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Cheer Up, Here's Some More Bread

6/28/2007 2:19 PM

At football, OU was waxed by arch-rival Texas, gave up about 100 points to a terrible Oregon team, lost a bowl game: Stoops gets another raise. Assistants, too. The ... 

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Comments: 30

Stop It Already

6/25/2007 3:21 PM

July is the worst sports month of the year, hands down. Head down. Nap time. Here's the pared-down menu: Wimbledon, where they wind up playing on a surface that resembles ... 

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Comments: 20

It's Always Almost Fall Somewhere

6/21/2007 4:48 PM

It's time to talk football. One secret of successful football handicapping is avoiding the obvious unless it can't lose. Was that a joke? Maybe. Probably 95 percent ... 

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Comments: 17

Stars and Stinkers

6/18/2007 5:17 PM

You can't blame a monopoly for being full of itself. That's ESPN TV for you. Somebody said Fox Sports was still around. But it's like a regional airline -- to be ... 

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Best of the Best

6/12/2007 3:52 PM

Here are the top sporting events, in general, throughout this state's history: 1. Major golf tournaments at Southern Hills in Tulsa. 2. OU football in Norman. 3. NBA ... 

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Comments: 32

Weekend Mop-Up

6/11/2007 1:44 PM

Concerning The Sopranos, no character central to raking in more money was sent to sleep with the fishes; instead, viewers were reeled in like the fishes. As the mobsters ... 

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OKC Is Hot

6/5/2007 12:58 PM

The number one sports story of the century so far is probably Oklahoma City. It has gone from weed patch to garden spot in a relatively short period of time. It is a ... 

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Comments: 23


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From Teams 3 through 30, the NBA Is the Worst Ever. My full report. http://t.co/4rwNEndX via @tulsaworld
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Stoops finally gets the message. His legacy will rest primarily with Mike, who hasn't stopped anybody in years. http://t.co/ygpimWWg
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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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