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By Jake Trotter Looks like new Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp is already having an impact on a unit that was awful at times last season. http://www.star-telegram.com/college_sports/story/552474. Read More

Track: Outdoor season begins March 20, 2008 Members of the Oklahoma track track team will travel up the Turner Turnpike to Tulsa on Saturday for the 2008 Tulsa Duels. Ten Sooners, five men and five women, will compete in eight individual events and on one relay. The Duels mark the first outdoor competition of the 2008 season for OU athletes. Both men’s... Read More

Tennis: OU men’s match canceled March 19, 2008 The Oklahoma Sooners (5-7) match at Jacksonville on Thursday afternoon has been cancelled due to an airline pilot shortage. OU was scheduled to play the Dolphins at 2 p.m. in Jacksonville. No new match has been set. Oklahoma is ranked No. 62 in the March 18 release of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association... Read More

Track: Six Sooners at NCAAs March 14, 2008 The Oklahoma indoor track team returns to Fayetteville, Ark., for the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The event, hosted by the University of Arkansas, will consist of two days of competition on today and Saturday. Six Sooners, four men and two women, will compete in five different events in... Read More

Softball: OU readies for road trip March 12, 2008 The No. 8 Oklahoma softball team has been in the state of Oklahoma the last two weeks and will now hit the road for a contest against No. 18 Fresno State on Thursday followed by the Capital Classic in Sacramento (March 14-16). The Sooners will first head to Fresno, Calif., on Thursday to take on No. 18 Fresno State... Read More

Tennis: Men open home schedule March 06, 2008 The Oklahoma men’s tennis (4-4) returns to action Saturday as it hosts the Memphis Tigers (5-5) at noon for the first home match of 2008 at the Headington Family Tennis Center. “We are excited to finally be playing a true home match for the first time this year,” head coach Paul Lockwood said. OU rolled... Read More

Tickets on sale for Red-White March 03, 2008 By Jake Trotter From OU: Tickets for Oklahoma’s Red/White Spring Football Game will go on sale to the public on Wednesday. The game is set for April 12 with a tentative kickoff time of 1 p.m. The tickets are $5 in advance or $10 the day of the game and are available in person at the... Read More

Rocha Big 12 baseball pitcher of the week March 03, 2008 By Jake Trotter I saw Michael Rocha pitch a couple of times in high school. He seemed like a good kid when I spoke with him and he has a lot of ability, too. If he can pitch half as well as he did against Tennessee, OU could do some damage in the Big 12 with its rotation of Stephen Porlier as the ace... Read More

Video: Roy Williams visits the Children’s Center February 29, 2008 sharedVideo(1433964642) Read More

Soccer: Sooners add assistant coach February 28, 2008 First year head soccer coach Nicole Nelson completed her staff on Wednesday, naming Graeme (pronounced Gram) Abel an assistant coach. Abel comes to Norman after coaching the past three years on the University of Nevada’s staff. “Graeme is an incredible addition to our staff,” said Nelson. “He has been... Read More

Tennis: Next up for OU – Tulsa. February 27, 2008 The No. 47 Oklahoma Sooners men’s tennis team returns to the court Thursday, Feb. 28 following a 10-day layoff. The Sooners travel up Interstate-44 to face in-state rival Tulsa (9-2) on Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. “Tulsa is an extremely talented team and this match will be the... Read More

Tennis: Women play home match Saturday February 22, 2008 The OU women’s tennis team opens the first of six straight home contests Saturday, Feb. 23, when it host Alabama at The Greens Golf and Country Club in Oklahoma City. Matches will begin at 1 p.m. This will be the fourth time the two teams have met. Alabama (3-4) currently holds a 3-0 series record over OU... Read More

Softball: Three OU players drafted February 19, 2008 The Oklahoma softball team had three players taken in the 2008 National Pro Fastpitch Senior Draft on Monday. Seniors Savannah Long, Susan Ogden and Lauren Eckermann were three of the 24 senior softball players taken in the draft. The Sooners tied Georgia Tech with the most selections by one team as each school... Read More

Today’s links: Football, softball and lacrosse February 15, 2008 Here are some links from around the web. * Does OU really care about star ratings? * Buffalo really wants Malcolm Kelly. * The fake recruit saga continues. This time with a lawsuit from his coach. * Good feature on OU softballer D.J. Mathis. Read More

OU: Gymnastics, wrestling teams compete together February 14, 2008 The No. 17 Sooners return home this Friday, Feb. 15, at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman when they host the Cal Poly Mustangs (5-6) at 7 p.m., in the first annual “Beauty and the Beast” event. The squad will share the floor with the OU women’s gymnastics team who will simultaneously compete against Big 12... Read More

Rowing: OU hires coach February 14, 2008 OU has named Leeanne Crain as the first head coach of its new rowing program. Crain has spent the last four seasons as head coach at the University of Central Florida, following a 10-year stint as coach at the University of San Diego. Crain’s appointment was announced Wednesday by OU Vice President for Sports... Read More

Volleyball: OU recruit honored February 12, 2008 Oklahoma volleyball incoming freshman setter Brianne Barker has earned another prestigious award as she was named to the AVCA High School Senior All-America Team that was released on Tuesday afternoon. Barker, an Amarillo, Texas native, was one of five prep players from the state of Texas named to the squad. It... Read More

Softball: OU has top Big 12 pitcher, player February 12, 2008 Oklahoma swept the first slate of weekly Big 12 softball awards as Amber Flores was named the Player of the Week and D.J. Mathis received the Pitcher of the Week honor, the conference announced Tuesday. Both Sooners are receiving their first career weekly accolade. It also marked the sixth time in the history of... Read More

Trotter taking football questions… February 12, 2008 By Jake Trotter Sooner fans, I’ll be taking questions from you about OU football and answering them in the newspaper every Sunday. To ask a question, send me an email at: mailto:jtrotter@oklahoman.com. Keep it brief and clean. Oh, and let me know what town you’re from. Look forward to hearing... Read More

Softball: OU opens season Tuesday against St. Greg’s February 11, 2008 The No. 5 Oklahoma softball team hosts St. Gregory’s in its home opener on Tuesday. The Sooners and Cavaliers will meet at 3:30 p.m. on Marita Hynes Field inside the OU Softball Complex. Tuesday will also feature $.50 hot dog night and every fan will receive a free 2008 team poster. Live stats of Tuesday’s... Read More

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Stephanie Kuzydym

OU Sports Reporter

Stephanie Kuzydym learned at a young age that life is a game of inches. That's just one reason why she loves football. Kuzydym joined The Oklahoman in July 2012 as a Sooners beat writer.

Before arriving in Norman, Kuzydym was an intern for the sports departments at USA TODAY, the Orlando Sentinel and South Bend (Ind.) Tribune. She was also sports editor of her college paper, the Indiana Daily Student.

Kuzydym is from small town Indiana. She graduated from the IU School of Journalism at Indiana University in May 2012.

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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.

Jason Kersey

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Jason Kersey became The Oklahoman's OU football beat writer in May 2012 after a year covering high school sports and OSU recruiting. Before joining the newspaper in November 2006 as a part-time results clerk, he covered high school football for the Newcastle Pacer. During his time with The Oklahoman, he has also coordinated Thunder coverage, worked on the copy desk and covered several NFL games, including Super Bowl XLV. A Noble High School and OU graduate, he lives in Norman.