Sports

By DAVID MILLER david@poncacitynews.com

I do a lot of reading these days and I read with interest the fact that Major League Baseball is coming up with a proposal to play an 82-game season, starting at least with no fans in the stands. The image of no fans in the stands doesn’t really compute with me, as fan participation is a big part of the Major League experience for me, but at least some games will be played.

Padraig Harrington was planning to bring a 150-strong traveling party with him to the Ryder Cup, giving the people closest to the European captain something of an inside experience of one of the great events in golf.

A longtime evangelist for outdoor and active lifestyles, beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings knew the national stay-at-home orders would be especially hard on young athletes and others trying to stay fit.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball did not include an economic proposal during its opening presentation to the players’ union on terms to start the coronavirus-delayed season.

Golf Channel was going to wait until a few hours after the Masters was over to show the latest project from its Golf Films unit called “Tiger Slam.” But it wasn’t going to wait until November.

Daniel Jones had better start watching videotape of the Dallas Cowboys’ offense.

In a recent interview with Newkirk senior baseball player Garrett Stone, I was reminded of something the two of us share — an admiration for baseball legend Satchel Paige. I had known about young Mr. Stone’s interest in Satchel Paige from an earlier time when the two of us were introduced and the conversation drifted in that direction.

In a normal world, Ponca City Wildcat head football coach Scott Harmon and his staff would be busily preparing for the annual spring football session. And in about a week, the Wildcat football players typically would report to Sullins Stadium for two weeks of drills.