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  • Griffin Park 3 Simply there for the love of the game

    Blaine Peterson starts his pregame meeting with his team the same way, every time. “Who is ready to have fun?” the coach asks his team of six- and seven-year-olds as they gather around him before the first ball is loaded into the pitching ...

    June 29, 2014 1 Photo

  • Starks4 Stark gets recommendation for SaberCats’ head coach

    It didn’t take long for Southmoore to find its man. Less than three weeks after Jeff Brickman stepped down as the school’s head football coach, the Moore Board of Education search committee will recommend Southmoore assistant coach Jeremy ...

    June 28, 2014 1 Photo

  • Thunder 6 McGary’s adversity was actually selling point for OKC

    OKLAHOMA CITY — There was a point last season Mitch McGary was bedridden. The Michigan sophomore had just had back surgery and he was laid up in bed for almost a month and missed the final 27 games of the year....

    June 28, 2014 1 Photo

  • Not (yet) buying in to stadium upgrades

    Call me a party pooper. Call me stuck in the mud. Call me lost in time. Call me a fuddy duddy.  Just don’t call me too terribly excited about the stadium expansion that will eventually surround Owen Field....

    June 28, 2014

  • NBA Draft Basketball Thunder get younger with draft

    OKLAHOMA CITY— Oklahoma City doesn’t often follow conventional wisdom on draft night. From selecting shooting guard Russell Westbrook to play point guard to taking unheralded Steven Adams, the Thunder go by their own rules....

    June 27, 2014 1 Photo

  • Derek Fisher Thunder may need urgent approach to draft

    The most telling statistic for Oklahoma City this year took place in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals. Facing elimination, the Thunder were only able to manage 5 points from their bench in an overtime loss to San Antonio....

    June 26, 2014 1 Photo

  • Legacy built on service, not on hopscotch

    I wasn’t recording, but driving, when I heard it, so maybe I don’t remember it perfectly, but it doesn’t much matter because all of it was ridiculous....

    June 26, 2014

  • Young provides model for future leaders

    Outgoing Norman North principal Bryan Young didn’t want to answer the question, but he finally got to bed at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. He was up at 5:45.  For whatever reason, it was important to him to explain that, typically, he ...

    June 25, 2014

  • USGA Jr Boys 12 Out-of-staters take top spots at Junior Amateur Qualifier

    The season is long over, but Norman’s high school golfers were still busy out on the course on Tuesday....

    June 25, 2014 1 Photo

  • Edmond’s Rust battles back to win at Belmar

    NORMAN — Dillon Rust had birdied No. 2 and eagled No. 3 already.  Beginning the final round of the OK Kids Koral Championship at Belmar Golf Club four strokes back of third-round leader Andrew Yun, the Edmond Santa Fe product made certain ...

    June 22, 2014