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USA Boxing National Open Headed to Tulsa

USA Boxing has announced a new event for this year with the USA Boxing National Open to be hosted September 13–20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Arvest Convention Center. “We are incredibly excited to add another national event to the 2025 calendar for our USA Boxing members,” said Mike McAtee, USA Boxing chief executive officer […]

Posted On : April 11, 2025 By : Justin Shaw

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Danny Boy O’Connor: On “Jump Around,” Breaking at the Olympics and “The Outsiders”

You may not immediately recognize the name Danny Boy O’Connor. But if you’ve turned on a radio or attended an in-person sports event in the last 30 years you certainly know his music. As a co-founder of the group House of Pain, he was on the ground floor of the group’s biggest crossover hit, “Jump […]

Posted On : August 6, 2024 By : Jason Gewirtz

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2023 U.S. National Taekwondo Team Trials Head to Tulsa

The 2023 U.S. National Taekwondo Team Trials will take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 10–12 at the Cox Business Convention Center. The event qualifies athletes for the U.S. national team for many international events, including the World Taekwondo Championships and the Pan Am Games in the senior sparring, along with major international events for younger […]

Posted On : December 14, 2022 By : Justin Shaw

Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be the home of the next Indoor Football League team, starting in April 2023.

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Indoor Football League Team Coming to Tulsa

The Indoor Football League is returning to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the first time since 2014. The owner of the new IFL franchise is coming from an unlikely source — a local hockey team. The Tulsa Oilers, affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls, announced the purchase of an IFL franchise on […]

Posted On : July 27, 2022 By : Justin Shaw

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How Tulsa Landed the USA BMX Headquarters

Flash back 10 years. USA BMX, the national governing body for the sport, was headquartered at its longtime home in Gilbert, Arizona. As the sport grew in popularity — one of the fastest-growing sports in the past decade, according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association — so did the needs of the organization. More tracks […]

Posted On : February 17, 2022 By : Jason Gewirtz

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Southern Hills in Tulsa to Host 2030 PGA Championship

Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will host the 2030 PGA Championship. The PGA of America had announced in 2017 that Southern Hills would be awarded a record fifth PGA championship, although a specific date was not determined until now. Southern Hills has a storied history in hosting championship events and will host the […]

Posted On : May 13, 2020 By : Jason Gewirtz

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Tulsa to Host 2021 Major League Fishing Championship

Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees will host Major League Fishing’s Redcrest 2021, the Bass Pro Tour Championship, on February 23–27, 2021. The championship event for the bass fishing tour will include the top 30 professionals on the circuit, based on points accumulated during the 2020 Bass Pro Tour season. They will compete […]

Posted On : April 14, 2020 By : Jason Gewirtz

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USA BMX Signs Agreement with GoPro

USA BMX and GoPro have formed a partnership that includes content creation, distribution, cross-promotion and event sponsorship. As part of the deal, GoPro will gain title sponsorship of some of the national governing body’s highest-profile events, including the GoPro North American Supercross Series presented by Full Tilt Racing and the USA BMX GoPro Grand Nationals […]

Posted On : July 11, 2019 By : Jason Gewirtz

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New U.S. Ironman Triathlon Names Finalist Cities

Four finalists have been selected to serve as potential hosts for a new Ironman triathlon: Des Moines, Iowa; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event is expected to take place in late spring or early summer of 2020 and will be the first new, full-distance Ironman triathlon introduced in the United States since […]

Posted On : April 18, 2019 By : Jennifer Lee