 1999, the head position was given […]
Globetrotters Coming to Tulsa
The world-famous Halem Globetrotters are bringing their 2005 “World of Fun” North American tour to Tulsa. The Globetrotters will take to the court on Saturday, January 8, 2005, against the New York Nationals at the Mabee Center. Tip-off is at 7:00 p.m. Tickets start at $12 and are available at the Mabee Center box office, […]
Tulsa Pro Baseball Calendar Celebrates 100 Years of Fun
TULSA BASEBALL CALENDAR Tulsa baseball historian Wayne McCombs has compiled and edited a unique Tulsa Baseball Calendar, which features significant photos and information of the past 100 years of professional baseball in Tulsa. The calendar includes copies of baseball cards of players who have played in Tulsa, Tulsa baseball park locations, major league affiliates and […]