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NCAA tournament opening rounds: Worth the investment?

It was the biggest sporting event Tulsa's BOK Center is ever likely to host: Three sessions of two games each of the early rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament, the Little Lead-In to the Regional Prologue to the Big Dance. With luck, Tulsa may get another such opportunity in...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 24, 2011 10:20 PM

Herb Johnson still playing pro basketball, 25 years after TU

A friend sent along a fascinating sports story from Yahoo sports blog "The Dagger": 25 years after playing for Nolan Richardson at the University of Tulsa, 6'10" center Herb Johnson, who celebrated his 48th birthday last month, is still playing pro basketball. Drafted by Cleveland in 1985, but never playing...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 2, 2011 11:25 PM