Long time Tulsa World and The Oklahoman sport columnist Dave Sittler has retired. The announcement comes less than a month after he he was caught on camera stating that former OU coach John Blake was a "slap dick" and was only hired because he was black. From Sittler's farewell column in the Tulsa World:
Mike Sowell told me this day would come. But my good friend didn't warn me how quickly it would arrive.
Sowell's prediction came during a job interview. As sports editor of the Tulsa Tribune, Sowell's sales pitch was simple and direct - he said I would fall so in love with Tulsa that I'd never leave. And my writing career would blossom because of the opportunity to cover so many teams and big-time events.
That was more than 26 years ago. And everything Sowell promised me on that day came true.
Tulsa remained my home even during the seven years I wrote for The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City.