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Bill Haisten

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Sports Columnist at Tulsa World

Tulsa World/tulsaworld.com sports columnist.

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  • 1 week ago | tulsaworld.com | Bill Haisten |Daniel Shular

    BROKEN ARROW — Might Travis Hill’s first Broken Arrow Tiger football team record five regular-season victories or perhaps seven or even 10? No one knows, of course, and Hill himself has no idea. Hill knows only that the Tigers will play 10 times during the regular season. He expresses confidence that his squad will be “highly competitive” 10 times.

  • 1 week ago | tulsaworld.com | Bill Haisten

    Because of the hot-and-cold nature of Jalen Williams’ postseason, I’m sure there are critics who have asked, “This guy made the All-Star team?”If you’re going to make a fuss about his 2-of-13 shooting in Game 4 of the Denver series, and his 3-of-16, six-point nightmare in Game 6 against the Nuggets, then it’s only fair to respect what J-Dub did on Monday night: a 34-point masterpiece on 13-of-24 shooting overall and 6-of-9 shooting from 3-point range.

  • 3 weeks ago | tulsaworld.com | Bill Haisten

    Thirty years after his scoring helped drive the Oklahoma State Cowboys to the 1995 NCAA Final Four, Randy Rutherford has another significant chapter in his basketball journey. After seven seasons at McLain, the 53-year-old Rutherford has accepted an offer to become the new boys’ head basketball coach at Claremore. His hiring was approved at the Claremore board's regular monthly meeting Monday night. “Claremore has great facilities and they want to win in basketball.

  • 1 month ago | tulsaworld.com | Bill Haisten

    Tulsa Public Schools and Union Public Schools officials confirmed that two ninth-grade basketball students died Sunday in a vehicular accident in Kansas. A Union spokesman specified that accident occurred in the Kansas City area and identified Kyrin Schumpert as having been a fatality victim of that crash. The Tulsa Public Schools identified DJ Laster as also having been killed in the accident.

  • 1 month ago | tulsaworld.com | Bill Haisten

    On its website, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) has posted these guidelines pertaining to name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation at the high school level:The OSSAA does not specifically prohibit students from engaging in certain commercial activities as an individual. A student may earn compensation from the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL) if:* The compensation is not contingent on specific athletic performance or achievement.

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29 Apr 25

#okpreps Booker T. Washington alum Nate Goodman named new head coach of Hornets’ football program. https://t.co/QJc9iiXpnO via @tulsaworld

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29 Apr 25

RT @billhaisten: @TulsaFootball Bill Haisten: Tre Lamb’s first TU victories are damage repair and spirit restoration. One longtime Hurrica…

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29 Apr 25

#okpreps @BrokenArrowFTBL @JenksFootball Bill Haisten: Another "wow!" move as four-star Semaj Stanford says he is headed from Jenks to Broken Arrow. With two seasons of prep eligibility remaining, Stanford has more than 20 major offers. https://t.co/hpC9LIVIkE via @tulsaworld