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DeMarco Murray going to Big D April 29, 2011 | Comment on this article

The Dallas Cowboys made DeMarco Murray the No. 71 overall pick in the NFL Draft, selecting the Oklahoma running back midway through the third round. The choice is intriguing by the Cowboys, considering they already have Marion Barber, Oklahoma native Felix Jones and Tashard Choice, who played at OU before... Read More

Power Lunch: Chat with OU football writer Jake Trotter April 29, 2011 Power Lunch: Chat with OU football writer Jake Trotter 1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post College Spring Football Recap - 4/29/2011 on Apr Read More

Sooners land commitment No. 5 April 28, 2011 OU landed its fifth verbal commitment for the Class of 2012 in Mesquite (Texas) Horn cornerback DeVante Harris, SoonerScoop.com reported Thursday night. The 5-foot-11, 160-pound Harris had offers from Kansas State, Mississippi State, SMU, Stanford and Virginia. The also have commitments from Jenks running back... Read More

Kruger upgrades roster April 27, 2011 Most believe new OU men’s basketball coach Lon Kruger will need at least one more season before the Sooners realistically are an NCAA Tournament contender. But since he was hired three weeks ago, Kruger has signed three players, including two junior college prospects that could make the Sooners one of the... Read More

DeMarco Murray on top of the world

April 27, 2011 Or on top of the Empire State Building. Murray in NYC for this week’s NFL Draft. Read More

OU caravan dates set

April 27, 2011 The Oklahoma athletics department has released the dates for the OU caravan. Here’s a look at the caravan stops and the coaches that will be in attendance: June 2 – Dallas @ Addison Event Center (football coach Bob Stoops, men’s basketball coach Lon Kruger, women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale) June 8... Read More

Sampson interviews in Houston April 26, 2011 Former OU coach Kelvin Sampson said the past two years his goal is to become an NBA head coach. According to reports in Houston, Sampson is interviewing Tuesday for the Houston Rockets vacancy. Because of his five-year NCAA ban following infractions at OU and Indiana, Sampson has little choice but to stay in the... Read More

Arent to sign on Tuesday April 25, 2011 Casey Arent, a 6-foot-10 California junior college center, is expected to officially sign with the Sooners on Tuesday. Arent visited Norman last week during his spring break at Sierra College in Sacramento. He verbally committed to OU over the weekend. An All-State California Junior College selection, Arent... Read More

Tech date revealed, rest to follow? April 20, 2011 The Big 12 Conference granted Texas Tech the “authority” to announce its conference schedule dates Wednesday morning, suggesting the Sooner conference could be revealed soon, too. Tech will travel to Norman on Oct. 22. Here’s the rest of their schedule: Sept. 3 – Texas State Sept. 10 – Open Sept. 17... Read More

Sooners add another walk-on kicker April 20, 2011 OU has added yet another preferred walk-on kicker. Sherman (Texas) High School kicker Eric Hosek will be joining the Soooners this summer, the Sherman Herald Democrat reported. Hosek’s mother, DeDe, told the Herald Democrat that an OU scout saw Hosek play against Texarkana High last fall and contacted Sherman... Read More

Power Lunch Chat Recap: Jake Trotter April 19, 2011 Chat with OU football beat writer Jake Trotter at 11 a.m. Read More

Bill could make penalties stiffer for lawbreaking agents in Oklahoma April 19, 2011 Legislation that would hit agents with stricter penalties for breaking the law passed the Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday. “Athlete agents need to have skin in the game,” said President Pro Tem Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, who co-authored HB 1586. “Currently, agents breaking the rules have little more than a slap... Read More

Video: OU’s Red-White spring game highlights April 17, 2011 3 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post robert on Apr 18, 2011 @ 2:10 pm Read More

Sooners could land pair of special recruits in 2012

April 07, 2011 IN 2004, OKLAHOMA SIGNED two of the top four players in the country in QB Rhett Bomar and RB Adrian Peterson. Bomar lasted only two years in Norman and was booted off the team for accepting payment for work he didn’t do. But Peterson went on to finish second in the Heisman race his freshman season, and is now an... Read More

Thoughts on Kruger hiring April 03, 2011 OU athletic director Joe Castiglione hiring Lon Kruger was the safe choice. Hard to find much fault with Kruger’s track record — 17 postseason appearances his past 21 college seasons, 13 NCAA Tournament apperances and is as well respected a coach as there is in college basketball. Most analysts around the... Read More

Parties Extra! --- OU President David L. Boren names President's Trophy winners

April 03, 2011 University of Oklahoma President David Boren congratulates representatives of the 2011 President’s Trophy Fraternity Winner, Sigma Phi Epsilon, (from left): President’s Trophy Chair Zach Smith, Ben Becker, Brett Bole, Matt Deimund, Boren, Crimson Club Chair Sarah Graybill .(OU photos by Robert Taylor)... Read More

Weber to stay at Illinois March 31, 2011 Illinois coach Bruce Weber will remain with the Illini the school announced in a written statement Thursday afternoon. Weber, who has coached Illinois the past eight seasons, said in the statement he received calls from other schools. Sources said one of those schools was Oklahoma. Some Illinois fans have... Read More

Tramel: BYU’s Dave Rose not interested in OU basketball job March 29, 2011 The Oklahoman sports columnist Berry Tramel says BYU coach Dave Rose isn’t interested in coaching at OU. An OU source said Rose was contacted but turned down a chance to pursue the Sooner job. Rose is a Utah lifer (except for his two years at Houston U. as part of Phi Slama Jama) and a devout Mormon. It... Read More

Virginia sports underrated March 22, 2011 You don’t think of Virginia when discussing NCAA sports powers but the Cavaliers feature one of the nation’s top spring sports programs. Virginia’s baseball team was ranked No. 1 nationally when the Sooners upset them in a Super Regional last year to advance to the College World Series. The Cavaliers once... Read More

What do you think about Bob Stoops implementing a Twitter policy? March 22, 2011 OU football coach Bob Stoops told reporters Monday he plans to implement a Twitter policy with his Sooner football team. “Guys that don’t know what they’re doing need to have it taken away. It’s hard to believe they don’t get it. They still think they’re at East Handkerchief High School, where no one... 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.