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Tulsa TD Taken Off Board After Premature "Celebration" [Update]
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Tulsa Lost Its Quarterback And Its Luck
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
Deadspin 25: Tulsa Is All Offense And That's Just Fine
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
Brittney Griner Files Annulment Papers Day After Wife Announces Baby
WNBA star Brittney Griner filed for an annulment of her marriage to fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson yesterday, one day after Johnson announced that she was expecting a child. There is a lot going on here, so let’s refresh our memories with a timeline....
Tulsa Facing Title IX Lawsuit Over Alleged Rape By Athlete
A federal lawsuit filed Monday is accusing the University of Tulsa of failing to adhere to Title IX standards and not protecting a female student after she was allegedly raped by one of the school's basketball players. ...
Tulsa's Puppy Mascot Will Be The Best Part Of College Football Season
Part of me thinks Tulsa's introduction of a Golden Retriever mascot is a way to distract attention from the FBI investigation into a sports betting ring involving the former AD. But another, more insistent part of me says shut up look at the puppy look at her little face!...
The University Of Tulsa Now Has A Freaking Adorable "Dog Ambassador"
The University of Tulsa has "hired" a golden retriever to be its university ambassador. What does a dog do as a university ambassador? It doesn't matter. This puppy is so goddamn cute....
Tulsa Is Adorably Chasing The 2024 Summer Olympics
Let us get this out up front: Most of us know by now that the Olympics—as with most any government expenditure on sporting events—aren't a particularly good use of taxpayer dollars. They're good for autocrats who want to charm Western journalists; they're good for mayors, governors, and businessmen...
Skylar Diggins Got A Mercedes From Jay-Z's Sports Agency
Last month, former Notre Dame and soon-to-be WNBA superstar Skylar Diggins became the third athlete to sign with Roc Nation Sports, Jay-Z's latest vanity project/sports agency. Yesterday, the people at Roc Nation celebrated Diggins's graduation from Notre Dame by doing exactly what you'd expect an a...
Skylar Diggins Signs With Jay-Z's Sports Agency
Roc Nation Sports, Jay-Z's because-why-not sports agency, announced today that it has signed its third client: Skylar Diggins, the former Notre Dame guard and third-overall WNBA draft pick (she'll play for the Tulsa Shock). Now Diggins and Kobe just have to figure out that Nike contract....
Tulsa Fires AD For His Role In Sports Betting Ring
Tulsa athletic director Ross Parmley was suspended last week, after his name appeared in FBI documents concerning an ongoing probe into an Oklahoma City gambling ring. Parmley told investigators that he had bet on both college and pro football games, but claimed he had stopped in 2010, when he was i...
Tulsa Athletic Director Suspended After FBI Investigation Reveals He May Have Bet On Sports
Ross Parmley became Conference USA's youngest athletic director when he was named to the post in January. He's been suspended by the university today, after the uncovering of an FBI report in which Parmley admits to gambling on college football games as recently as 2010....