Tulsa, Oklahoma

==Sports==
[[File:BOK Center faccade.JPG|thumb|right|The centerpiece of the Vision 2025 projects, the [[BOK Center]], opened in August 2008.]]
Tulsa supports a wide array of sports at the professional and collegiate levels. The city hosts two NCAA Division&nbsp;I colleges and multiple professional [[minor league]] sports teams in baseball, football, hockey, and soccer.<ref name="Tulsa Soccer">{{cite news | date=July 29, 2007 | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/article.aspx?articleID=070729_2_B2_hTheT26273| title=Pro soccer: Soccer comes to Tulsa| first = Glenn | last = Hibdon| newspaper=Tulsa World | access-date=July 29, 2007}}</ref> In addition, Tulsa once had a [[WNBA]] team, the [[Tulsa Shock]] women's professional basketball team.

===Professional sports===
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Club !! Sport !! League !! Venue
|-
| [[FC Tulsa]]
| [[Association football|Men's Soccer]]
| [[USL Championship]]
| [[ONEOK Field]]
|-
| [[Tulsa Oilers]]
| [[Ice hockey]]
| [[ECHL]]
| [[BOK Center]]
|-
| [[Tulsa Oilers (IFL)|Tulsa Oilers]]
| [[Indoor American football|Indoor football]]
| [[Indoor Football League|IFL]]
| [[BOK Center]]
|-
| [[Tulsa Drillers]]
| [[Baseball]]
| [[Texas League]]
| [[ONEOK Field]]
|-
| [[Tulsa Athletic]]
| [[Association football|Men's soccer]]
| [[National Premier Soccer League]]
| Hicks Park 
|-
| [[Tulsa Rugby Football Club]]
| [[Rugby Union]]
| [[Division II Rugby]]
| 37th Riverside Field
|}

Tulsa's [[Double-A (baseball)|Class AA]] [[Texas League]] baseball team is called the [[Tulsa Drillers]]; famous former Drillers include [[Sammy Sosa]], [[Matt Holliday]], and [[Iván Rodríguez]].

In 2008, Tulsa funded $39.2 million to build a new ballpark in the Greenwood District near downtown for the Drillers. The ground breaking was held on December 19, 2008. ONEOK bought the naming rights for {{Nowrap|$10 million}} for the next 25 years. The first game at ONEOK Field was held on April 8, 2010. Country music star [[Tim McGraw]] threw out the first pitch.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/country-music-star-is-on-deck/article_d3540dbd-6b4d-53c4-98a5-001048558d3f.html|title=Country music star is on deck|last=Writer|first=P.J. LASSEK World Staff|work=Tulsa World|access-date=April 26, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

The 19,199-seat [[BOK Center]] is the centerpiece of the Vision 2025 projects and was completed in August 2008; the BOK Center was in the top ten among indoor arenas worldwide in ticket sales for the first quarter of 2009 when it was the home for the city's [[Tulsa Shock]] [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]], [[Tulsa Talons|Tulsa Talons arena football]], and [[Tulsa Oilers|Tulsa Oilers ice hockey]] teams; as of 2022, the Oilers are the sole remaining tenant.<ref name="In The Loop, 2nd Quarter 2007">{{cite web|year=2007 |url=http://www.tulsadowntown.org/imgUL/In%20the%20Loop,%202nd%20quarter,%202007.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614044129/http://www.tulsadowntown.org/imgUL/In%20the%20Loop%2C%202nd%20quarter%2C%202007.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 14, 2007 |title=In The Loop, 2nd Quarter 2007 |publisher=Tulsa Downtown Unlimited |page=3 |access-date=May 3, 2007 }}</ref>

===College sports===
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! School !! Nickname !! Colors !! Association !! Conference
|-
| [[University of Tulsa]]
| [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane|Golden Hurricane]]
| Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson
| [[NCAA Division I]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|American]] 
|-
| [[Oral Roberts University]]
| [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]
| Vegas Gold and Navy Blue
| [[NCAA Division I]]
| [[The Summit League|Summit]]
|}

Two Tulsa universities compete at the NCAA Division&nbsp;I level: the [[University of Tulsa]] Golden Hurricane, and the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles. The University of Tulsa's [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball|men's basketball program]] has reached the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|Sweet Sixteen]] three times, made an appearance in the [[Elite Eight]] in [[2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2000]], won the [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] championship in [[1981 National Invitation Tournament|1981]] and [[2001 National Invitation Tournament|2001]], and won the inaugural [[College Basketball Invitational]] in [[2008 College Basketball Invitational|2008]].<ref name="Oklahoma Basketball History">{{cite web | url=http://www.okhistory.org/enc/baskball.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208194358/http://www.okhistory.org/enc/baskball.htm | archive-date=December 8, 2006| title=History of Basketball in Oklahoma | publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society | access-date=April 20, 2006}}</ref><ref name="CBI Official Home Page">{{cite news | url=http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/results08/080404bratul_recap.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531043829/http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/results08/080404bratul_recap.htm | archive-date=May 31, 2008| title=Tulsa Wins First CBI Title | agency=Associated Press | access-date=April 22, 2008}}</ref> The [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane football|Tulsa football team]] has played in 16 [[bowl game]]s, including the [[Sugar Bowl]] (twice) and the [[Orange Bowl]].<ref name="University of Tulsa CFB Data Warehouse">{{cite web | year=2009 | url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/tulsa/bowl_history.php | title=University of Tulsa CFB Data Warehouse | publisher=CFB Data Warehouse | access-date=August 14, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330095944/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/tulsa/bowl_history.php | archive-date=March 30, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Oral Roberts University's [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball|men's basketball team]] reached the Elite Eight in [[1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1974]], the Sweet Sixteen in [[2021 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2021]], and won the [[The Summit League|Mid-Continent Conference]] title three straight years, from 2005 to 2007.<ref name="Oral Roberts University Team Details">{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://www.usbasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=USA&Team=863| title=Oral Roberts University (NCAA) Men | publisher=USBASKET| access-date=April 25, 2006}}</ref>

The University of Tulsa also boasts one of the nation's top tennis facilities, the [[Michael D. Case Tennis Center]], which hosted the 2004 and 2008 NCAA tennis championships. The Golden Hurricane Tennis program has a string of success, including men's Missouri Valley championships in 1995 and 1996, men's Conference USA championships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011 and women's Conference USA championships in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011. In 2007, Tulsa's top-ranked player [[Arnau Brugués-Davi]] ranked as high as #1 in the nation and a four time All-American, advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles competition at the [[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship]], improving on his 2006 round of sixteen appearances.

===Golf===
Tulsa is home to the [[Southern Hills Country Club]], which is one of only two courses that have hosted seven [[Men's major golf championships|men's major championships]]: three [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Opens]] and four [[PGA Championship]]s, the most recent in 2022.<ref name="Southern Hills 2007 PGA Championship">{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2007/news/20060228_history.html| title=Southern Hills Country Club is rich in History | publisher=PGA | access-date=April 20, 2006}}</ref> The course has held five amateur championships<ref name="Southern Hills 2007 PGA Championship" /> and from 2001 to 2008 the [[LPGA]] had a regular tour stop, latterly known as the [[SemGroup Championship]] at Cedar Ridge Country Club.<ref>{{cite news | date=November 19, 2008 | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/article.aspx?articleID=20081119_224_B1_PaulaC617961| title=Lack of sponsor ends LPGA tourney's run| first = Jimmie | last = Tramel| newspaper=Tulsa World | access-date=November 19, 2008}}</ref>

Tulsa also hosts two golf courses designed by famed golf course architect [[A.W. Tillinghast]]: the Oaks Country Club and Tulsa Country Club. The [[Tom Fazio]]-designed Golf Club of Oklahoma is located just outside of Tulsa.

===Professional soccer===
Tulsa is home to [[FC Tulsa]], which competes in the [[USL Championship]].

From 1978 to 1984, the city hosted the [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984)|Tulsa Roughnecks]], who played in the now-defunct [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]] and won that league's championship in 1983.

===Professional football===
In 1984, the city hosted the [[Oklahoma Outlaws]] of the now-defunct [[United States Football League]] for a single season.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.usfl.info/outlaws/| title=The Story of the Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws| publisher=usfl.info| page=3| access-date=June 27, 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706135312/http://www.usfl.info/outlaws/| archive-date=July 6, 2008| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===Running, biking and trails===
The city's running and cycling communities support events such as the [[Tulsa Tough]] cycling race, the Hurtland cyclocross, the Route 66 Marathon,<ref name="Route 66 Marathon">{{cite web | year=2009 | url=http://www.runthenation.com/marathon/2008_Route_66_Marathon | title=2008 Route 66 Marathon | publisher=2008 Route 66 Marathon | access-date=January 8, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715214403/http://www.runthenation.com/marathon/2008_Route_66_Marathon | archive-date=July 15, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the [[Tulsa Run]], which features over 8000 participants annually.<ref name="Tulsa Run, History">{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://tulsarun.com/history.asp | title=Tulsa Run. The History of a Fall Classic. | publisher=Tulsa Run| access-date=June 8, 2007}}</ref> Another popular gambling draw, [[horse racing]] events are housed by the [[Fair Meadows Race Track]] and [[Will Rogers Downs]] in nearby [[Claremore, Oklahoma|Claremore]].

[[Tulsa Tough|Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Ride and Race]] is a three-day cycling festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It features both non-competitive riding through scenic areas around the [[Tulsa Metropolitan Area]] and professional level races. It is held each year on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the second weekend in June. Just as popular as the biking itself is the weekend-long festivities at Crybaby Hill, for it is held in the Riverview District.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saint Francis Tulsa Tough {{!}} River Parks Criterium {{!}} Cry Baby Hill|url=https://www.tulsatough.com/river-parks-criterium|access-date=2020-10-01|website=Tulsa Tough|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Way: West 13th Street (349595342)|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/349595342|access-date=2020-10-01|website=OpenStreetMap|language=en}}</ref> The [[Blue Dome|Blue Dome District]] hosts its race on the first night and takes riders down East 2nd Street. The race has participants riding at fast speeds through crowded streets lined with cheering spectators, live music, and several vendors. Events include the Men's Cat 3, Women's Pro 1/2, Men's 1/2 and Men's Pro 1.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top Biking Events in Oklahoma|url=https://www.travelok.com/article_page/top-biking-events-in-oklahoma|access-date=2020-10-01|website=TravelOK.com - Oklahoma's Official Travel & Tourism Site|language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:OklahomaSooners-TulsaGoldenHurricane-2009-GJKinne-Throw.jpg|thumb|upright|The University of Tulsa football team competes at the NCAA Division I level.]]

===Motorsports===
In [[motorsport]]s, Tulsa annually hosts the [[Chili Bowl (race)|Chili Bowl]] indoor race at the [[Tulsa Expo Center]]. The race was initially sponsored by the Chili Bowl food company of Bob Berryhill. The race has since accommodated "over two hundred race rigs, bleachers for thousands of people and an ever-growing trade show".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chili Bowl Nationals {{!}} The Official Website for the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire|url=https://www.chilibowl.com/about/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=www.chilibowl.com}}</ref>