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Stephen Hunt
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The Freeing Fairway
A Rich History The first documented round of golf played in Oklahoma was in 1900 at Guthrie Country Club, seven years before the former Indian...

Southern Hills Makes History
For an unprecedented fifth time, Southern Hills Country Club is hosting the PGA Championship from May 16-22. No other club has hosted this golfing major...

Adjusting to Big Changes
Thanks to COVID-19, every sector of society has been upended. But for Locust Grove native Jason Pirtle, a tight end at North Texas, 2020 has...

More than Football
Dan Bitson is one proud Tulsan. A three-sport athlete (basketball, football and track) at Booker T. Washington High School, the talented wide receiver then played...

Sports in the COVID Era
By Stephen Hunt and Mary Willa Allen The Life of a Student Athlete Collegiate student athletes are creatures of habit, with lives featuring rigid in-season...

A Seamless Transition
Some might call Zach Loyd’s professional soccer career short, since the Tulsa native spent only eight seasons in the Major League Soccer before retiring in...

Part of NBA Royalty, Sooner Than Most
In three years, sharp-shooting Trae Young has gone from lighting up the gym at Norman North High School to being one of the National Basketball...

Blessed by Basketball
Kelenna Azubuike, London-born and Tulsa-raised, says he’s been blessed by basketball. And just seeing where the sport has taken him, his good fortune is quickly...

Ex-TU Player Takes Stock(ton)
DaQuan Jeffries’ professional basketball career hasn’t begun like some thought it might. The Edmond native, who played his final two collegiate seasons at the University...

Moving Up the Coaching Ranks
Time spent in Oklahoma as a collegiate basketball player and a minor league assistant coach has helped Tyrone Ellis work his way into the head...