Fred Pahlke, an Oklahoma native has viewed over 10,000 sporting events in his 65 years. A season ticket holder of the Oklahoma City Thunder, former season tickect holder for the Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma City University Chiefs/Stars, he is an expert in both professional and college basketball and football. A high school athlete at Classen High School in basketball and tennis, he played amateur tennis after high school in the Missouri Valley Tennis Association. A graduate of Oklahoma City University, he taught in the public schools for 6 years before becoming a building administrator in the Oklahoma City Public Schools for 31 years, 28 as the Principal of various schools in the district. He has guided various high school and college athletes in his time as an educator and coach. Fredsportsextra has recorded 101, 410 article views in its first ten months, from August 2015 through May 2016.
August 14, 2020 • 0
You can have your LeBron James who happens to be the best basketball player on the earth. Add the NBA commissioner Adam Silver to the list. And do not forget…
August 8, 2020 • 0
A month and a half ago I pinned an article, abet very short one, on the status of sports in America, especially Major League Baseball (MLB). I have to…
July 31, 2020 • 0
Should school teachers, which included our coaches, be considered “essential” workers? Are they like policemen, firemen, and the local grocery worker as of their importance for what they do and…
July 24, 2020 • 0
JOHN BLAKE DEAD AT 59 DID COACH BLAKE HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE TO BRING SUCCESS TO OWEN FIELD? A month after John Blake was announced as the new…
July 15, 2020 • 2
SPORTS FRANCHISES AND POLITICS LIKE VINEGAR AND OIL……THEY DO NOT MIX Let us get to the point. Sports leagues and their individual franchises are not compatible with political agendas…
July 7, 2020 • 0
OU and Texas in the Cotton Bowl? With the cancellation of the State Fair of Texas in Dallas this Fall, the Oklahoma/Texas football game needs to still be played in…
June 24, 2020 • 0
I have to agree with sportscaster Keith Olberman on his take on Major League Baseball that the ‘national pastime’ might not even start on the date agreed upon, the season…
June 13, 2020 • 0
“EYES OF TEXAS” TO GO BLIND AT TEXAS “Boomer Sooner” Next? Commentary I have witnessed and been a part of demands that players of a team have given…
May 27, 2020 • 0
College Football in 2020? Ann Arbor? Norman? Austin? Sooner Nation and all Big Twelve fans, SEC fans, and all college football lovers from the other teams in the Big…
May 21, 2020 • 2
Reminder to all Oklahoma Sooner fans of the greatness of Leroy Selmon and his two brothers, Lucious and Dewey. As much as the great Heisman Trophy winners are honored by…
