CRIMSON TIDE PACES ALL COLLEGES FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT SEASON TIDE ROLLING INTO NFL: For the fourth consecutive season, Alabama had the most players (54) on active NFL Kickoff Weekend rosters, the league announced today. The Crimson Tide also placed the most active NFL players on season-opening rosters […]

NO NEED TO PANIC: Since 2002, 136 of the 230 playoff teams (59.1 percent) began the year at either 1-1 or 0-2, including five teams last season and two division champions, NEW ORLEANS (NFC South) and WASHINGTON (NFC East), and the Super Bowl champion TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. Three of the past four Super […]

WEEK 2 HOUSTON TEXANS (1-0)AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (0-1) SUNDAY, SEPT. 19, 2021 // 1:00 PM ET // FIRSTENERGY STADIUM // REFEREE: BRAD ROGERS REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Texans lead all-time series, 7-4STREAKS: Texans have won 5 of past 6LAST GAME: 11/15/20: Texans 7 at Browns […]

WEEK 2 CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-0)AT CHICAGO BEARS (0-1) SUNDAY, SEPT. 19, 2021 // 1:00 PM ET // SOLDIER FIELD // REFEREE: LAND CLARK REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Bengals lead all-time series, 6-5STREAKS: Bears have won past 2LAST GAME: 12/10/17: Bears 33 at Bengals 7LAST GAME […]

Increases in staff and quantities of metal detectors and ticket scanners; ticket education also important The Ohio State University Department of Athletics will initiate a number of action items to improve the game day experiences for all fans attending the 3:30 p.m. game against Tulsa […]

Athletics and The James teaming up to promote “all cancers” awareness, fans asked to share photos with #BuckeyeSurvivor COLUMBUS, Ohio – The annual Scarlet & Gray football game, where student-athletes and the 36 athletic programs in the department are celebrated, will take on an added color […]

Ohio State will look to start a new home winning streak on Saturday when it welcomes in Tulsa to Ohio Stadium for a 3:30 kickoff. The game against Tulsa is Ohio State’s Scarlet & Gray game. In addition to those colors, the color lavender, which […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the second week in a row, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud has been selected as the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Week, the conference office announced this morning. Stroud, making his second career start and first at Ohio Stadium, completed 35-of-54 passes […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954)[1] is an American author and actress, and a granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was found and arrested 19 months […]

9/13/2021  TULSA, Okla. –– The kickoff time for Tulsa’s home game against the Arkansas State Red Wolves on Saturday, Sept. 25, has been set for 4:00 p.m. (CT) at H.A. Chapman Stadium. The game will be carried on ESPN+. COURTESY TULSA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

MOBILE, Ala. –– A trio of Tulsa football seniors – offensive tackle Chris Paul, defensive tackle Jaxon Player and receiver Keylon Stokes – have been named to The Reese’s Senior Bowl Preseason Watch List. The Reese’s Senior Bowl is the nation’s most prestigious college all-star game and it annually serves as the […]

LAKE BLUFF, Ill.  –– The University of Tulsa long snapper Adam Higuera is one of 31 of college football’s top long snappers named to the Patrick Mannelly Award, given to the nation’s best FBS senior long snapper. The award, created in 2019, is named after former NFL long snapper […]

Pearson becomes the fourth Tulsa alumnus to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame CANTON, Ohio –– Dallas Cowboy legend and University of Tulsa star receiver Drew Pearson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2021 Sunday night. […]

TYLER, Texas –– The ninth annual Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List was announced at the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce and SPORTyler 15th Annual East Texas Kick-off Luncheon. A pair of University of Tulsa football student-athletes – receiver Keylon Stokes and running back Deneric Prince – were named to the […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Vanessa Lynn Williams[1] (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. She initially gained recognition as the first African-American woman to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in 1983. However, a scandal arose the following year when, […]

Every Year INDEPENDENCE DAY (MEXICO) 1730s DIED 1736: GABRIEL DANIEL FAHRENHEIT (PHYSICIST) 1780s 1782: U.S. GREAT SEAL USED FOR FIRST TIME 1850s 1857: JAMES PIERPONT’S “JINGLE BELLS” (ORIGINALLY TITLED “ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH”) WAS COPYRIGHTED 1870s BORN 1875: JAMES C. PENNEY (DEPARTMENT STORE FOUNDER) 1900s […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Norman Gene Macdonald (October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021) was a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for his deadpan style. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom Roseanne. Macdonald was then a cast member on Saturday Night Live (SNL) for five years, including anchoring […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show on WXYZ (Detroit), conceived either by station owner George W. Trendle or by Fran […]

HOLY CROSS DAY Holy Cross Day is also known as the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Triumph of the Cross, or Holyrood Day (“rood” meaning “cross”. It commemorates the recovery of the Holy Cross on which Jesus was crucified. (It had been taken from Jerusalem […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the […]