Tag: SPORTS

Jentezen Smith As of July 30th, the University of Texas and Oklahoma University both announced their intentions to join the South Eastern Conference (SEC), leaving the Big 12 Conference with large shoes to fill in the two school's absences. The two schools are under contract with the Big 12 until June 30th, 2025, according to … Continue reading Big 12 Expanding, After Loss of Oklahoma & Texas

Late Oklahoma Baptist University educator and head coach of the swim and dive team Sam Freas and Former teammate Daniel Ramírez Carranza will be honored and inducted into OBU’s hall of fame September 17. Both will be recognized for their achievements in OBU’s Maybee suite at 7 p.m.   Among Freas’s many years of coaching, he was a ten-time winner of the Coach of the Year title, has produced a total of 19 Olympians, led OBU … Continue reading Late Swim Coach and Former Team Member get Inducted into OBU Hall of Fame 

Chase Kirby The National Women’s Hockey League officially changed its name to the Premier Hockey Federation Tue. September 8, to promote inclusivity to its athletes. This rebrand included the official name change, a new logo, new social media handles, and even the slogan, “No labels, no limits”. The goal of this rebrand is said to shift the focus from the gender of the athletes to … Continue reading Name Change Rebrands Women’s Hockey League  

Lexi Large After she walks past him his head immediately turns to watch her walk away, and she hears a faint mumble under his breath. According to statista.com, in 2019 there was an estimated 64% of people who have memberships at fitness centers. Over half of the United States spends time at a gym at … Continue reading Gym Talk

Devin Miller Until recently, Covid-19 had been defeating campus participation in the most demoralizing of ways. This all changed when the intramural basketball season kicked off this past week. Over 20 teams signed up to participate in the preliminary exhibition games to determine their post-season tournament standings. This would be the first intramural event of … Continue reading COVID-19 and its affect on sports

Chase Kirby I can’t remember what it was like not being involved in a sport. Since I was about ten years old, swimming has taken over many, if not all, aspects of my life. Before that, I played soccer, and after I started swimming I continued to explore other sports like track, cross country and … Continue reading A Sport’s Influence

In the Fall of 2020, OBU announced that it would be discontinuing eight of it’s sports after the 2020-2021 school year. One of these sports was the swim and dive team. Both the men’s and women’s teams have likely been recognized on OBU’s campus during cold weather because of the long black coats they wear. … Continue reading A Tribute to OBU’s Swim and Dive Team

Maddie Kufahl Every college student is busy. Whether they are single, in a relationship, a freshman, a senior or whatever activities they are involved in, college is a crucial time where people learn time management. With Valentine’s Day coming up, the OBU student newspaper wanted to do a piece on student athletes in relationships and … Continue reading Balancing Act

Devin Miller Brady is back and better than ever… Tom Brady got released from his contract March 17, 2020 after being the starting Quarterback for the New England Patriots for the past 20 years. After the NFL (National Football League) season had begun September 10, 2020, Brady had officially announced his arrival of being traded … Continue reading Brady is back

Chase Kirby Despite the Great American Conference (GAC) cancelling all sports and competitions for the 2019-2020 academic year, the lady bison women’s soccer team earned the number one spot in the 2021 preseason poll. Earning a total of 31 votes, they ranked first over all of the other schools in their conference: Southwestern Oklahoma State, … Continue reading Through Challenges OBU Ranks Number One