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Jay C. Upchurch
At this past weekend's 2007 NCAA Track and Field Championships, a record 22 Sooners competed and 14 returned home with All-America honors. That second number matches the combined school ...

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Jay C. Upchurch
There was a time when the mere mention of Winford Boynes' name automatically raised debate as to whether or not he is the best basketball player the state of Oklahoma has ever produced. That beg...

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The local sports scene is offering plenty of alternatives to all of the folks going through recent NBA withdrawals. There's probably nothing on the slate fully capable of replacing t...

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Jay C. Upchurch
Having announced plans for a women's rowing program, the University of Oklahoma will join more than 80 other Division I schools already competing in varsity rowing, a sport traditionally limited...

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On May 10, Dale Earnhardt Jr. officially announced he will leave his father's racing team at the end of the 2008 race season. While Earnhardt Jr. realizes there might be some negativ...

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On Sunday " in the kind of dramatic fashion only the Yankees can conjure up " Roger Clemens stood up with a microphone at Yankee Stadium and announced himself as the savior to all who we...

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On May 6, 1989, a thoroughbred named Clever Trevor became the first and only Oklahoma-bred horse to ever run in the Kentucky Derby.   He finished 13th, but became the first accredited Oklahoma-bred to...

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If one believes the so-called experts, University of Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson is the third-best prospect available heading into Saturday's 2007 National Football League draft. T...

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Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Major League Baseball's first commissioner, gave baseball a black eye in his 24-year run in that office. "For 24 years, Judge Landis wouldn't let a black man play. I had his ...

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Willie Franklin was thrilled with the opportunity to play football at the University of Oklahoma and for the Baltimore Colts in the Seventies, but something was still missing from his life. "I found...

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On Nov. 3, 1955, with a crowd of more than 8,000, Douglass faced off against Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City's first integrated high school sporting event. The long-awaited matchup served to bridge th...

Music
Jay C. Upchurch
Carrie Webber is part rock, pop, folk, blues, funk and country. Even if she's hard to label, one well-respected local music source said she's the real deal.   "Whatever Carrie decides to sing " no mat...

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Jay C. Upchurch
While artists such as Elvis Costello and Sting recently have dabbled in classical music, four classically trained Oklahoma City musicians have joined forces to form what they call a "rock string quart...