Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Sports

The ultimate sport

The ultimate sport: Meet NonDoc’s new reporting intern

As a kid, sports ruled my life. On weekends, I played in competitive soccer tournaments. I played basketball games. Maybe there was a track meet...
spine

COVID-19 lessons from a kid with a broken spine

Days passed with a familiar feeling of emptiness.  It was painful to get out of bed, so I didn't. I had assignments to do, but...
football culture

From ‘stymie’ hits to 90 minutes, football culture changing

Rep. Mickey Dollens (D-OKC) vividly remembers his early days playing football as a kid growing up in Bartlesville. Dollens started playing tackle football in seventh...
Shaqtin A Foolvideo

TNT ‘Shaqtin A Fool’ in Thunder, Spurs series

Of all the rough nights and bad performances that can be part of a tough NBA playoff series between the OKC Thunder and the San...
Top Daug returns

All ears: OU basketball gets it right as Top Daug returns

It's finally happening: The return of the best mascot ever and all of his hype antics along with him. When Top Daug returns for...
Mammal Madness

March Mammal Madness: The cure for b-ball boredom

Because I'm not really into watching sports, it's easy for me to feel left out each year when March Madness rolls around. Everyone starts filling...
World Cup cultural differences

2022 World Cup draws cause cultural comparisons

If you didn't know — and perhaps you genuinely did not — the World Cup is happening, and the United States team is doing......
BYU in the Big 12

BYU policy on homosexuality should keep it out of Big 12

During my early years as a journalist at the State Capitol, legislators proposed a constitutional amendment recognizing marriage as a union of only one...
Baseball

Baseball: An escape from – and microcosm of – life itself

I have never been a true Sports Fan. I don't follow a team, and I cringe every time I hear a fan refer to anything...
Switzer Stitt cockfighting

Personal fowl: Switzer blitzes Stitt on rooster rumbles

Somehow, in 2023, conversations about cockfighting are still occurring at the Oklahoma State Capitol and among state leaders. Recently, Gov. Kevin Stitt ruffled feathers by...

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