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The Q&A;: OU wrestler Kyle Terry Fri, Mar 5, 2010 | Leave a comment Jenni Carlson: Defending Big 12 champion. That’s how you go into this weekend’s Big 12 Tournament. What’s that like? Kyle Terry: I don’t see it as any pressure. I’ve...

The future of Boynton-Moton is riding on its girls basketball team Fri, Mar 5, 2010 | Leave a comment CHOCTAW — Shartese McHenry squatted in front of her players, a couple dozen seconds left in the game and a state tournament victory hanging in the balance. The Boynton-Moton basketball coach...

Jenni Carlson: Giant leaps; no bounds for OU gymnast Mon, Mar 1, 2010 | Leave a comment NORMAN — Natasha Kelley flips and twists and cartwheels her way down the balance beam. She does it with ease. She does it with grace. She does it with a completely torn ACL, too. The Oklahoma...

Main Event: The minor league name game Sun, Feb 28, 2010 | Leave a comment Oklahoma City has a new American Hockey League team. Thing is, the team has no name. Almost three weeks after the Edmonton Oilers announced they were relocating their top minor-league affiliate...

The Q&A; with Jonathan Havercroft, OU political science professor and curling club founder Sat, Feb 27, 2010 | Leave a comment Jenni Carlson: How did a political science professor at OU become the founder of a curling club in Oklahoma? Jonathan Havercroft: I’ve been curling all my life. When I moved to Oklahoma, I...

Jenni Carlson: Edmond's Matt Donovan knows challenge that faces USA Hockey Tue, Feb 23, 2010 | Leave a comment Matt Donovan knows the challenge that faces the United States in winning hockey gold at these Olympics. He understands the difficulty for Team USA in beating the Canadians on home ice. The Oklahoma...

Nick Collison: Fan favorite Sat, Feb 20, 2010 | Leave a comment Nick Collison notices nothing different about the ovations when he checks into games at the Ford Center. His coach sure does. "When I sub for him,” Thunder coach Scott Brooks said,...

The Q&A; with three-time Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Nadia Comaneci Fri, Feb 19, 2010 | Leave a comment Jenni Carlson: I know this must be a busy week with your gymnastics meet and the health fair. But you’re used to busy weeks, right? Nadia Comaneci: I’ve just been visiting with the...

Oklahoma is here to stay despite loss Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | Leave a comment NORMAN — Ten years ago, Geno Auriemma brought his Connecticut women’s basketball team to Oklahoma for two reasons. First, as a homecoming for a pair of Oklahoma-born players. Second, as...

Main Event: UConn brings streak, mystique to state Sun, Feb 14, 2010 | Leave a comment NORMAN — Something wicked this way comes. Something wicked awesome, that is. Connecticut visits Oklahoma tonight riding a 64-game winning streak that's even more impressive than it sounds....

The sport of love: There are plenty of celebrities from our state dabbling in the Xs and Os Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | Leave a comment Sports is filled with perfect pairings — balls and strikes, size and strength, offense and defense, height and weight, grit and determination, Xs and Os. The couplings aren't limited to the...

Jim Thorpe Award: Tennessee's Eric Berry OK with 'business' of football Tue, Feb 9, 2010 | Leave a comment When Pete Carroll left Southern Cal for the NFL, everyone wondered who would take his place. Everyone but Eric Berry. "I immediately knew — ‘Oh, it’s going to be Coach...

Jenni Carlson: Jarrett Lake's football exile over Tue, Feb 2, 2010 | Leave a comment Jarrett Lake has been living in football exile. Today, he is a gridiron castout no more. On a day when thousands of high school football players across the country will sign national letters of...

Oklahoma State's James Anderson didn’t get enough help Tue, Feb 2, 2010 | Leave a comment STILLWATER — Travis Ford delivered a simple yet poignant halftime message on Monday night. "James isn’t going to be able to do this by himself,” the Oklahoma State basketball...

The Q&A; with former OSU and current Indianapolis Colt Charlie Johnson Fri, Jan 29, 2010 | Leave a comment Jenni Carlson: So many people wish the Super Bowl was this Sunday. You guys don’t need an off week, do you? Charlie Johnson: We’re going to approach this week as if we were playing on...

The changing face of the Warren Spahn Award Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | Leave a comment To understand the strong history and the bright future of the Warren Spahn Award, you need only see a photo from the first year. Warren Spahn, the former left-handed pitcher for whom the award is...

Jenni Carlson: Rough road ahead for OSU Thu, Jan 21, 2010 | Leave a comment STILLWATER — Travis Ford exhaled for a long moment as he pondered the road ahead for his team. Granted, the Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach and his Cowboys took a step in the...

Jenni Carlson: Durant is on; so is Thunder Sun, Jan 17, 2010 | Leave a comment In the midst of one of his best games of the season, Kevin Durant suddenly found himself in the face of Jermaine O’Neal. The Thunder swingman was chasing fellow superstar Dwyane Wade around...

Dez Bryant spreading the word that it's not like him to lie Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | Leave a comment Dez Bryant googled himself earlier this week. He didn’t like the results. Negative comments about the former Oklahoma State wide receiver were everywhere. They weren’t about his size,...

Jenni Carlson: It's difficult to find truth in the Texas Tech ordeal Tue, Jan 5, 2010 | Leave a comment This much we know about what led to Texas Tech firing Mike Leach — it started with wide receiver Adam James being held out of practice because of a concussion. This much we know about the...