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

    Berry Tramel | Updated: 3 hr ago

    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: 3 hr ago

    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: 10 hr ago

    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.

  • OKC Thunder: Scott Brooks could learn from NBA Finals

    BY BERRY TRAMEL | Published: Mon, Jun 17, 2013

    COMMENTARY — Miami coach Erik Spoelstra and San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich haven't been afraid to change their starting lineups in the NBA Finals, unlike Thunder coach Scott Brooks.

  • Oklahoma football: Jimmy Stevens' Florida State kick remembered

    Berry Tramel | Yesterday

    Jimmy Stevens’ final field goal as the Oklahoma kicker was his most memorable. At least in the minds of OU fans. On Sept. 17, 2011, Stevens kicked a 31-yard field goal to give OU a 23-13 lead at Florida State, with just 2:01 left in the game.

  • College football: Ranking Pac-12 non-conference schedules

    Berry Tramel | Yesterday

    The Pac-12 traditionally plays excellent non-conference schedules. But in 2013, that’s not necessarily the case. Just like every other league, some schools produce, some don’t. 1. Arizona State: Sacramento State, Wisconsin, Notre Dame at Arlington, Texas. Wow. Hosting Rose Bowl regular...

  • NBA Finals: Danny Green making history

    Berry Tramel | Yesterday

    Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Danny Green. Do those names go together? How about Jerry West, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal and Danny Green? Or Kobe Bryant, Larry Bird, Rick Barry and Danny Green? Or Moses Malone, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James and Danny Green?



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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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