John Rohde » sports http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde Insight from Oklahoman Sports Columnist John Rohde. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:58:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Insight from Oklahoman Sports Columnist John Rohde. John Rohde no Insight from Oklahoman Sports Columnist John Rohde. John Rohde » sports http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde/category/sports/ Check out what’s at No. 146 http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde/2010/06/13/check-out-whats-at-no-146/ http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde/2010/06/13/check-out-whats-at-no-146/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:17:22 +0000 John Rohde http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde/?p=779  

The past couple of weeks, the Ultimate Sports List has trickled in via e-mail. It’s a list of the world’s top 150 sports events and venues, as voted upon by those visiting at www.tusl.com. The website’s list launched June 1 and was determined by more than 25,000 votes from sports fans.

Lists are always a great conversation piece. Somebody always feels cheated or misplaced, and this list is no different. You will see it below. Events with a local flavor include the BCS National Championship game at No. 11 (too low); the OU-Texas football game at No. 55 (way too low) and the Cowboys vs. Redskins at No. 81 (too high).

But check out what’s at No. 146. A great rivalry indeed, but No. 146 in the world? Wow, who would have thought that?

 

Top 150 Events of The Ultimate Sports List as voted by fans in various states and countries:

Rank

Event

1

The Summer Olympic Games

2

FIFA World Cup Final

3

Super Bowl

4

The Masters

5

The NCAA Men’s Final Four

6

The Winter Olympic Games

7

The Wimbledon Championships

8

The World Series

9

The Kentucky Derby

10

The Indianapolis 500

11

The BCS National Championship Game

12

The Open Golf Championship

13

The Rose Bowl Game

14

The Stanley Cup

15

The Tour De France

16

Monaco Grand Prix

17

The Boston Marathon

18

Army vs. Navy Football Game

19

Rugby World Cup

20

The Daytona 500

21

IAAF World Championships in Athletics

22

UEFA Champions League Final

23

The United States Open Golf Championship

24

Ohio State vs. Michigan Football Game

25

The NBA Finals

26

Wrigley Field

27

Duke vs. North Carolina Basketball Game at Cameron Indoor Stadium

28

The Ryder Cup

29

FIFA World Cup Early Round Match

30

NFC/AFC League Championship Game

31

Alabama vs. Auburn Football Game

32

The United States Tennis Open Championship

33

Fenway Park

34

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Game

35

Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears Football Game at Lambeau Field

36

The French Open

37

The MLB Championship Series

38

The ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament

39

MLB All-Star Game

40

Florida vs. Georgia Football Game

41

St. Andrews Links

42

New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox Baseball Game

43

Real Madrid vs. Barcelona Soccer Match at Nou Camp

44

Harvard vs. Yale Football Game

45

Melbourne Cup

46

Manchester United vs. Liverpool Soccer Match at Old Trafford

47

Cincinnati Reds Opening Day Game

48

FIFA Women’s World Cup Final

49

The Little League World Series

50

The Cricket World Cup

51

Pebble Beach Golf Links

52

The National Baseball Hall Of Fame

53

The Australian Open

54

The College World Series

55

Texas vs. Oklahoma Football Game

56

The NCAA Women’s Final Four

57

The PGA Championship

58

AC Milan vs. Internazionale Soccer Match at San Siro

59

Yankee Stadium

60

Notre Dame Stadium

61

USC vs. UCLA Football Game

62

The NCAA Men’s Frozen Four

63

The Sugar Bowl

64

The Maui Invitational

65

Arsenal vs. Tottenham Soccer Match

66

Monday Night Football

67

24 Hours of LeMans

68

Royal Ascot

69

Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers Basketball Game

70

Vasco da Gama vs. Flamengo Soccer Match at Maracana Stadium

71

Pauley Pavilion at UCLA

72

Rangers vs. Celtics Soccer Match

73

Louisville vs. Kentucky Basketball Game

74

The AVP Manhattan Beach Open

75

The Davis Cup Final

76

The Preakness Stakes

77

Talladega Superspeedway

78

The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing

79

Spring Training Trip to Florida’s Gulf Coast

80

Keeneland Race Track

81

Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Redskins Football Game

82

The Iditarod

83

Kansas vs. Missouri Basketball Game at Allen Fieldhouse

84

Montreal Canadians vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Game

85

Tiger Stadium at Louisiana State University

86

Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler University

87

The Orange Bowl

88

The FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium

89

Memorial Stadium at University of Nebraska

90

The Ironman World Championship

91

The NBA All Star Game

92

The America’s Cup

93

Camp Randall Stadium at University of Wisconsin

94

Dodger Stadium

95

The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

96

Holmenkollen Ski Jump

97

The Indiana High School Basketball Championships

98

A Boxing Title Bout In Las Vegas

99

Madison Square Garden

100

The Beanpot Tourney

101

The MLS Cup Final

102

A Big 5 Game at the Palestra

103

Stamford Bridge

104

Cincinnati vs. Xavier College Basketball Game

105

Kyle Field at Texas A&M University

106

The Fiesta Bowl

107

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

108

New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles Football Game

109

The Brazilian Grand Prix

110

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

111

UEFA European Championship

112

All Blacks Rugby Game

113

Bristol Motor Speedway

114

The Ashes

115

The Breeders Cup

116

The AFL Grand Final

117

The Little 500

118

Husky Stadium at University of Washington

119

La Bombonera

120

The Belmont Stakes

121

The Head of the Charles Regatta

122

NHL All Star Game

123

Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

124

Tailgate at The Grove at University of Mississippi

125

Phoenix Open – 16th Hole

126

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns Football Game

127

The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship

128

The Winter X Games

129

The Travers Stakes

130

Field Of Dreams Movie Site

131

The Chicago Yacht Club Race To Mackinac

132

The Pro Football Hall Of Fame

133

Big Blue Madness at University of Kentucky

134

US Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field

135

Eurobasket (FIBA European Men’s Basketball Championship)

136

UFC Title Fight

137

The Calgary Stampede

138

Henley Royal Regatta

139

The Minnesota State High School Hockey Championships

140

The Solheim Cup

141

The World Junior Hockey Championship

142

Grambling vs. Southern Football Game

143

National High School Baseball Championship (Japan) 

144

All American Soap Box Derby

145

Kraft Nabisco Championship

146

Tulsa Jenks vs. Tulsa Union Football Game

147

The World Figure Skating Championships

148

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

149

Epsom Derby

150

Panathinaikos vs. Olympiakos Soccer Match
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]]> http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde/2010/04/23/chat-with-john-rohde-at-11-a-m-3/feed/ 0 We might not ever know about Capel and Wake Forest http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde/2010/04/10/we-might-not-ever-know-about-capel-and-wake-forest/ http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde/2010/04/10/we-might-not-ever-know-about-capel-and-wake-forest/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:19:20 +0000 John Rohde http://blog.newsok.com/johnrohde/?p=702          According to a newspaper report out of South Carolina, Oklahoma basketball coach Jeff Capel interviewed for the vacant Clemson job Friday. Instead, Capel actually was in Norman, hosting an OU recruit.

          Last year around this time, Capel was said to be interviewing for the Arizona job. This came as a shock to Capel, who said he was taking a shower when the alleged meeting took place.

          The Wake Forest job is now available, but a deal is said to be in the works with Colorado coach Jeff Bzdelik, who is a longtime friend of Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman.

         Given the current state of the Sooners’ program, Capel bolting to Clemson would be akin to getting out of Dodge before sunrise. It would be a cowardly move. Not so for Wake Forest.

          OU holds a slight advantage over Wake in basketball tradition. The Demon Deacons have brought us Tim Duncan, Josh Howard, Chris Paul and Billy Packer, but they have lost four regional finals and advanced to only one Final Four (1962).

        Wake Forest’s mailing address might have been enough to lure Capel, a Fayetteville, N.C., native and Duke product who never has hidden his affection for his home state, where his father still resides as a Charlotte Bobcats assistant coach.

         A chance to go home can be an overwhelming force. It’s why Roy Williams left Kansas for North Carolina, why Bob Huggins left Kansas State for West Virginia after just one season, why Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford would crawl on his hands and knees to get from Stillwater to Lexington, Ky.

        But with the Bzdelik deal pending, it appears we’ll never know how strong the gravitational pull back to Carolina could have been for Capel.

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