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Boatercross featured at OKC Whitewater Festival this weekend
Question: What do you get when you combine the sport of competitive kayaking with the frenetic physical contact of snowboard cross?
Answer: boatercross.
In 2002, an...
Kevin Durant will always be our Fourth of July villain
Every hero needs a villain.
If Russell Westbrook, the Oklahoma City Thunder and our state's pathologically self-loathing masses were a caped crusader, then baby-face-turned-heel Kevin...
Boxer Alex ‘Cholo’ Saucedo: ‘This is just the beginning’
As anybody who has ever run the 800-meter hurdles can tell you, the last one is hardest to clear. June 30 at the Chesapeake...
Editorial: DJ Durkin the latest zit in college football’s unethical acne
Spotlighted by a brutal ESPN report about the culture of his program, Maryland head football coach DJ Durkin is the latest example of why...
CrossFit puts the ‘cult’ in ‘culture,’ and I love it
HOBART — I have been working out since I was 18 years old. I’ve done floor aerobics, step aerobics, spinning, yoga, distance running, triathlon...
Narrative cage match on The Sports Animal confounds meaning
(Editor's note: The following condensed excerpt from Robert Kerr's latest book, The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio, has been edited slightly for content and style.)
A...
OKC’s Saucedo trains intensely ahead of Friday’s fight
(Editor's note: The start time and broadcast details of the fight cited at the end of this article have been updated as of 10:54...
Here we are again: Tom Brady in his ninth Super Bowl
Yes, Tom Brady has now been to nine Super Bowls, and it's impressive to say the least. Also, I'm sure 95 percent of the...
Remembering OU’s 1994 College World Series champions
The year 1994 can be remembered for a lot of things: The O.J. Simpson white Bronco chase, the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan fiasco, Kurt Cobain’s...
Paul George trade report: Danilo Gallinari, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and picks
Around 1 a.m. this morning, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Oklahoma City Thunder will be trading superstar Paul George to the Los Angeles...