OU baseball tops Pepperdine to win season-opener

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:04 AM PST

Oklahoma rallied from an early deficit to win 4-3 over Pepperdine in the Sooners' season-opener Friday at Pepperdine, Calif.

Women's basketball: Oklahoma at Iowa State

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:57 AM PST

Notes: The Sooners take theirrevamped lineup to Ames,seeking their second straightvictory with Jelena Cerina,Kaylon Williams and SharaneCampbell starting. Coach SherriCoale made the ...

OU, Iowa State players from Stringtown to meet on court

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 02:35 AM PST

Growing up in Stringtown meant video games and school for C.J. Washington and Tyrus McGee. It meant cruising Atoka, or catching a movie in McAlester or Durant.

NFL Scouting Combine: A look at local athletes

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 01:38 AM PST

Prospects began arriving in Indianapolis on Wednesday for the NFL Scouting Combine. Seven players from Oklahoma and six from Oklahoma State will be among the 300-plus athletes at Lucas Oil Stadium for ...

Hand doing more of her leading by example, taking over offense

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

The Oklahoma women are in an admirable position. Following Wednesday night’s furious come-from-behind victory over Kansas State, the Sooners are on schedule to build toward the postseason, with every chance to earn the No. 2 seed at the ...

Sooners win diamond opener

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

MALIBU, Calif. — Oklahoma is counting on its recruiting class to carry it to big things this season. It came through in Friday’s season-opening 4-3 victory over Pepperdine....

Reality setting in for Sooners

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

Two months ago, Oklahoma never would have believed it could be stuck in its current position: alone in ninth place in the Big 12 Conference and mired in a five-game losing streak....

Frosh gives team a spark

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:49 PM PST

The Oklahoma softball team opened up the Big 12/ACC/SEC Challenge in Auburn, Ala. with a 10-0 run-rule victory over Virginia Tech on Friday, courtesy of another strong game from freshman Lauren Chamberlain....

Oklahoma @ Iowa St. - Sooners' Keys To The Game

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:58 PM PST

As the Oklahoma Sooners continue to slide, they will be looking to best what last years squad was capable of. The remainder of the schedule leaves very little opportunity for those wins. The game against the Iowa St. Cyclones is on the road, a place where the Sooners have had real struggles. OU's...

Jake Trotter's Mailbag: Analyzing the schedule

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:33 PM PST

(ESPN SoonerNation) How do you see the running back rotation working out in 2012? Who will be the starter on the first depth chart in March?....

Willie Martinez named new assistant football coach at Auburn

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:10 PM PST

(WBRC-TV - Birmingham AL) AUBURN - Willie Martinez, who has over 20 years of experience on the collegiate level, including nine years in the Southeastern Conference, has been named a defensive assistant coach at Auburn, head coach Gene Chizik announced Friday....

TCU football: The shine is off the Big 12 move

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:04 PM PST

(by Berry Tramel) What a week for Big 12 football. West Virginia gets official clearance to come into the league, the schedule is released — then the bottom falls out of maybe the only feel-good story about conference realignment. Scandal struck the solid program at TCU....

Weekend Baseball Game Thread - #14 Oklahoma At Pepperdine

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:00 PM PST

Location: Malibu, California Radio: KREF 1400 AM Webcast: PepperdineSports.com Game 1: Friday February 17 4:00 PM (CST) Game 2: Saturday February 18 3:00 PM (CST) Game 3: Sunday February 19 1:00 PM (CST) Sooners Win Game One 4-3 - Oklahoma fell into a hole early when the Wave scored runs in...

West Virginia AD Oliver Luck equates Big 12 transition to divorce: It's expensive because it’s worth it

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:45 PM PST

(by Eric Schmoldt/Sports Radio Interviews) While some teams have been unable to orchestrate switching conferences due to buyouts and such, West Virginia announced this week that it settled a lawsuit with the Big East in order to make the move to the Big 12 this fall....

As If You Needed Further Proof That Adrian Peterson Was Super Human

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:28 AM PST

As If You Needed Further Proof That Adrian Peterson Was Super Human Just two months after ACL surgery, the former Sooner great is telling people that he'll be ready to start running again by the end of the month.

OU Softball Taking Part In ACC/Big 12/SEC Challenge

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:32 AM PST

The OU softball team is taking part in the ACC/Big 12/SEC Challenge this weekend in Alabama and will open up play Friday afternoon at 12:30pm CST. The tournament will provide a good early season test for the #4 ranked Sooners who are looking to do big things this year with a powerful lineup and a...

The Sooners Road To Omaha, Begins Now

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST

Baseball season is now upon us, Sooner Nation. And The Sooners are in Malibu, California this weekend to take on a three game series with Pepperdine. Oklahoma’s road opener is the seventh time in nine years that the Sooners opened away from Norman. OU is ranked No. 14 by the NCBWA, No. 15 by...

OU Football Recruiting - Five Star QB Tyrone Swoopes No Longer In The Mix For Sooners After Committing To Texas

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST

The Longhorns might not have got many commitments on the actual day of their first Junior Day, but the days that followed have produced a number of substantial additions. Today being no exception with the word that five star quarterback Tyrone Swoopes confirmed to multiple recruiting services that...

The shame of OU's football schedule

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:44 AM PST

If you're a powerhouse football program and you're going to schedule an FCS patsy, the least you can do is make that FCS patsy entertaining. That's why I considered it a stroke of genius for Oklahoma to ......

OU track and field: All-Americans come long way to join Sooners

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:28 PM PST

More than 2,500 miles separate the fertile river valley of Laurel, Mont., from the heavy foliage of Bangor, Maine, and the combined population of these two communities is less than half than that of Norman. Yet, two of these cities’ native sons now lace up their spikes at OU.

OU softball: Sooners head south for pair of doubleheaders

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:11 PM PST

Following a perfect start during the team’s season opening games, OU softball(5-0) travels south to face a pair of doubleheader contests, including two, top-25 teams this weekend in the ACC/Big 12/SEC Challenge in Auburn, Ala.

Women's gymnastics: Sooners to take on No. 16 Missouri on the road

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:09 PM PST

For the second week in a row, the OU women’s gymnastics team will face a Big 12 opponent. Only this time, it may be the last regular-season matchup in a while.

OU baseball: Sooners prepare to step up to the plate against Pepperdine

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:06 PM PST

The No. 14 OU baseball team opens its season with a three-game series against the Pepperdine Waves at 4 p.m. today in Malibu, Calif. Sophomore left-hander Dillon Overton will take the mound as the opening-day starter.