Sports
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...
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...
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.)
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Sports betting could hit Oklahoma after SCOTUS ruling
Following the Monday-morning announcement of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a federal ban on sports betting, parties in Oklahoma are considering...
Little Sahara State Park: Take a minication in NW OK
Located in northwest Oklahoma – an hour and a-half from any major interstate – the biggest event in Waynoka is the annual Rattlesnake Roundup, a festival that...