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No Shortcuts for Sooners

7/26/2011 12:44 PM


Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said players cannot feel entitled to winning. They have to earn it.

That is the key to Stoops’ success at OU.

He doesn’t let his teams ... 

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Turner's Big Kansas Adventure

7/26/2011 11:39 AM

Kansas coach Turner Gill faced plenty of adversity in his first season with the Jayhawks.

But, it was Gill watching how his team reacted to adversity that was the ... 

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Tuberville's Tough Tech Task

7/26/2011 11:15 AM

Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said the Big 12 will miss Nebraska and Colorado but the league will miss its championship game the most.

He believes it is a strong ... 

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Sooners Get the Big 12 Spotlight

7/26/2011 9:34 AM

The Big 12 Conference didn’t plan its media day very well as far as spreading out the top teams.

On Monday, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor and Missouri ... 

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Time to Pay the Players

7/25/2011 3:54 PM

The five coaches at Big 12 Media Day on Monday seemed to be in support of some type of payment to players if the issue can be clearly defined.

No one had a definite ... 

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Mack Defends Longhorn Network

7/25/2011 2:07 PM

Texas coach Mack Brown, as expected and as he should, defended the Longhorn Network and everything about it when he met reporters at the Big 12 Football Media Days on ... 

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Gundy Expects Offense to Keep Rolling

7/25/2011 12:04 PM

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy fielded several questions about the change at offensive coordinator during his session with the writers at the Big 12 Football Media Days ... 

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Aggies Need a Quick Start Against OSU, Hogs

7/25/2011 11:37 AM

Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman was the first Big 12 Conference coach to meet with the print media at the Big 12 Football Media Days on Monday.
It didn’t take him long ... 

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Texas TV is Big 12 Hot Topic

7/25/2011 9:44 AM

Writers and broadcasters gathered in a north Dallas hotel on Monday morning for Big 12 Conference football media days.
It is supposed to be about the upcoming football ... 

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Finding a Deal to Save Big 12

7/24/2011 9:54 AM

It took barely a year for the Big 12 Conference to appear once again in danger of falling apart.
Texas A&M is the most vocal but there is concern all around the league ... 

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Less NCAA Rules, Not More

7/21/2011 3:02 PM

Proposals to make academic requirements tougher for college recruits would not seem to be a good idea.
At a time when colleges should be looking at ways to make NCAA ... 

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Forget Boom, Soccer Continues Slow Climb

7/18/2011 11:10 AM

The U.S. Women’s soccer team was heavily favored to win the FIFA Women’s World CUP, pretty much outplayed the Japanese for much of the match but did not win.
Japan, ... 

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Tulsa World senior sports columnist John Klein is in his fourth decade of covering sports. He started his newspaper career at The Daily Ardmoreite in 1977 and moved to the Tulsa World in 1978. He served 10 years as sports editor for the Tulsa World before being named to his current position in 2005. He also spent five years as the Southwest Conference beat writer for the Houston Post. He has won many writing awards and is a former Oklahoma Sports Writer of the Year.

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