Category Archives: Sports

Oilers signing season begins with Brown

Oilers16DennisBrownThe Tulsa Oilers announced Monday that defenseman Dennis Brown signed with the team for the 2016-17 ECHL season. Brown played in 67 games for the Oilers last season with five goals and 30 assists for 35 points in his rookie season.

Brown has played his entire professional career under current Oilers Head Coach Jason Christie, having spent his first full ECHL season with the Ontario Reign in 2014-15.

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Thunder take down Spurs

Thunder2012OKCWhile Tulsa may be a few miles up the road, the roar from fans watching, cheering, stomping, singing, screaming in joy was heard throughout the night as the OKC Thunder devastated regional rivals to advance in tournament play.

ESPN reports: It didn’t take Kevin Durant long to summarize his feelings in beating the San Antonio Spurs in six games to move on to the Western Conference finals.

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GoBoat fits on a shelf, ready for water in minutes

GoboatFishImagine driving to the lake. You park in a standard parking spot, open up the hatchback and pull out your boat.

In minutes you snap it together, pump it up with air and carry it to the water’s edge. The GoBoat offers a brand new way to get on the water. There’s no need to mess with a trailer or boat landing to launch your boat.

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The Threat is real

ThreatLogo1Tulsa has a professional women’s football team.

Traditionally speaking, most contact sports have been dominated by men.  There are very few sports at the professional level as a whole, but with the exception of ice hockey, contact sports for women are few and far between.

Then you come across the Tulsa Threat, a professional women’s tackle football team.  The squad is comprised of 28 ladies, thirteen of them veteran players, who play their home games at the football stadium on the Webster High School campus.  The squad has been around for five years playing initially as the Tulsa Eagles in the Women’s Football Alliance and this season they debuted in the Independent Women’s Football League as the Tulsa Threat.

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OK archery program grows to 500 schools

ArcheryOKThe Oklahoma Archery in the Schools Program (OKNASP) welcomed its 500th participating school, Edmond North High School, during the regular April meeting of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The program that brings archery education into the schools has seen tremendous growth since its inception in 2004. Schools in both rural and urban settings have embraced OKNASP, said Colin Berg, education supervisor with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. A video of the recent state shoot is included in this story.

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