Sports
Better to be Okies than Boomers and Sooners
The term “Okie” is the presumed pejorative with which Oklahomans have been coping in one way or another since 1939 when John Steinbeck publicized...
Our precious: OU will have a new football coach soon
You may have heard: The University of Oklahoma football team needs a new head coach. Breaking news, I know, but it's been a big...
It did not have to be this way for the Big 12 Conference
It did not have to be this way for the Big 12 conference.
Last week, conference realignment hit college football again with warp speed. In...
Joe Mixon apology: ‘I let a lot of people down’
University of Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon has issued an apology for the 2014 altercation that sent a fellow OU student to the hospital...
New OU Exchange platform connects athletes, businesses for NIL deals
Lost in the shuffle of Lincoln Riley's abrupt departure and the University of Oklahoma's search for a new head football coach was a Dec....
Lacking data, Oklahoma high school concussion picture blurry
How many Oklahoma high school athletes sustain concussions each year? Although more attention is being paid to the dangers of head injuries than ever...
High school QBs penalized if they throw the ball away
Intentional grounding. Five-yard penalty from the spot of the foul. Loss of down.
Those are 14 words that no quarterback, coach or high school football...
Watch OU’s Baker Mayfield prance around gracefully
The dancing skills of OU quarterback Baker Mayfield have been well documented.
But a new video from SoonerSports.tv’s imaginative multimedia crew shows how he —...
CTE, the UFC and the dark side of combat sports
In her 48-second fight against Amanda Nunes last month, Ronda Rousey took an astonishing 23 strikes to the head.
After her second loss in a...
Understanding the science of sports-related concussions
Although the numbers may be conservative owing to under-diagnosis and underreporting, medical researchers generally accept that at least 1.6 to 3.8 million sport-related concussions...
