Sports
Clark Matthews
The rationale for Thunder GM Sam Presti to select University of Kansas center Cole Aldrich was simple: He was NBA-ready.

Features
Dean Anderson
The University of Oklahoma’s women’s basketball team and coach Sherri Coale give back to community.

Sports
Clark Matthews
Between now and Feb. 24, most discussion about the NBA will revolve around trade rumors. As that date gets closer, followers of the league will pontificate about which players are on the market. Some teams will throw in the towel for the season and shed high salaried players while other teams will seek to add one final piece that can help them.

Sports
Clark Matthews
Things could not be going much better for the Thunder organization. It has two of the brightest stars in the league, just acquired the big man it has coveted for years, and is lauded as a potential dynasty. Most importantly, the market is absolutely in love with the franchise.

Sports
Charles Martin

Easter Bonnet Classic
Saturday-Sunday Bickham Softball Complex
1800 N. Midwest Blvd., Edmond
soonerstatesoftball.com

Sports
Greg Horton
In 1984, Danny Hightower was playing ball for a minor-league team in Bradenton, Fla., a part of the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Now the athletic director at his alma mater in Owasso, he was in Major League Baseball about the time the Dominican pipeline began to gush forth with baseball talent.

Sports
Dean Anderson
OKC Barons vs. San Antonio Rampage
7 p.m. Friday
Cox Convention Center
1 Myriad Gardens
okcbarons.com
232-4625
$10-$38

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
The Namron Players go to the toilet for their latest stage production, Flush, swirling at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Stash Annex, 412 E. Main in Norman. Steward Savage’s original comedy about a longtime relationship takes place in a bathroom on New Year’s Eve; food poisoning ensues. Tickets are $7-$10. Visit namronplayers.com.

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