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Take the OU Hoop Job: Please

3/30/2011 3:07 PM

Could there be a tougher big-time sell than the OU hoop job?

The OKC Thunder is good and figures to stay that way. Tickets aren't cheap.

The NCAA is taking ... 

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Comments: 16

Self and Stoops; How Low Can ESPN Go?

3/28/2011 11:26 AM

What do Self and Stoops have in common?

Quite a bit.

One, they operate in small towns and have an adoring local media comprised of big fans that say they'll ... 

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Comments: 24

You're Welcome

3/25/2011 11:44 AM

Sutton to Missouri?

For a vacation?

We absolutely endorse it. Great fishing, decent roads, fewer than usual homicidal maniacs.

Enjoy.

What's that ... 

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Comments: 12

Bad Hire for Ark Hoops?

3/24/2011 1:48 PM

Probably.

Anderson was 1-9 versus Kansas while at Mo., and he's the answer at Arkansas?

The press until you drop style of play is good at home, rotten on the ... 

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Comments: 7

Cruel and Unusual TU Football Schedule?

3/23/2011 1:41 PM

Here's what you people who sponge off the internet miss.

Check that, here's what you people who get the sports off the internet miss: Opening the pages and scanning ... 

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Comments: 20

Come Back KU

3/22/2011 3:17 PM

One thing we haven't heard enough from the City is: THANK YOU KANSAS!

Without KU basketball, somebody would have been playing in front of 10,000, with a national ... 

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Comments: 10

Vitale, Bilas Foul Out

3/21/2011 11:09 AM

The big winner in the NCAA basketball tournament so far?

The big loser?

The answers are related.

The winner is the public.

The biggest loser in the ... 

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Comments: 11

Memphis Suffers

3/18/2011 4:40 PM

Memphis got rooked in the big tourney.

On the final possession, the Memphis player was fouled at least once, maybe twice.

That's because in the tournament, ... 

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Comments: 11

TU Doesn't Shoot and Scores

3/16/2011 1:28 PM

After turning in another lousy year of basketball, the TU athletic director went begging for the NIT for losers and was turned down.

TU then turned down two more ... 

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Comments: 8

Enough Already TU AD

3/13/2011 7:08 PM

It was reported in this newspaper that the TU athletic director was campaigning with vigor to get the Tulsa basketball team into the NIT, a competition for also-rans.

This ... 

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Comments: 22

Rings Around the Orange

3/9/2011 3:11 PM

Oklahoma State just got itself some rings for losing the Big 12 South tiebreaker to Oklahoma in football.

It also lost its game to Oklahoma in Stillwater.

Ordering ... 

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Comments: 43

Hey Coach, Who's on Second?

3/7/2011 2:36 PM

'Hey Kobe, to what do you owe your 25-point halftime lead?'
'We were aggressive.'
'Excuse me, LeBron, how come you're down 33 at the half?'
'We need to be more ... 

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Comments: 12


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