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Rick Couri

Sports fan Rick Couri began his career with KRMG in 1982 and has since done "everything you could do" at the station. Rick has covered top sporting events such as the Olympic Games, the World Series, numerous football bowl games and championship tennis. He even spent a day with boxing great Muhammad Ali. Rick has spent 24 years working as the color commentator for TU football and six years as the color voice for TU basketball. Rick was the color analyst for Union football for seven years and spent three years as the play by play voice. Rick is entering his sixth year as the Tulsa Talons play-by-play announcer including their AF2 championship season of 2007. Rick and his wife Christine have three children - 30-year-old son Kelly and his wife Jill. Kelly & Jill are the parents of granddaughter Hayden, who is five. There are two daughters in the Couri house, 26 year-old daughter Lindsey and 14-year-old daughter Delaney Catalina. When away from the microphone, Rick is a PADI scuba instructor. He and his family have a dive instruction company, http://www.okiescuba.com/. While Rick will tell you he is a "sports guy", those familiar with the Tulsa market know Rick's influence extends well outside the circle of sports. As Co-host of Joe Kelley's morning show, Rick has interviewed everyone from local celebrities to national figures...A community leader who gives of his time and talent, Rick's commitment to the annual funding campaign for Operation Aware has resulted in over $1.3 million dollars being raised for this important charity...KRMG listeners have learned to appreciate Rick's insightful reporting and have developed a trust unique in today's media personalities. Email Rick Couri

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James Gandolfini with cigarette in a scene from the film 'The Mexican', 2001. (Photo by DreamWorks/Getty Images)

Sopranos actor James Gandolfini dead

The 51 year old Emmy winning actor died from a massive heart attack while at a film festival in Italy. A source close to the actor told reporters “everyone here is in tears." The Sopranos was a surprise hit for HBO and helped rocket the Westwood N.J. native to stardom. ...

Gun

Shop owner drops bad guy with single bullet

Mustafa Sheffield picked the wrong guy to try and rob. Sheffield entered the shop that pays cash for gold and threatened to shoot the owners family if he didn’t fill up his backpack with money. After filling the backpack the crook began to run away but the owner pulled out ...

Marijuana moms

Women claim pot makes them better mothers, wives

They call themselves the "Marijuana Moms." The ladies claim they smoke weed on a regular basis to relax and help deal with chronic pain. But here’s the kicker, they also say pot makes them better mothers and wives. Say what? "We've all come up against people who say marijuana is ...

Hairy leg stockings

Anti-pervert hairy leg stockings making a splash

The leggings are called “anti-pervert full leg of hair stockings.” That’s a long way to say yuck. The stockings make it look like your legs are not just hairy, but caveman hairy. The product was developed and is being sold in China through a micro-blogging service called Sina Weibo. The ...

Obese

Obesity officially declared a disease

Being overweight has long been a problem in the US with over a third of adults and nearly 20% of children listed in the category. Now The American Medical Association has officially declared obesity to be a disease. The AMA report points out obesity rates have "doubled among adults in ...

Drunk

DUI suspect offers cops a beer

The guy was already in trouble and just made it worse. Cops had pulled over Omar Medina for suspected drunk driving. When one of them asked Omar for his license he surprised them by instead offering a brew. "When you ask somebody for a driver's license, you're not expecting a ...

Americans say their financial situation is worse now than a year ago

A new poll by CNN/ORC International shows 44% of Americans say their personal financial situation is worse today than one year ago. Thirty-six percent say they are better off and 1 in 5 say things are about the same. Thirty-five percent say that the nation’s economy is “very” or “somewhat” ...

Tyrone Woodfork, arrested for the murder of Nancy Strait in Tulsa, March 15, 2012

Reports say DA will not ask for death penalty in rape, murder of Nancy Strait

The crime shocked the city. 84-year old Nancy Strait and her 89 year old husband Bob were found badly beaten in their Tulsa home in March of 2012. Nancy had also been raped. Nancy died from her injuries the next day, Bob hung on until May before he died as ...

Gathering place for Tulsa

$100 million Tulsa park to be unveiled

 It will called A Gathering Place for Tulsa and its planned along Riverside Drive from 26th street on the north to 33rd place on the south. Unveiling of the park, largely funded by the George Kaiser Family Foundation is scheduled for Tuesday night at 6pm at TCC downtown. But you ...

Which way?

Research claims Americans aren't as conservative as they think

 The research says there is a pretty big gap on both sides of the isle when it comes to what people want to think their philosophy is and how they actually put that into effect.  The study says the confusion is greater in conservatives than in liberals. The findings say conservatism ...

 
 

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