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Wayman Tisdale Award a vehicle for nonprofit venture Access Sports Published: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Scott Hill, Gary Vick and Bill Webb were looking for a way to enhance funding for Access Sports, so they came up with the idea of the Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award to stir interest in fundraising. Read More
College basketball: Wayman Tisdale Award was almost the Michael Jordan Award Published: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment When the Wayman Tisdale Award organizers first approached the USBWA about a partnership for their plans, they didn't know they faced tough competition for the name of the Freshman of the Year Award: Michael Jordan. Read More
Oklahoma football recruiting: For Sterling Shepard, it was all about becoming a Sooner Published: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment A video narrated by James Garner shown before Oklahoma football games a few years ago contained a line that Owen Field was the place “where young lads dream of one day wearing the crimson and cream.” For Sterling Shepard, truer words were never spoken. There was never any choice but the University of Oklahoma... Read More
Woman writes about blacks in Oklahoma history Published: Sun, Jan 29, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Educator Rochelle Stephney-Roberson has written a book, “Blacks in Oklahoma History,” that includes stories about Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, John Hope Franklin and Clara Luper, who have played key roles in Oklahoma history. Read More
Concert review: Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame induction Updated: Fri, Nov 11, 2011 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Kristen Chenoweth, Nokie Edwards, The Wayman Tisdale Band and more entertained as they received their honors. Read More
Hear Toby Keith's new album, free Published: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Oklahoma country music superstar Toby Keith releases his "American Ride" album today on Show Dog Nashville records. The 12-track studio album includes his heartfelt tribute to friend, sportsman and bass player Wayman Tisdale, "Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)." Keith performed at Tisdale's funeral in Tulsa earlier... Read More
Wayman Tisdale's casket will be transported by horse-drawn carriage to BOK Center Published: Tue, May 19, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment The casket of Wayman Tisdale will be transported to the BOK Center, site of Thursday's 11 a.m. funeral service, by a horse-drawn carriage. At about 9:45 a.m. Thursday, the three-mile procession begins at the Keith D. Biglow Funeral Directors building, 1414 N. Norfolk Ave., and continues west on Pine Street to... Read More
Oklahoma basketball great Wayman Tisdale dies Updated: Sat, May 16, 2009 Wayman Tisdale had a way with making an impression, often initiated with his signature broad smile. Even in death, Tisdale’s influence seemed to grow through a two-year battle with cancer that ended Friday in Tulsa. Tisdale, a three-time All-American at Oklahoma who played 12 seasons in the NBA, died about... Read More
ESPN Classic to air two of Wayman Tisdale's OU games tonight Published: Fri, May 15, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment To commemorate the death of former Sooner basketball star Wayman Tisdale, ESPN Classic (Cox 255) plans to rebroadcast two games tonight from his storied University of Oklahoma career. At 7 p.m. the network will air the NCAA Midwest Regional semifinal game against Louisiana Tech on March 21, 1985. Tisdale hit a... Read More
Get well, Wayman Updated: Fri, May 15, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Get well, Wayman. The words are so simple, and yet, they are exactly what Wayman Tisdale needs right now. Three weeks ago today, the basketball legend had the lower part of his right leg amputated. He has been battling bone cancer since early last year, but the amputation was a radical move to eradicate the... Read More
OU basketball notebook: Blake Griffin collects in-house awards, too Updated: Mon, May 4, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Blake Griffin collects in-house awards, too Oklahoma held its men’s basketball banquet recently, with Blake Griffin — who else? — taking home a team-high four honors. Griffin, the unanimous National Player of the Year, won the Wayman Tisdale Most Valuable Player Award among his haul. He and seniors... Read More
Willie Warren’s return to OU: Is it in the numbers? Updated: Tue, Apr 14, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Willie Warren is considering his preferences for jersey numbers next season — at Oklahoma. Warren, contemplating a decision to stay in school or turn pro, keeps indicating that he’ll be back for a second season with the Sooners. And weighing a number change could be the latest example of which way... Read More
Griffin’s legacy: Blake elevated OU’s brand Updated: Mon, Apr 13, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Blake Griffin’s place among Oklahoma basketball greats stands cemented, with the only argument whether he’s No. 1, 2 or 3 when stacked with Wayman Tisdale and Alvan Adams. Gauging Griffin’s ultimate legacy, however, must wait. Sooners coach Jeff Capel has long held that he envisioned the program... Read More
NBA players inspired by Wayman Tisdale’s courage Updated: Wed, Apr 8, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment One by one, the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder stopped their halftime warmup of a tight NBA game and walked over to the man sitting on the front row of the Ford Center. Wayman Tisdale still draws a crowd. "You’ve been an inspiration,” the Spurs’ Bruce Bowen told Tisdale, who was... Read More
Jeff Capel saw in Blake Griffin an NBA star in the making Updated: Wed, Apr 8, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment NORMAN — Jeff Capel knew it the first time he saw Blake Griffin play. An AAU tournament in Houston, the Kingwood Classic. Capel was two weeks into his job as the OU basketball coach, two harrowing weeks in which Kelvin Sampson’s recruits were starting to bolt and Capel’s immediate prospects were... Read More
The legacy: Sizing up Blake Griffin Updated: Tue, Apr 7, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Where does Blake Griffin rate in OU basketball history? For a career, Griffin clearly rates behind Alvan Adams and Wayman Tisdale, the other homegrown All-Americans who transformed Sooner hoops. Adams and Tisdale were three-year stars, difference-makers from early in their freshman seasons. But for one season,... Read More
Ex-Sooner Wayman Tisdale selected for Hall Updated: Fri, Apr 3, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment The legend of Wayman Tisdale delivers vast descriptions. Basketball star. Jazz great. Cancer survivor. Thursday brought a new superlative: Hall of Famer. Tisdale, Oklahoma’s all-time leading scorer and a three-time consensus All-American, was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.... Read More
Wayman Tisdale chosen for National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Updated: Thu, Apr 2, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Wayman Tisdale has been selected for induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Tisdale was a three-time All-American at the University of Oklahoma from 1983-85 after graduating from Booker T. Washington in Tulsa. He’s among eight members in the class of 2009. The induction ceremony will... Read More
Blake Griffin may go, but this could be start of something big for OU Updated: Tue, Mar 31, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A player for the ages has passed before our eyes. Don’t believe it? North Carolina coach Roy Williams, whose fabulous team beat Oklahoma 72-60 on Sunday in the South Regional championship game but was dented by Griffin for 23 points and 16 rebounds, likened Griffin to LeBron James.... Read More
OU's Blake Griffin leads AP All-America team Updated: Mon, Mar 30, 2009 | Comment on this article Leave a comment Blake Griffin and Tyler Hansbrough spent a lot of time together on the court last weekend and were back together Monday as the top vote-getters on The Associated Press' All-America team. Griffin, the sophomore forward from Oklahoma who led the nation in rebounding, was the only unanimous selection for the team.... Read More
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