3/31/2008 5:38 PM
While thrilled with the response to the re-name the Sonics bit, the testy reaction from certain OKC readers is somewhat surprising. Some things are obvious. One is ...
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3/27/2008 2:24 PM
Take your pick of names for the new Oklahoma City Whatevers of the National Basketball Association: The Oklahoma City Preachers. The Oklahoma City Heartlanders. The ...
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3/26/2008 2:12 PM
TiVo, or the cable company equivalent, was made for women's basketball, 80 percent of which is like rugby. When the basketball goes under the basket, it looks like a ...
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3/24/2008 3:30 PM
And so concludes arguably the worst in-state college basketball season in history. Picker's Note: TU is still playing in something like the CSI post-post-post season ...
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3/21/2008 4:54 PM
Somebody e-mailed in to say that OSU broadcast team member/slash/KOTV sports anchor John Hokum (sp?) had cast aspersions on The Picker's sports acumen. Somebody else ...
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3/19/2008 12:20 PM
Here's what you need to attend a post-season TU basketball game. Tickets. A sense of humor. TU plays in a post-season basketball tournament featuring teams that can't ...
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3/17/2008 4:36 PM
Help yourself to the following hoop tourney pearls. The dumbest suggestion of the year was made Bob Knight, who hasn't done anything in what, 15 years? He wants to add ...
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3/14/2008 2:20 PM
Here's the way TV works. You lead with the story that you consider to be the most important. Thursday, Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech in a ho-hum basketball game, and ...
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3/13/2008 4:37 PM
With all the TV, sometimes we forget just how good some sports announcers are on the radio. TU's Bruce Howard is far and away the best play-by-play announcer in the ...
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3/12/2008 2:36 PM
It's time to get tougher. 1. Local sports fans owe the nation an explanation. This city couldn't sell out a high school gym, with ORU playing for an NCAA tournament ...
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3/10/2008 5:22 PM
Stop that crying this second! What's with all the athletes weeping on camera? Healthy athletes have started crying more than six-year olds with skinned knees. The ...
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3/7/2008 1:11 PM
You can tell who is listening to sports talk radio in a car. The driver is laughing. I laughed out loud twice yesterday. First, some local sports talk radio guys working ...
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