Former OSU softball coach Sandy Fischer among inductees for Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame 2023 class
Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame names six inductees for 2023 class
Former Oklahoma State softball coach Sandy Fischer is among the six inductees The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame announced Thursday for its Class of 2023.
Joining Fischer will be mixed martial artist Dale "Apollo" Cook, sportscaster Chris Lincoln, Enid basketball standout Brent Price, Lawton football legend James Trapp and the late Tulsa Booker T. Washington football coach Seymour Williams.
The group will be honored with an induction ceremony on Aug. 7 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
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Dale "Apollo" Cook, mixed martial arts
Dale Cook began participating in martial arts at age 15 with taekwondo.He eventually earned the rank of seventh degree black belt. Cook then began kickboxing, and turned professional in 1977. He finished his professional fighting career with a boxing record of 19-2-1 with ten KOs. He complied a 94-4-1 professional kickboxing record. Cook won five overall world titles over the course of his career and continues to train and inspire future fighters as the owner and operator of Apollo's Martial Arts Karate and Kickboxing Gym in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Sandy Fischer, softball
Sandy Fisher served as the head softball coach at Oklahoma State University for 23 years, building the softball program into a national power. Fisher coached 15 Big Eight championship teams, nine regular season and six conference tournament winners. She led the Cowgirls to 17 appearances in either the AIAW or NCAA Division I Regionals, winning nine of them. Her teams advanced to either the AIAW Nationals or NCAA Women's College World Series nine times, finishing as high as fourth in 1998. She compiled 901 wins at OSU, coached 28 All-Americans and is the longest tenured head coach in Cowgirl softball history.
Chris Lincoln, contributor
Chris Lincoln began his career covering sports writing for his high school newspaper in Warren, Michigan. After graduating college from the University of Missouri and writing for the Columbia Daily Tribune, Chris became the sports director at KTUL TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During his time at KTUL he hosted several coaches shows for OU, OSU, TU and ORU. Chris Lincoln left KTUL in 1981 and co-founded Winner Communications. Winnercomm would become the largest independently owned sports production company in the nation. Following the sale of Winnercomm in 2006, Chris returned to KTUL as the Sports Director, 2007-2014 and in 2020 was inducted into the Oklahoma Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Brent Price, basketball
Brent Price attended high school in Enid, Oklahoma where he had a decorated prep basketball career for the Plainsmen. Price then attended and played basketball at South Carolina University for two seasons before transferring to OU for his junior and senior season. He was selected as first team All-Big 8 in 1992. He finished his career at OU averaging 18.7 points and 6.2 assists per game while shooting .438 from three-point distance. Following college, Price was selected in the 2nd round, 32nd pick overall, of the 1992 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets. He played three seasons in Washington and three seasons with the Houston Rockets. Price then spent two seasons in Vancouver and one in Sacramento before retiring from professional basketball in 2003.
James Trapp, football
James Trapp earned All-State honors as an excellent athlete at Lawton High School in Lawton, Oklahoma. During his track and field career, he was a 14-time ACC Champion and a 10-time All-American as a sprinter at Clemson University. In 1992, he was the 200-meter indoor NCAA National Champion. As also a four-year letterman in football, Trapp was selected by the Los Angeles Raiders in the 1993 NFL Draft where he spent six seasons. Trapp won Super Bowl XXV with the Baltimore Ravens and finished his NFL career in 2003 with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In addition to playing professional football James was the 1993 U.S. and World Champion in the 200m indoor. He also made the U.S. 4x100m relay team as an alternate at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.
Seymour Williams*, contributor (*Inducted Posthumously)
As the head football coach at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, during the era of segregation, Seymour Williams led the Hornets to 19 state titles in the Oklahoma Interscholastic Athletic Association and finished undefeated 14 times. He would post a record of 290-23-11 over his career, which began in 1920 and spanned 33 years. Williams also coached the school’s basketball team, winning 19 OIAA state basketball titles and five national championships, as well as the track team, which won six national track titles. Seymour Williams retired just before desegregation allowed Booker T. to join the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.
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George and Flagler lead No. 14 Baylor over Oklahoma
Keyonte George had 23 points and Adam Flagler scored 20 as 14th-ranked Baylor held on to beat Oklahoma 82-72 Wednesday night in Waco, Texas. Flagler scored 14 points in the final 13:11 of the game, the first of those being a jumper that put Baylor back ahead to stay. Langston Love added 19 points for Baylor, which has won eight of nine overall since losing its first three Big 12 games. The Sooners lost their sixth consecutive Big 12 game, the last three since a 93-69 win over then-No. 2 Alabama in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Grant Sherfield had 15 points, including four 3-pointers.
NBA trade deadline sees Irving, Durant bolster West teams
First it was Kyrie Irving to Dallas. Then came Kevin Durant to Phoenix.
The breakup in Brooklyn is rebuilding some contenders in the West.
Trade deadline day in the NBA arrived Thursday with news of a blockbuster. The Nets had agreed overnight to deal Durant to the Suns for a package that included Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder — who later tweeted he was headed to Milwaukee — four first-round picks and additional draft compensation.
A day earlier, the Lakers agreed to send Russell Westbrook to Utah as part of a three-way deal with Utah and Minnesota that brought D'Angelo Russell back to Los Angeles.
The Lakers stayed busy up until the deadline with a couple more moves as they try to build a contender around NBA career scoring leader LeBron James. They added another big man in Mo Bamba from the Orlando Magic for Patrick Beverley, a second-round pick and cash considerations, according to a person with knowledge of those negotiations. The Magic are not expected to keep Beverley, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition anonymity because the trade did not yet have league approval.
—Staff and wire reports
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