Jay C. Upchurch

Kenyon Hill has always had a passion for fishing. It’s something his father instilled in him when he was a young boy growing up in Oklahoma. Over the weekend, the 43-year-old Hill saw his passion pay off in a big way, as he won the Bassmaster Elite Series Pride of Georgia tournament near Evans, Ga. […]

Kevin Tway couldn’t close the deal on Sunday. The best he could do was second. Then again, a runner-up finish in the Big 12 Conference Men’s Golf Championships isn’t exactly a forgettable performance, especially considering Tway is only a freshman at Oklahoma State University. And while his final-round 73 left him looking up at OSU […]

ut the most compelling aspect of the evening had little to do with Tisdale’s music. Rather, it was the story he told about his recent and ongoing fight with bone cancer. His infectious smile never goes away. The 43-year-old wore it on the court when he was known for having one of the sweetest left-handed […]

The Grand Slam. No golfer has ever won it, at least not the modern version ” which includes: the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship. Not even Tiger Woods. You see, just like all of the gentlemen mentioned before him, Woods is a mere mortal. No matter how much the media likes to […]

Oklahoma has long been known for producing its fair share of exceptional baseball talent. The list of diamond heroes is lengthy and most impressive, including: ” Bullet Joe Rogan, ” Lloyd and Paul Waner, ” Mickey Mantle, ” Johnny Bench and ” Earlene Risinger. You don’t remember Earlene “Beans” Risinger, the hard-throwing hurler from Hess? […]

When Sam Bradford arrived in Norman as part of the University of Oklahoma’s 2006 recruiting class, almost all of the stories produced about the team’s incoming crop of talent mentioned the Putnam City North signal caller merely as an afterthought, destined to spend his time at OU dwelling at the bottom of the depth chart. […]

As Tiger Woods and company begin final preparations for the 72nd Masters, something is missing from its tradition-rich atmosphere: a certain Oklahoma flavor. It has been absent since Charles R. Coe passed away in 2001. While his spirit lives on within the rolling, tree-lined landscape ” where he once finished tied for second with Arnold […]

Upon hearing the news my beloved Green Bay Packers had traded their upcoming first-round draft pick for some unknown quarterback named Brett Favre back in 1992, I was, to say the least, a bit incensed. In reality, Green Bay fans didn’t think they needed a new quarterback, especially some unproven, shoot-from-the-hip hillbilly who seemed a […]

ended up here, but we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.”   Tickets are still available for both sessions. For more information, visit www.okcallsports.org. “? Jay C. Upchurch  

Oklahoma City voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide on a proposition that would extend the MAPS for Kids sales tax for an additional 15 months. The penny tax, which is set to expire at the end of the year, was originally part of a plan to generate more than $500 million for […]