In a policy reversal, the Oklahoma National Guard will no longer process benefit requests from same-sex couples after being notified by Gov. Mary Fallin's office that doing so violates state law banning gay marriage.
“We have always strived to feature marquee non-conference opponents on the Oklahoma schedule,” said OU athletics director Joe Castiglione said in a statement.
In just 12 years, natural gas plant builder Thomas Russell Co. grew from a Tulsa startup to a $750 million company.
The incarceration rate in Oklahoma is among the highest in the nation with approximately 26,000 people behind bars at any given time.
The signature item is the Philly cheesesteak sandwich made with a uniquely American ingredient, Cheez Whiz, and the owners immigrated here from Philadelphia.
OSSAA critics testify before legislative panel The interim study, requested by Rep. Bobby Cleveland, R-Norman, is the first among three scheduled. Other ...
BARBARA HOBEROCKWorld Capitol Bureau
OU basketball games to be televised by Longhorn Network The Big 12 allowsuniversities to distribute football or basketball games not selected forbroadcast by ...
GUERIN EMIG World Sports Writer
Brandon Weeden could miss several games, coach says he'll keep all options open at QB Browns third-string quarterback Brian Hoyer will start Sunday against Minnesota in place of Brandon Weeden, ...
TOM WITHERS Associated Press
Pro Baseball: Red Oak's Lane Adams is Triple-A championship standout; Another honor for Archie Bradley Adams helps Omaha win Triple-A title.
BARRY LEWIS Sports Writer
McLain team gets surprise from WNBA star None of McLain’s players, nor their coach, knew the WNBA star was coming.
ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
Oklahoma State releases 2014 baseball schedule The Big 12 Baseball Championship will be May 21-25 at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.
ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer
Video: Columnist John E. Hoover and Sports Editor Michael Peters talk OSU/SI investigation and Blake Bell
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Tulsa gets additional Bedlam baseball game in 2014 The final two games are May 16 and 17 at ONEOK Field in Tulsa. Each of the Tulsa starts are at 7 p.m ...
Browns to start Hoyer, not former OSU quarterback Weeden It's not yet known how long Weeden will be sidelined. He has already been sacked 11 times this seaso ...
TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
OU releases 2014 nonconference football schedule “We have always strived to feature marquee non-conference opponents on the Oklahoma schedule,” said OU ...
Tulsa World Sports Extra video Mike Brown and Barry Lewis talk about week 3 games including Broken Arrow vs. Union and Owasso at Jenks
OU Sports: With Notre Dame next, the Sooners are getting serious You can hear it in the soundtrack of OU's practice, and by what the players are saying
GUERIN EMIG Sports Writer
Get your team’s football game photos in the Tulsa World The Tulsa World is looking for photographers to shoot all the action surrounding high school football ...
OSU: Biggest Issues Addressed There's not enough evidence yet to declare that the defense has arrived, but evidence thus far is pr ...
JIMMIE TRAMEL World Sports Writer
College Football Notebook: Minnesota's Kill returns to work Minnesota's Jerry Kill has worked hard to embrace his epilepsy, becoming an outspoken advocate for research ...
JON KRAWCZYNSKI Associated Press
Chiefs' Alex Smith among new faces, new places that mark NFL's start Alex Smith is still winning in red. He's just doing it for the Chiefs these days.
DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press
NFL Notebook The NFL expects the most expensive tickets for the Super Bowl to be about $2,600 each for 9,000 premium ...
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OSU Football Notebook Two seasons ago, OSU won a Big 12 title with the aid of exceptional special teams play. One department ...
OSU Up Close: Receiver Charlie Moore Class: Senior
KELLY HINES World Sports Writer
ESPN taking GameDay to Fargo ESPN is calling an audible for its popular College GameDay show by departing from its typical large-campus ...
DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press
Pelini expects support from most Husker fans Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said Tuesday he doesn't know if he'll be disciplined for his profane rant about ...
ERIC OLSON Associated Press
OU Football Notebook: Bell assesses his first start Quarterback Blake Bell was asked to assess good things and bad things he did during his first start in ...
Football Athlete of the Week: Lane Bouse Junior returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and had 419 all-purpose yards in a 47-33 victory over Tahlequah ...
Volleyball Athlete of the Week: Paige Panter The junior setter averaged 37 assists, 9 digs, 3.5 serving aces and 2.5 kills per match to lead the Rams ...
Softball Athlete of the Week: Tori Danielson Senior catcher hit .600 (6-for-10), with two home runs - including a grand slam - and eight RBIs ...
Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Week: Haley Geissler After finishing second and third in her previous events, the sophomore triumphed in the 2-mile race at ...
Boys Cross Country Athlete of the Week: Zech Van Fleet Won his second consecutive meet, dominating the Collinsville 5,000-meter race last Thursday by a full ...
Football Athlete of the Week: Danny Slagle Senior defensive back had 21 tackles and a key fourth-quarter play in a 25-22 win over Oklahoma City ...
Cross Country Notebook Tahlequah's boys cross country team dominated the field at the Collinsville meet last Thursday, with ...
JOHN TRANCHINA World Correspondent
High School Volleyball Notebook: Edison is playing well With just a few weeks left in the regular season, Edison (19-10) is peaking at just the right time.
STACY HICKLIN World Correspondent
High School Softball Notebook: Bixby ends Muskogee's district win streak Muskogee had been unbeaten in District 6A-3 games heading into last Thursday's battle against Bixby, ...
New athletic conference formed in OKC area Ten western and Oklahoma City-area high schools have formed a new athletic conference.
Kinsler gets Texas back on track It took only one pitch Tuesday night for the Texas Rangers to take the lead in a game for the first time ...
Shaken Nationals get back to work The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff greeted players in the Washington Nationals clubhouse ...
JOSEPH WHITE Associated Press
Horse Racing: Remington Park morning line Wednesday's Post: 7 p.m.
Magazine picks OSU's Marcus Smart as national player of the year Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook has selected Oklahoma State sophomore point guard Marcus Smart ...
Woods deserves tightest scrutiny Five wins. No majors.
DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press
Volleyball: OU's McLaurin wins national honor Oklahoma senior middle blocker Sallie McLaurin was named National Player of the Week by the American ...
Staff and Wire Reports
Volleyball: OU outlasts TU 3-2 Oklahoma won the first two sets but then found itself in a battle before subduing Tulsa in five sets ...
Soccer: MIAA honors NSU goalie Woodruff Northeastern State freshman Jordan Woodruff was named MIAA women's soccer goalie of the week Tuesday ...
Gymnastics: OU women release schedule The Oklahoma Sooners, who return 21 of 24 routines from last year's national runner-up lineup, face four ...
Cross Country: OSU's Osborn wins Big 12 award David Osborn of Oklahoma State was named Big 12 runner of the week Tuesday after placing sixth at the ...
Cross country: OSU men remain No. 1 Oklahoma State's men's team was No. 1 in the nation Tuesday in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country ...
Golf: Rogers State women placed fourth Led by sophomore Kelsey Stuever's tie for 14th Tuesday, Rogers State's women's team placed fourth at ...
Golf: NSU women third at own tournament Northeastern State's women's team improved its team score by 17 strokes Tuesday and finished third in ...
Golf: Rogers State men place ninth Rogers State's men's team placed ninth out of 16 teams at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational at ...
Golf: TU men place fifth Logan McCracken led the University of Tulsa men's team to a fifth-place finish Tuesday in the Columbia ...
Golf: Sooners win GolfWeek tournament With a three-round total of 7-under 857 the University of Oklahoma men's team won the season-opening ...
Sports TV/radio schedule today A complete listing of games on television and radio.
What looked like a rugged stretch for OU doesn't look as tough now with Notre Dame, TCU and Texas struggling About the time players reported for practice last month, this three-game stretch in Oklahoma's schedule ...
For the Record: 9/18/2013 Scores, statistics, standings and information of local and national sports.
Bests and worsts of 2013: Shock improved, but was it enough? For the second straight season, the Tulsa Shock made progress. But whether it was progress enough seems ...
MIKE BROWN World Sports Writer
Investigative firm hired by OSU to look into SI allegations is the "gold standard" On Monday, Oklahoma State announced the hiring of Charles E. Smrt to lead an independent review of alleged ...
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Kelly Hines: Highlights of Deadspin Q&A with SI editors Deadspin.com hosted a chat with SI managing editor Chris Stone and executive editor Jon Wertheim on ...
John E. Hoover: Artrell Woods' story is heartbreaking, but all stemmed from choices he made How can one not have sympathy for Artrell Woods?
JOHN E. HOOVER World Sports Columnist
BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
OU Notebook: Rest and recovery The Sooners return to practice this week, but they'll take Saturday off to rest for their Sept. 28 trip ...
Ex-players Nethon, McGee say Cowboy football does care In the final chapter of "The Dirty Game," Sports Illustrated said so many players have been jettisoned ...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PHOTOS: Our favorites from Week 2 games We covered 30 schools and had more than 900 photos to choose from when we created this gallery. See what ...
Guerin Emig: Mike Stoops' rant on Gabe Lynn's targeting penalty Two days after being victimized by college football's targeting crackdown, the Oklahoma defensive coordinator ...
OSU will investigate claims made in Sports Illustrated series Citing a strong appetite for its "Dirty Game" series on Oklahoma State football, Sports Illustrated released ...
Guerin Emig: With Notre Dame next, the Sooners are getting serious You can hear it in the soundtrack of OU's practice, and by what the players are saying
The Picker: Dynasties to Dinosaurs Three giants hit the skids.
Jimmie Tramel: OSU alum who once broke neck hopes Artrell Woods and other ex-Cowboys find peace Like Artrell Woods, Andrew McGee sustained a spinal injury while at OSU. McGee is now a graduate assistant ...
Reynolds finds way back on OU team Jaz Reynolds afforded himself a quick glance at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium’s scoreboard while registering ...
Former OSU player in SI story explains what he wants: money Said Woods about wanting money, "Bottom line. That’s all. For pain and suffering. For me taking a whole ...
Former OSU player Artrell Woods says he wants to get paid Former Oklahoma State receiver Artrell Woods was a central figure in Sports Illustrated's final chapter ...
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SI: Former OSU players say they received passing grades they didn't earn The second part of Sports Illustrated's investigative series says former coach Les Miles deemphasized ...
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SI report: Ex-OSU players claim some hostesses had sex with recruits Posted almost four hours later than expected, the fourth installment in Sports Illustrated's five-part ...
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Bell-air offense After watching their son throw for more yards than any first-time starting quarterback in Oklahoma history, ...
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Big win caps OSU's bad week After one of the most unusual weeks in the history of the Oklahoma State football program - the Cowboys ...
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The Picker: What to do but pay the players? Say some kid can play a great game of football.
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SI report: OSU's drug policy lenient The theme of the day was drugs when Sports Illustrated unveiled part three in a five-part special investigative ...
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Kelly Hines: Jason Whitlock slams SI writer Thayer Evans ESPN writer Jason Whitlock had some unkind things to say about his former co-worker who helped write ...
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SI releases chapter 5 on OSU one day early The final chapter in “The Dirty Game,” alias Sports Illustrated’s five-part series on the Oklahoma State ...
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John E. Hoover: Father of late Vernon Grant on SI story: 'It tore me apart' The dead can't speak.
JOHN E. HOOVER Sports Columnist
Jimmie Tramel: SI wants to show how 'sausage is made.' Ex-OSU QB tells how interview sausage was made. Former quarterback Aso Pogi thinks he was approached by SI because of an assumption that he was mad at ...
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Prominent SI source: 'The truth will eventually come out' Former Oklahoma State running back Seymore Shaw, whose name was mentioned a dozen times in a Sports Illustrated ...
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The Picker: Dallas Pretty Much Stinks Cowboys much luckier than good.
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Third downs doom young TU defense On third-down plays Saturday against Oklahoma, the rebuilt University of Tulsa defense was rocked frequently ...
BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
Sooner QB situation crystal clear after Bell's record game The Oklahoma quarterback situation was, in its best moments, a captious event made for debate and di ...
Cowboys up a spot in latest AP poll to No. 11; Sooners remain at No. 14 The Cowboys, following their 59-3 win over FCS opponent Lamar, moved up from 12th to 11th in the poll. ...
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John E. Hoover: Two days in, here are the major problems with Sports Illustrated's report Glossing over the accusers' character qualifications and pointing fingers at dead people is just a s ...
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Late touchdown lifts Jenks past Union in Backyard Bowl Before Friday night's MidFirst Bank Backyard Bowl, Jenks senior Dylan Harding posted on Twitter, "I wanna ...
BARRY LEWIS World Sports Writer
Fath' Carter's story called into question Statements about a former Oklahoma State football player in a Sports Illustrated article published this ...
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