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  • Dinkins at LB, backup QB up for grabs

    John Helsley | Published: Thu, Mar 3, 2011

    by Brandon Chatmon bchatmon@opubco.com Follow me on Twitter @BChatmon There were several notable position changes as Oklahoma State released its pre-spring depth chart and roster on Thursday. Here are some of the interesting tidbits from the depth chart. Most notably, it appears Chris...

  • Weeden leads the way

    John Helsley | Published: Thu, Mar 3, 2011

    by Brandon Chatmon bchatmon@opubco.com Follow me on Twitter @BChatmon With Oklahoma State spring football beginning Monday, it’s a great time to take a closer look at the Cowboys roster. During the early days of spring football I will take a position-by-position look at the Pokes....

  • Page Steps Back To Step Up

    John Helsley | Published: Thu, Mar 3, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley Keiton Page may run hot and cold from the perimeter, partly because opponents are so focused on slowing him they’ve taken to covering him even beyond the 3-point line. So after a series of cold shooting nights, Page found...

  • WR spot is in “good hands”

    John Helsley | Published: Thu, Mar 3, 2011

    by Brandon Chatmon bchatmon@opubco.com Follow me on Twitter @BChatmon With Oklahoma State spring football beginning Monday, it’s a great time to take a closer look at the Cowboys roster. During the early days of spring football I will take a position-by-position look at the Pokes....

  • OSU-Baylor: Five Keys

    John Helsley | Published: Tue, Mar 1, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley   Senior Night in Gallagher-Iba Arena. And while a detoured season – and detoured careers of the three: Marshall Moses, Matt Pilgrim and Nick Sidorakis – probably limits some of the fuzzy feel-goodness of the...

  • OSU-Tech: Five Keys

    John Helsley | Published: Sat, Feb 26, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley   The Cowboys have lost four straight and fallen out of NCAA Tournament at-large consideration. And the tone around the team is taking on a build-for-the-future feel. And yet, there are still games to be played and...

  • OSU Hoops: What Now?

    John Helsley | Published: Thu, Feb 24, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley The Cowboys have lost four straight and by all accounts dropped from NCAA Tournament consideration, confirming the disappointment that has surrounded the program for much of the past two months. So, what now for OSU, with...

  • Power Lunch Chat Recap: John Helsley

    Published: Wed, Feb 23, 2011

    Chat with OSU basketball beat writer John Helsley at 11 a.m.

  • OSU Hoops Recruiting Back On

    John Helsley | Published: Sun, Feb 20, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on twitter @jjhelsley The news that Travis Ford and Co. were cutting ties with Juco forward Karron Johnson came as no surprise. And it shouldn’t be regretted. The Cowboys chased Johnson a long time and there was promise when he signed a letter...

  • OSU-Texas A&M: Five Keys

    John Helsley | Published: Sat, Feb 19, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley   The term must-win has been following the Cowboys around for what seems like months now. Now in the final stretch run, with five games to play and OSU’s Big 12 record at 4-7, the Pokes play Texas A&M tonight...

  • OSU-Texas: Five Keys

    John Helsley | Published: Wed, Feb 16, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley   The Cowboys appear to be walking into an ambush tonight, with No. 3 Texas in pursuit of perfection and perhaps the No. 1 ranking in the land. The Horns probably should have been elevated to the top spot already,...

  • Time For The Cowboys To Help Themselves

    John Helsley | Published: Tue, Feb 15, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley The Cowboys aren’t getting any help in their hopes – dreams? – of becoming an NCAA Tournament team. Kansas State, bouncing along the bubble with OSU, figured to absorb a blow Monday night against newly-minted No. 1...

  • Power Lunch Chat Recap: John Helsley

    NewsOK.com Sports Staff | Published: Tue, Feb 15, 2011

    Chat with OSU basketball beat writer John Helsley at 11 a.m.

  • Gundy is Bieber; Bieber is Gundy

    John Helsley | Published: Mon, Feb 14, 2011

    So on Saturday night, a link to this video popped into my e-mail inbox: That video alone was enough to keep me and several folks at my house on Saturday amused for a good while. The folks with kids old enough to like Justin Bieber especially liked it. It even prompted a few of them to change...

  • OSU at Nebraska: 5 Keys

    John Helsley | Published: Sat, Feb 12, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley   OK, so the magic number for NCAA Tournament inclusion may have dropped to 8 in the Big 12, if the league gets the six bids it is projected to receive. That’s good news for Oklahoma State, which is 4-5 and faces...

  • Cowboys and Bubble Talk

    John Helsley | Published: Wed, Feb 9, 2011

    By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley We’ve reached the point where bracketology begins to mean something. Before February, it’s all good fun, yet hardly a true projection of what to expect with March Madness. But now, beyond the midpoint of conference play,...

  • OSU 36, Arizona 10: Thoughts and observations

    John Helsley | Published: Thu, Dec 30, 2010

    by Brandon Chatmon bchatmon@opubco.com Follow me on Twitter @BChatmon —    Did you expect anything less from this Oklahoma State team? They did what they were supposed to do, which is win comfortably against a team they are better than. —    It was clear...

  • Illegal pitches and upsets at Women's College World Series

    David Morris | Published: Fri, Jun 4, 2010

    OSU softball star Mariah Gearhart joined me in the OPUBCO Studios this morning to knock out some quick analysis of Game 1 action and to preview tonight’s two games.

  • Oklahoma State University Geography Department's alums celebrate

    Helen Ford Wallace | Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

    Brent Payne and Jennifer Spencer were at the event. (Photos provided).

  • Orange you stoked about free Whataburgers?

    David Cathey | Published: Thu, Nov 5, 2009

    With Bedlam football lurking, Cowboy fans will enter the game one-up on Sooner fans, thanks to Whataburger. On Tuesday, Nov. 10, Whataburgers around the globe will offer free burgers to those that dine in between 5 and 8 p.m. But the catch is you must show up dressed head-to-toe in orange....



The OSU Bloggers

Gina Mizell


OSU Sports Reporter

Gina Mizell joined The Oklahoman in August of 2011 as the Oklahoma State beat writer, where she covered the Cowboys' historic run to the Big 12 championship and Fiesta Bowl in her first season on the job.

Before arriving in Stillwater, Gina was the Padres' Associate Reporter for MLB.com and a sports reporter/columnist at the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Best of the West journalism contest, the Arizona Newspapers Association and the Association for Women in Sports Media.

Gina is a Phoenix native and graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in 2010.

John Helsley


OSU Reporter Sr.

John Helsley grew up in Del City, reading all the newspapers and sports magazines he could get his hands on. And Saturday afternoons, when the Major League Game of the Week was on, he'd keep a scorecard for the game. So the sports appeal was was deep-rooted at an early age.

Mrs. Jackson, an English/Journalism teacher at Del City High, plucked him for the school paper, The Eagle Beacon, and John was hooked. While he detoured through a brief accounting career, John returned to college (Central Oklahoma) for a second degree and a second career that has seen him cover everything from the preps to the pros at The Oklahoman.

John lives in Edmond with his wife Roberta and two daughters, Sarah and Jillian, who are keeping the family tradition of cheering for the baseball team with the birds on the bat.

Anthony Slater


Reporter
Anthony Slater has been NewsOK.com's lead sports blogger since the summer of 2012, covering Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Before that, he covered OSU athletics for The Daily O'Collegian, working as the sports editor and beat writer for football and men's basketball. Originally from Northern California, he has lived in Oklahoma the past three years.


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