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      <title><![CDATA[The Next Big Thing | Welcoming the WNBA's newest star]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Skylar Diggins could be a supermodel.

Actually, she could be a lot of things.

But Saturday, she sat behind a small table, flanked by Tulsa Shock team president Steve Swetoha and head coach Gary Kloppenburg, and looked pensive.

It was a hectic couple of days for Diggins. A final week of classes at... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Sending Off Our Stars | Area players look to the next level]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The National Football League begins its offseason version of the Super Bowl this Thursday with the commencement of the 78th annual NFL draft.

Since the event's inception in 1936, the draft has grown exponentially in popularity and is now considered must-see TV for football fans worldwide. The three... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Season's Greetings | Local sports scene heats up]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Things appear to be shaping up nicely for an action-packed season at ONEOK Field.

This year the Drillers welcome first-year manager Kevin Riggs to Tulsa and also have the pleasure of entertaining at least five of MLB.com's top 20 prospects in the Colorado Rockies organization. Pitcher Chad Bettis h... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Position Filled, but Seats? | Gragg takes over TU athletics]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On March 20, University of Tulsa president Steadman Upham announced former Eastern Michigan University athletic director Derrick Gragg would fill TU's vacant AD position.

Of course, the search that landed Gragg in Tulsa began when former TU athletic director Ross Parmley was fired for his alleged i... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[A Slam Dunk | Opportunity provides more than basketball]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the initial tipoff of Wednesday's Conference USA Championship Tournament opening game, the City of Tulsa began a four-day soiree that will yield an estimated $3 million in local tax revenue.

It's not something the average citizen thinks all that much about -- especially if they're not too inte... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Soldiers of Little Fortune | No glitz and glamour in minor league hockey]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Teachers, landscapers, farmers -- these are the people Tulsa Oilers head coach Bruce Ramsay spends a majority of his time with.

No, Ramsay hasn't shelved his skates and clipboard for a career with an employment agency; he's merely explaining the realities of life as a professional hockey player in... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Viva la Revolution! | New soccer franchise continues local tradition]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On April 26, 1980, more than 30,000 Tulsans packed into Skelly Stadium at TU to watch the Tulsa Roughnecks' 2-1 victory over the all-star loaded New York Cosmos. Thirty-three years later, Adam Mellor and Shannon Clarke hope that they will be able to tap into that love for the sport in the city. Prof... By Jakub Krzyzostaniak.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The Murdering of Heroes | Baseball's hall of fame voters diminish careers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=56107</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Already this year, without a single game being played, Major League Baseball has made history.

With the help of a select few sportswriters privileged enough to determine the destinies of some of the game's greatest players, 2013 will mark the first year since 1996 that the Baseball Writers' Associa... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[A Year of Change | Looking back, looking forward]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With 2012 now in the history books, it seems fitting we take a quick look back at Oklahoma sports from the past year. What began as a year of uncertainty and change became a year of progress and development for many of Tulsa's favorite sports organizations.

Here's a look back at the past year, and... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Christmas Shopping for Jocks | Gift ideas for the headline makers]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The holiday season can be one of the most frustrating times of the year with heavy traffic, scarce parking, and cold weather. That's before dealing with masses of people at shopping centers across the country, hoping to find gifts their loved ones won't return or, worse, re-gift.

Somewhere... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Say It Ain't So, Steadman! | TU should have stood by its man]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[He placed a wager on a University of Tulsa football game. The stakes were high. A conference championship was on the line.

Irony is a word often misused. So I will ask you. Is it ironic that a local morning television show followed up the breaking news of TU athletic director Ross Parmley's gamblin... By Dwayne Davis.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Hockeytown, Okla. | An unlikely sport is becoming a major pastime]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Just because the NHL can't get its act together doesn't mean hockey is dead. It's alive and well right here in Tulsa.

When considering adult recreational athletics, the usual sports of leisure come to mind: bowling, golf, doubles tennis, maybe even shuffle board if we're talking about older folks.... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Head Games | How the NFL continues to endanger the lives of football players young and old.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Michael Vick, Alex Smith, Jay Cutler -- all starting quarterbacks who suffered concussions in the tenth week of this NFL season.

It's become all the rage over the past few seasons: head injuries.

For years, many of the game's former veterans have expressed how difficult their lives have been follo... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA["Your ... Thunder!" | Could the NBA survive in Tulsa for more than just one night?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I walked around the concourse of the BOK Center just before player introductions began for the Oklahoma City Thunder's exhibition game against the Phoenix Suns a couple weeks ago. The place was packed. Hundreds of people were still lined up outside the south entrance of the BOK Center, waiting to ha... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The New Era of TU Basketball | Former foe Danny Manning looks to guide Golden Hurricane to new heights]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-four years ago, Danny Manning's legacy in the sport of basketball began at the expense of the hearts of many Oklahoma sports fans.

In 1988, after experiencing the most successful season in Oklahoma college basketball history, the 34-7 Oklahoma Sooners were heavy favorites to win the first na... By George Darkow.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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