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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Raegan Beers had 27 points and nine rebounds, and No. 9 Oklahoma set a school scoring record to roll past Western Carolina 122-56 on Wednesday. Beers was the AP Player of the Week for her dominant performances last week. The 6-foot-4 Oregon State transfer became the first Sooners player in 16 seasons to have back-to-back games with at least 20 points and 14 rebounds. She remained nearly unstoppable by making 12 of 14 field goals against the Catamounts. Sahara Williams scored 16 points and Skylar Vann added 15 for the S...
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy apologized on social media Tuesday, a day after he lashed out at his team's critics. Gundy is in unfamiliar territory. He has 169 wins in 20 seasons at Oklahoma State, including 18 straight bowl appearances. His team was among the favorites to contend for the Big 12 title this season, but the Cowboys are alone in last place heading into Saturday's game at TCU. The Cowboys (3-6, 0-6) have lost six in a row and must win out to avoid a losing regular season. A frustrated Gundy let loose on naysayers during his weekl...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jovantae Barnes ran for career highs of 203 yards and three touchdowns, and Oklahoma dominated Maine 59-14 on Saturday. Barnes said the day was more about the Sooners ending their three-game losing streak and getting their offense going after struggling all season. Oklahoma gained a season-high 665 yards, including 381 on the ground. "It feels good, but I can't celebrate so much," he said. "I think it's a good moment to build off of this as an offense, as a team, and go on to next week's practice and just work. So it was a...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — LaNorris Sellers passed for 175 yards and South Carolina scored two defensive touchdowns in the first quarter to set the tone in a 35-9 rout of Oklahoma on Saturday. South Carolina had nine sacks and 13 tackles for loss and held the Sooners to 291 total yards. The Gamecocks (4-3, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) got a win for their coach, former Oklahoma assistant Shane Beamer. He said returning was important, but the recovery after a 27-25 loss at then-No. 7 Alabama a week earlier was even more satisfying. "Just so happy f...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Mike Gundy's focus shifted from a reporter's question to a whirring noise that was interrupting his weekly media session. The veteran Oklahoma State football coach figured out that the sound was a failing compressor on a nearby refrigerator. "There's no way y'all can hear very good," he said. Gundy left the podium, strolled toward the nuisance and began thinking aloud, cracking jokes with reporters as he figured out what to do. After deciding the best option would be to pull the plug, the temporary handyman assisted m...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Just a month ago, the long-awaited Jackson Arnold era was underway at Oklahoma. Hopes from the team and its rabid fans were high. The former five-star quarterback seemed ready to take his place among the greats at a school that has produced four Heisman winners this century at the position. Now, Arnold is fighting for his job after turning the ball over three times in the first half against Tennessee on Saturday night. Michael Hawkins Jr. sparked the Sooners in the second half of the 25-15 loss, and now coach Brent V...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Brent Venables opened his weekly media session by rattling off several of Tulane's accomplishments over the past few years. Among them was the Green Wave's 10-game road win streak — the third best active run in the country behind Georgia and Michigan — and their 24-6 record over the past two seasons. He stayed on the most recent achievements the longest —- the Green Wave outgained Kansas State by 95 yards last week and led the 17th-ranked Wildcats 20-10 at halftime before losing 34-27 in New Orleans. Venables...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jackson Arnold ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as No. 15 Oklahoma beat Tulane 34-19 on Saturday. Arnold passed for 169 yards and ran for 97. Freshman running back Taylor Tatum caught a touchdown pass and ran for a score, and Deion Burks caught seven passes for 80 yards to help lead the Sooners. Oklahoma coach Brent Venables liked how the Sooners responded after struggling to beat Houston 16-12 in their previous game. "You go into a week where there's a lot of questions and concern, if you will, and they did a...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — It's finally Jackson Arnold's time. The former five-star quarterback opens the season as No. 16 Oklahoma's starter after waiting behind Dillon Gabriel last season. He will lead the Sooners against Temple on Friday night in his second career start. Arnold steps into a position that has produced like few others in college football. Oklahoma has featured Gabriel, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Jalen Hurts, Spencer Rattler and Caleb Williams at quarterback in the past decade. Mayfield and Murray each won the Heisman Trophy at Ok...
Oklahoma running backs coach DeMarco Murray will be suspended for one game because he contacted prospects and their families before the permissible time period. The penalties released Tuesday by the Division I Committee on Infractions also prohibit unofficial visits during the 16th-ranked Sooners' season opener at home against Temple on Friday. The school, Murray and the enforcement staff agreed that the violations occurred when Murray contacted 17 prospects over 16 months, including 65 impermissible phone calls and 36 impermissible text...
Oklahoma State has a golden opportunity to establish itself as a dominant force in the new-look Big 12. The Cowboys return most of the talent from a 10-4 team that beat Oklahoma, reached the Big 12 title game and beat Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl. Now that Oklahoma and Texas have left for the Southeastern Conference, Oklahoma State is poised to take another step in an expanded league that appears much more wide open. The 17th-ranked Cowboys have 11 starters back on offense and 10 on defense, a key reason why they were selected to finish third...
So much has changed for Oklahoma this season. The Sooners finally are joining the Southeastern Conference after years of dominating the Big 12. They have a new defensive coordinator in Zac Alley and new co-offensive coordinators in Seth Littrell and Joe Jon Finley. And they finally are making the full leap into the Jackson Arnold era at quarterback. All those factors are critical as No. 16 Oklahoma adjusts to the SEC. It's expected to be a tough road — the media picked the Sooners to finish eighth out of 16 schools, a big change from years o...
Oklahoma State running back and Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon II was arrested Sunday morning for suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. A state trooper in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, reported seeing Gordon swerving in his black 2024 Cadillac. The vehicle was clocked at 82 miles per hour in a 65 mph zone, according to a probable cause affidavit. The trooper pulled the vehicle over, smelled alcohol and found half-full bottles of vodka and tequila inside of it, according to the affidavit. Gordon, 20, was arrested and...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bye-bye Big 12, hello SEC. Texas and Oklahoma finally made their long-awaited conference switch with campus parties, carnivals, concerts and fireworks. The three-years-in-the-making switch to the Southeastern Conference for two programs that were co-founders of the Big 12 in 1996 became official Monday. And for their move to a league where "It Just Means More," Texas and Oklahoma held big celebrations Sunday and Monday. At Texas, thousands poured onto campus in near 100-degree heat Sunday for a carnival and concert with "...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Los Angeles Olympics appear to be heading to Oklahoma — about 1,300 miles east of the host city. In an effort to maximize existing facilities and keep costs down, Los Angeles organizers have proposed that softball and canoe slalom be held in Oklahoma's capital city during the 2028 Games, organizers announced Friday. The IOC executive committee has approved the venue assignments, pending approval from the City of Los Angeles. Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt said he looks forward to working with Los Angeles. "Oklahoma Cit...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma needs just one more win to make softball history. Tiare Jennings' two-run homer in the first inning sparked an 8-3 win over Texas on Wednesday night that left the Sooners one victory short of a record fourth straight Women's College World Series title. Oklahoma (58-7) had nine hits and three home runs against a Texas squad that had thrown three one-hit shutouts in three World Series games. Sooners coach Patty Gasso said the plan was to help pitcher Kelly Maxwell by scoring early. Maxwell had pitched a complete g...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Patty Gasso's Oklahoma Sooners have done it again. Oklahoma slugged its way to a record fourth straight NCAA softball title, getting a go-ahead, bases-clearing double from Cydney Sanders and beating Texas 8-4 on Thursday night for a two-game sweep of the Women's College World Series championship. The Sooners won their eighth title overall, all under coach Gasso, and moved into a tie with Arizona for the second-most World Series championships behind UCLA's 12. Jayda Coleman, Tiare Jennings, Kinzie Hansen, Rylie Boone and p...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jayda Coleman hit a game-ending homer in the eighth inning to give Oklahoma a 6-5 victory over Florida in the Women's College World Series semifinals on Tuesday, moving the Sooners into the championship series with a chance at an unprecedented fourth straight title. Coleman sent Keagan Rothrock's 154th pitch of the game just past the outstretched glove of left fielder Korbe Otis and over the fence. "I was going to take my time, really get a pitch that I wanted to see," Coleman said. "I saw middle. I knew I needed to stay t...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Florida has backed three-time defending national champion Oklahoma into a rare must-win situation. Skylar Wallace hit two home runs to lead the Gators past the Sooners 9-3 in the Women's College World Series semifinals on Monday, but Oklahoma still can win a record fourth straight national title. Because the Sooners entered the game undefeated in bracket play and the Gators had a loss in the double-elimination format, Oklahoma remains alive. Monday's game started three hours late because of rain and lightning, and the delay...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With the season on the line, Stanford's NiJaree Canady delivered the kind of performance one might expect from the best player in college softball. The sophomore threw a three-hitter and the Cardinal defeated Oklahoma State 8-0 in six innings on Friday night in an elimination game at the Women's College World Series. Canady, the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, struck out seven and walked three to bounce back from an opening loss to Texas on Thursday. She was tired, but it didn't matter. "We had conversations w...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kelly Maxwell delivered the breakout pitching performance Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso had been waiting for. Maxwell threw a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts as the three-time defending national champion Sooners beat UCLA 1-0 on Saturday to reach the Women's College World Series semifinals. Maxwell has been good all year, but not dominant like she was on Saturday. Gasso said the senior responded well to a conversation they had earlier in the day. "She has not pitched free," Gasso said. "That's what's been going on. So to see h...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Three-time defending national champion Oklahoma is one win away from going back to the Women's College World Series. Alyssa Brito went 3 for 3 with two homers and the second-seeded Sooners beat No. 15 seed Florida State 11-3 in six innings in Game 1 of the best-of-three Norman Super Regional on Thursday night. Kasidi Pickering had two hits for the Sooners (53-6), who got 11 hits from eight players. Sooners coach Patty Gasso said this was the best she has seen her team hit this season. "Top to bottom, it's hard to breathe w...
Oklahoma will need to beat a familiar opponent to earn a shot at a record fourth straight national softball title. The second-seeded Sooners (52-6) host No. 15 seed Florida State (46-14) in a best-of-three super regional series starting Thursday at Love's Field in Norman, Oklahoma. The winner advances to the Women's College World Series, which begins May 30 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. Coach Patty Gasso's Sooners beat the Seminoles in the national championship series last year and in 2021. Florida State has its own championship history under...
Former Oklahoma softball star Jocelyn Alo has signed with Athletes Unlimited for its AUX season in June. Alo is a two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year who helped Oklahoma win two national titles. She plays for the Oklahoma City Spark, but Spark owner Tina Floyd agreed to her playing for Athletes Unlimited. "Athletes Unlimited is where the world's best professional athletes compete, and few have lit up the softball field more in recent years than Jocelyn Alo, so I'm thrilled to officially welcome her to our family," Cheri Kempf,...
New Oklahoma State basketball coach Steve Lutz embraces the expectations that come with leading a program that has won two national titles and featured Hall of Fame coaches Henry Iba and Eddie Sutton. The Cowboys have reached six Final Fours, but none since 2004. The 51-year-old Lutz looks to carry the banner as Oklahoma State tries to recapture its past glory. "We have lofty, lofty goals," Lutz said Thursday during an introductory news conference at Gallagher-Iba Arena. "Legends have played on this court. Legends have practiced on this court....
