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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 f...
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 w...
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, h...
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 nig...
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 F...
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 career to s...
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 s...
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 p...
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 t...
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 c...
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 S...
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 t...
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 h...
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 S...
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...
Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel builds connections with new team
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — New Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel has taken significant steps to help create bonds on a team with many new pieces. Gabriel, a transfer from Central Florida who took part in spring practice, was busy showing his teammates a...
Alo's choice of pro softball leagues shows sport's growth
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jocelyn Alo had options — the kind that have eluded women's softball players in the past. Oklahoma's record-setting slugger was drafted by Athletes Unlimited, which is headed into its third season, as well as the new Women's Pro...
Oklahoma, Texas to make SEC softball even more formidable
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma and Texas — the two Women's College World Series finalists — are set to join the Southeastern Conference in 2025 and likely will make the powerhouse conference even more formidable. Oklahoma just won its fifth natio...
Alo homers, Oklahoma beats Texas to reach WCWS semifinals
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma got revenge on Big 12 rival Texas and pitcher Hailey Dolcini. Jocelyn Alo homered and knocked in three runs to help No. 1 seed Oklahoma beat Texas 7-2 on Saturday at the Women's College World Series. Oklahoma opened t...
Tom Brady's niece, Maya, stars for UCLA with 2 HRs in WCWS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tom's not the only Brady who comes up clutch. The seven-time Super Bowl champion's niece, Maya Brady, hit two home runs for UCLA in a Women's College World Series semifinal game against Oklahoma on Monday. The Bruins won 7-3 t...
Petty hits 3-run HR, Oklahoma State beats Arizona in WCWS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma State's Karli Petty had been a part of big moments at USA Hall of Fame Stadium before. There were a few more people watching this time. The junior won two state championships for Southmoore (Okla.) High School in the v...
Defending champ Oklahoma expects challenge from WCWS field
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Many of the top seeds and familiar teams will be absent when the Women's College World Series starts Thursday. Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso believes those are good reasons for her top-seeded, defending national champion Sooners t...
Venables looks to take Oklahoma program 'from good to great'
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — New Oklahoma coach Brent Venables respects what the Sooners have accomplished in recent years, but he believes they can be even better. Lincoln Riley compiled a 55-10 record in five seasons before leaving to become head coach a...
Oklahoma QB Gabriel adjusts after transferring from UCF
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Dillon Gabriel won't let a higher profile or fancy new surroundings change his low-key approach. He has had plenty of success as a college quarterback -- he passed for more than 8,000 yards and 70 touchdowns at Central Florida w...
Mabrey's 29 points help Notre Dame roll past Oklahoma 108-64
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Notre Dame stormed into Oklahoma's building, played the Sooners' up-tempo style and dominated. Dara Mabrey scored a season-high 29 points, and the fifth-seeded Fighting Irish rolled past fourth-seeded Oklahoma 108-64 on Monday n...
