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Oklahoma, Cincinnati face off in an unusual and temporary Big 12 matchup as league play ramps up
Oklahoma vs. Cincinnati sounds like a dream bowl matchup — the blue-blood Sooners against one of the most consistent Group of Five powers. Not anymore. After realignment, it's a league game — but just for one year. Oklahoma, on its way to the...
Dillon Gabriel passes for over 300 yards in 1st half, No. 20 Oklahoma tops Arkansas State 73-0
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's new attitude took Arkansas State coach Butch Jones by surprise. Dillon Gabriel completed 19 of 22 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns — all in the first half — and No. 20 Oklahoma routed the Red Wolves 73-0...
The heat is on Oklahoma coach Brent Venables as No. 20 Sooners try to recover from 6-7 season
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's rabid fanbase was overjoyed when Brent Venables was named head coach. Sooners fans had kept track of the former Oklahoma defensive coordinator for years after he took that same position at Clemson and helped the...
Oklahoma State looking to new quarterback to maintain winning ways in newly expanded Big 12
Mike Gundy's run of 17 consecutive winning seasons as Oklahoma State coach could end this year if he doesn't find a strong replacement for Spencer Sanders at quarterback. Sanders transferred to Ole Miss after amassing 11,509 yards of total offense in...
Celebrations bring excitement, extra attention to Women's College World Series
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Whether it's Oklahoma's celebrations for anything from a spectacular defensive play to drawing a walk or Tennessee's players showering teammates with fake money in the dugout after a home run, the energy around the sport...
Oklahoma seeks 3rd straight softball title in best-of-3 championship series vs. Florida State
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma can become the first Division I softball program in more than 30 years to win three straight national championships. Florida State ace Kathryn Sandercock — one of the nation's top pitchers in recent years — stands...
Oklahoma tops Tennessee 9-0 to win 50th straight, advance to Women's College World Series semifinals
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tiare Jennings and Kinzie Hansen homered, and No. 1 seed Oklahoma rolled past No. 4 Tennessee 9-0 in five innings on Saturday to win its 50th straight game and advance to the Women's College World Series semifinals. The...
Florida State tops Tennessee in semifinal, will play Oklahoma for Women's College World Series title
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Florida State is back in a familiar position. Kathryn Sandercock and Makenna Reid combined for five innings of scoreless relief to help No. 3 seed Florida State defeat No. 4 Tennessee 5-1 on Monday night and advance to the...
Oklahoma looks to win three straight softball titles, extend record win streak
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma could become the first college softball program since UCLA more than 30 years ago to win three consecutive national championships. UCLA won titles in 1988, 1989 and 1990. Since then, teams have won back-to-back seven...
No. 1 seed Oklahoma is chasing softball history and Clemson stands in the way at super regional
Oklahoma must go through one of the nation's best players in Clemson's Valerie Cagle to make softball history. The top-seeded Sooners are on a 46-game win streak heading into Friday's super regional opener – one victory short of matching Arizona's...
Dick scores 26 as No. 5 Kansas beats Oklahoma State 87-76
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Kansas guard Gradey Dick was the main target of jeers from Oklahoma State's noisy fans Tuesday night. His outside shooting quieted the crowd. The freshman scored 17 of his season-high 26 points in the second half and the...
Sherfield scores 30 as Oklahoma beats No. 2 Alabama 93-69
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — With Oklahoma set to join the Southeastern Conference in 2025, Sooners fans used the SEC/Big 12 Challenge to give Alabama a dose of the energy they plan to bring to the league. After taunting the second-ranked Crimson Tide...
Grill scores 20 as No. 25 Iowa State tops Oklahoma 63-60
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Caleb Grill scored 20 points and No. 25 Iowa State held on to beat Oklahoma 63-60 on Wednesday night. Osun Osunniyi added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Cyclones (11-2, 2-0 Big 12). Grill shot 5 of 9 on 3-pointers,...
Thunder blow out Celtics 150-117 without Gilgeous-Alexander
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City's top scorer was out, so everybody pitched in to make things work. Josh Giddey scored a season-high 25 points and the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder blew out the NBA-leading Boston Celtics 150-117 on Tuesday n...
Bedlam winding down as Oklahoma St, Oklahoma square off
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Bedlam won't be quite the high-stakes showdown many expected at the start of the season, but plenty still will be on the line when No. 24 Oklahoma State visits Oklahoma on Saturday night. Both began the season with College...
Oklahoma's Stoops among Big 12's top walk-on success stories
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma receiver Drake Stoops is much more than the son of a Hall of Fame football coach. Stoops – whose father, Bob, led the Sooners to the 2000 national title – has gone from walk-on at the beginning of his college caree...
No. 7 Oklahoma St hopes to avoid slip-up against Texas Tech
Oklahoma State is in prime position in the Big 12 race. The Cowboys opened the conference schedule with a 36-25 road win over Baylor, the media's preseason Big 12 favorite. Now, the Cowboys face Texas Tech – a battle-tested group facing its fifth...
Oklahoma coach Brent Venables hits rough patch in 1st year
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The party is over for Brent Venables. Oklahoma's new football coach was welcomed at the Norman airport like a conquering hero when he arrived to replace USC-bound Lincoln Riley in December. Venables seemed to be the perfect...
Oklahoma-Texas matchup likely to be high-scoring again
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Recent meetings between Texas and Oklahoma have been shootouts. Both teams have scored at least 40 points in four of the past six meetings, with Oklahoma breaking 50 in victories the past two years. There are plenty of reasons...
Oklahoma sports 'biological sex affidavit' raises questions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — J.D. Runnels and his son, James, share a love for football. Runnels played for the University of Oklahoma and in the National Football League, and he coached in the United States Football League this past season. His son plays...
Oklahoma's Venables hosts alma mater K-State in Big 12 clash
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Brent Venables always has spoken highly of Kansas State, where he played linebacker and got his coaching start as an assistant under Bill Snyder. He will face the Wildcats as head coach for the first time on...
No. 9 Oklahoma beats UTEP 45-13 in Venables' coaching debut
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — New Oklahoma coach Brent Venables got emotional when athletic director Joe Castiglione presented him with the game ball and the players loudly celebrated his first career victory as a head coach. Dillon Gabriel passed for two...
Venables, No. 9 Oklahoma open season against UTEP
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Finally, Brent Venables gets his shot. The man who helped build dominant defenses in 26 years as an assistant coach at Kansas State, Oklahoma and Clemson will make his head coaching debut Saturday when ninth-ranked Oklahoma...
New coach Venables handles early test at No. 9 Oklahoma
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Brent Venables got his first welcome-to-the-hot-seat moment well before his first game as Oklahoma's new coach. He attacked that controversy the same way he took on ball-carriers as a gritty, undersized linebacker at Kansas...
Oklahoma's Gundy out after saying 'racially charged' word
A day after Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation, the school said Monday that Gundy uttered a racially charged word multiple times during a film session last week. Gundy, who had been with the program as an...
