The Collegian online · Kansas, OK
The Golden Hurricane beats Ottawa and Northern Illinois to kick off the 2026-27 season. The University of Tulsa men’s basketball team started their season with a pair of wins last week: a 98-50 rout of Ottawa and a 94-75 win over Northern Illinois. It was an excellent start to the season for a team with 10 newcomers, tasked with replacing almost all of the production from TU’s National Invitation Tournament runner-up squad last year. On Monday, Tulsa hosted Ottawa, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school from Kansas in a typical tune-up game to start the season. It is difficult to draw conclusions from these types of games, especially so early in the season, but with so many new players, coach Eric Konkol’s rotation bore close watching. In college basketball, high major teams often play most or all of their players in early games against lower level competition, before shrinking the rotation down to seven or eight players for the conference schedule.
Forest Grove News Times · Grove, OK
Nearby: Grove, OKAll Ralphie Parker wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB gun. But as audiences will soon discover at Theatre in the Grove, getting his hands on one is easier said than done. The Forest Grove theater is bringing a beloved holiday classic to the stage with “A Christmas Story: The Musical,” running select dates Dec. 4-20 at 2028 Pacific Ave. Based on the 1983 film that has become a Christmas tradition for generations of families, the musical follows 9-year-old Ralphie and his determined quest to convince the adults in his life that he’s ready for his dream gift. Unfortunately for Ralphie, everyone keeps telling him the same thing: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Set during the 1940s in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, the musical revisits many of the movie’s most memorable moments, from Flick’s ill-fated encounter with a frozen flagpole to Ralphie’s pink bunny suit and, of course, the infamous leg lamp.
New York Observer · Bentonville, AR
Nearby: Bentonville, ARPredictions about artificial intelligence taking our jobs or, if claims about its potential to annihilate humanity prove correct, our lives, generate headlines. That A.I. might also help an art museum visitor better understand a painting is less likely to generate buzz but also more likely to be true in the short term. Some museums, intrigued by this latter possibility, are already using the technology, and not just administratively. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, for example, launched a web-based “A.I. Art Companion” named Ask Rosie when it reopened in June following a 15-month expansion project. “You take a photograph of the artwork and bring it into the app, and it will give you some didactics and learning right off the bat, such as who the artist is,” Shayne Hart, chief digital officer at Crystal Bridges, told Observer.
The Daily Texan · Fayetteville, AR
Nearby: Fayetteville, ARTexas soccer’s regular-season game against Arkansas over two months ago in Fayetteville, Arkansas, was a low-point breakdown. Allowing three goals and scoring one, the Longhorns’ play was unpredictable going into conference play. In its first game since its historic win against undefeated Vanderbilt, the Longhorns looked reinvigorated going into the final stretch of the tournament. Arkansas, which eliminated Kentucky from the conference tournament in its last game, played physically all season, as did Texas. Both attempted to move the ball downfield early, but defensive contests stopped their progress before they could create an attack. Advertisement In the 26th minute, however, Texas leaned into what has been its go-to strategy so far in the tournament. Texas freshman midfielder Caroline Swann found sophomore forward Ava McDonald downfield and sent a through pass.
Stilwell Democrat Journal · Muskogee, OK
Nearby: Muskogee, OKMUSKOGEE — Westville resident Delilah Howell earned a Trailblazers B1 Bronze Medal at Oklahoma School for the Blind’s 14th annual Oklahoma Regional Cane Quest competition in Muskogee.