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Important Headlines

3/30/2009 5:30 PM

Here are the big stories from the weekend. POSING AND FLEXING. Coaches who mug for the camera, and players who pose after dunks, seldom if ever win the big ones. THE ... 

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Picker Owns Memphis; Moves to Wall Street

3/27/2009 12:59 PM

Would some of you please do us a big favor? Quit being so dumb. Not the media. There's little to no hope for the media, which exists in a Homeric (as in homer) stuffy ... 

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Lock of the Millennium; Upset of the Millennium

3/23/2009 4:55 PM

Recently we gave you as our Lock of the Half Century, Oklahoma State over OU in hoops. Here's one bigger: Syracuse over OU! There aren't enough exclamation points in ... 

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Best College Hoop Coach in Oklahoma?

3/20/2009 2:12 PM

Which is the best basketball team in the state? Could be OU. Could be OSU. Who is the best coach? Could be Travis Ford. Could be Jeff Capel. Tell you next week. ... 

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Little East

3/19/2009 2:51 PM

We'll go against the Eastern Sports Promotionan Network (ESPN) in this one: The Big East is vastly overrated. The lowly Aggies could take out Ucon. Seriously. The ... 

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Most Overrated, OU, OU or OU?

3/16/2009 5:03 PM

Here's an interesting question. Who coaches the most overrated team: Bob Stoops? Sherri Coale? Jeff Capel? There's no denying OU has been vastly overrated across ... 

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Most Overrated, OU, OU or OU?

3/16/2009 4:37 PM

 

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Read the latest Picker column

3/16/2009 9:00 AM

Something shocking has transpired on both the pages and screens of the Tulsa World sports empire; shocking in a positive way. Beginning with the college football bowl ... 

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Ford Out-Coaches Capel; Picker Out-Picks Universe

3/13/2009 1:41 PM

Thanks to one of the worst coaching jobs in recent memory, with a major assist to one of the worst guard-passing performances in long-term memory, our pick of Oklahoma ... 

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Bill Self Is theCoach of Last Year

3/12/2009 1:55 PM

Why don't they wait until the tournament is over before picking all-star teams and coaches? The tournament gets the automatic bid and is therefore more important than ... 

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OU Doesn't Want NCAA Tourney History!

3/9/2009 4:25 PM

OU would probably be better off not going in as a top seed into the NCAA basketball tournament. Here's why. It could be the first number 1 seed to lose to a number ... 

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Sludge Brain On Line Two

3/5/2009 2:10 PM

We hit another huge one, Missouri over OU, no news there -- 18 of the last 19 against the point spread. The big news is: could so many people possible get any dumber? ... 

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The Picker began entertaining – and infuriating – sports fans in 1993. Each week during football season, he writes about his picks of college and NFL games in his Thursday Sports column. He's never afraid of sharing his opinions about the game and the personalities who play it. Readers have a chance to go against him each season in the Outpick the Picker contest. He welcomes the competition.

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From Teams 3 through 30, the NBA Is the Worst Ever. My full report. http://t.co/4rwNEndX via @tulsaworld
1 day ago
Stoops finally gets the message. His legacy will rest primarily with Mike, who hasn't stopped anybody in years. http://t.co/ygpimWWg
3 days ago
Why would Tony "Turnover" Romo playing world-class great golf upset anybody? Cowboy fans are upset year-round. http://t.co/KQ4DsKxP
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A suggestion before all those fishermen end up at the #Bassmaster Classic: Think like a crook. http://t.co/3sQI4leC via @tulsaworld
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Landry might get sacked again at NFL Draft. Maybe it's not best for great players to return for another year at #OU. http://t.co/ybV2RTya
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None of the real greats -- Magic, Michael, Bird, LeBron, Durant, Duncan -- is mad all the time. Hear me, Westbrook? http://t.co/qxqt4jq6
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