• Oklahoma football: Blake Bell still loved in hometown of Wichita

    BY BERRY TRAMEL | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

    COMMENTARY — Bob Stoops won't say it for certain, but it looks like Bell is the front-runner to be OU's quarterback in 2013.

  • Oklahoma State basketball: Re-filling Gallagher-Iba Arena the goal

    Berry Tramel | Updated: 10 hr ago

    Back in the Eddie Sutton heyday, an OSU basketball ticket was gold. Great teams. Miniature arena. Fabulous atmosphere. You got a chance to go see Sutton’s Cowboys, you didn’t let the tickets lie dormant on the countertop. That was then. Now, OSU is in the same pickle much of college...

  • Power Lunch: Chat with Berry Tramel

    Anthony Slater | Published: Wed, Jun 19, 2013

  • NBA Finals: Even Gregg Popovich is human

    Berry Tramel | Updated: 18 hr ago

    Gregg Popovich is as good a pick as any as the world’s best basketball coach. But he outsmarted himself in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. It happens. It’s not a big deal, other than being such a big deal it likely will cost the Spurs their fifth NBA championship.

  • Oklahoma State football: Mike Gundy lifts Wes Lunt restrictions, but too late

    Berry Tramel | Updated: Tue, Jun 18, 2013

    Mike Gundy relaxed his restrictions on transferring quarterback Wes Lunt but too late to give Lunt any concrete options beyond Louisville and Illinois, Lunt told Illinois sports station WFMB. Lunt is transferring from OSU to Illinois and sat down for an excellent interview on channel1450.com, a...

  • Oklahoma State football: A stunning success story at the box office

    BY BERRY TRAMEL | Updated: Tue, Jun 18, 2013

    Athletic director Mike Holder says when OSU sells out the stadium via season tickets, no longer will fans have to buy season tickets to get a premium game, such as Bedlam.

  • College football: Ranking the Big East non-conference schedules

    Berry Tramel | Updated: Tue, Jun 18, 2013

    Time to analyze Big East football’s non-conference schedules. Why? Because for one last year, the Big East has an automatic berth to the BCS. One of these teams will play in a major bowl. Next year, when Louisville and Rutgers move on to the ACC and Big Ten, respectively, this conference...

  • NBA Finals: Spurs over Heat would be no upset

    Berry Tramel | Published: Tue, Jun 18, 2013

    The NBA Finals can end Tuesday night, and should the Spurs beat the Heat in Game 6, or in a potential Game 7 Thursday night, it would be considered a big upset. Not because San Antonio is some Cinderella story, but because the Heat is considered an historically great team.



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Berry Tramel


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Berry Tramel, a lifelong Oklahoman, sports fan and newspaper reader, joined The Oklahoman in 1991 and has served as beat writer, assistant sports editor, sports editor and columnist.

Tramel grew up reading four daily newspapers — The Oklahoman, the Oklahoma City Times, the Norman Transcript and the Oklahoma Journal — and entered the newspaper business at the age of 17, with the Transcript in 1978. His first game assignment was the Lexington-Elmore City high school football game, and he has enjoyed the journey ever since, from high school wrestling duals and regional track meets to Orange Bowls and the NBA playoffs.

Tramel was born and raised in Norman, Okla. He and his wife, Tricia, were married in 1980 and live in Norman near their daughter, son-in-law and three granddaughters.

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