In the summer of 1981, I tried out for the South Holland Jets football team and made the roster. It wasn't a significant accomplishment since anyone who showed up was guaranteed a spot. At that time, ...

TULSA, Okla. — Billy Sims and his foundation, in partnership with the OU Club of Tulsa, announced a new scholarship for northeastern Oklahoma undergraduate students at OU. Beginning next spring, any ...

Starting in the spring 2025 semester, freshmen and undergraduate transfer students from the region can apply for the scholarship, which supports attendance at OU’s campuses in Norman, Tulsa, or ...

NORMAN -- Saturday was a day to unveil a statue of Billy Sims, Oklahoma's 1978 Heisman Trophy winner, in Heisman Park, literally in the shadow of Owen Field."Thirty-some years ago, who would have ...

NORMAN — Only a few blocks from where a statue of Billy Sims reigns along with Oklahoma’s other Heisman winners, the man himself was on the wrong side of a fence, taking pictures with fans and ...

Sims was originally from St. Louis, Missouri, and had no interest in playing football during his youth. Instead, he spent most of his time practicing baseball. Eventually, when Sims’ life was uprooted ...

Billy Sims says more people recognize him these days for his restaurants than for being a Heisman Trophy winner, which proves he’s more than just the name behind the Billy Sims BBQ chain. “I get ...

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