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NORMAN — Last year was last year, said Arizona coach Mike Candrea, adding that he’s focused on a new year and a new team. But his players said during Thursday’s news conference that revenge is on their minds as they prepare to face the Sooners in a Super Regional, which begins with Game...

NORMAN — Arizona softball coach Mike Candrea briefly mentioned early in his Thursday news conference the importance of “not getting swallowed up in the past of Arizona softball.” Last season, the Wildcats lost to OU at home in a Super Regional, meaning Arizona missed the Women’s...

NORMAN — Today begins my countdown of the worst losses and best wins of the Bob Stoops era at Oklahoma. Each Friday at 10 a.m., I’ll release that week’s worst loss. Three hours later at 1 p.m., you’ll get that week’s best win. I’ll post the score, where it was played and why I...

NORMAN — We are 15 weeks from Oklahoma’s football season opener on Saturday, Sept. 1 at UTEP. And so, to make your weeks a little more bearable until then, I will bring you two countdowns on the OU sports blog: The 15 worst OU football losses in the Bob Stoops era, and the 15 best wins in...

NORMAN — Patty Gasso insisted Thursday she isn’t thinking about the past as it relates to her softball team’s on-field success. Oklahoma won a Super Regional at Arizona last season to advance to the Women’s College World Series. This year, the Wildcats visit Norman for a Super...

Power Lunch Chat with Ryan Aber: Big 12 baseball tournament

NORMAN — Former Oklahoma tight end Trent Smith took a trip down memory lane Tuesday when I visited with him for a story about the Sooners’ inexperienced receivers. After doing some research, I discovered this really was the least experienced receiver/tight end group OU has had since Bob...

NORMAN — I’m quite possibly the worst golfer on the planet, so I’m not one to point out flaws in another person’s swing. This however, is really funny. Former Oklahoma and current Washington Redskins offensive lineman Trent Williams played in the Leukemia Golf Classic, hosted by his...

NORMAN — Future Oklahoma receiver Durron Neal, who will be a true freshman in the fall, is excited to get to Norman and start his career as a Sooner. But first, he’s got this weekend’s Missouri state track meet, where he’ll run the 100-meter dash. He qualified at Saturday’s...

NORMAN — Oklahoma picked up a commitment from quarterback Cody Thomas (Colleyville, Texas) last week, presumably wrapping up its recruitment of the position for the class of 2013. The biggest questionmark about such a commitment is his potential professional baseball career. Thomas...

Bill Stewart died Monday at the age of 59. He died with the notoriety of having coached West Virginia football for three seasons plus one game. One memorable game. Stewart was interim coach of the Mountaineers when they routed OU 48-28 in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan.2, 2008. The next morning,...

NORMAN — Oklahoma signed yet another receiver to its class of 2012 Saturday with the addition of East Mississippi Community College’s LaColtan Bester. Including Trey Metoyer, the sensational true freshman who is already on campus, and junior college transfer Courtney Gardner, who still has...

NORMAN — The College Football Live roundtable Monday on ESPN featured Oklahoma. They talked receivers, Landry Jones, getting the “swagger” back on defense under Mike Stoops and more. One thing I found interesting: Nowhere in the discussion about wide receivers was it mentioned that...

OU linebacker Brian Bosworth takes a breather during spring football drills. Staff photo by Jim Argo taken 4/5/86; The new College Football Hall of Fame class was announced Tuesday. Jimmy Johnson made it, for his remarkable five-year run at Miami U. Brian Bosworth did not, even though he...

The Cowboys and Sooners slide into the regular season's final weekend needing wins. By John Helsley jhelsley@opubco.com follow on Twitter @jjhelsley  As we head into the final Big 12 baseball weekend, the focus for the state schools must be on winning. It’s paramount to NCAA...

Bob Stoops’ get-tough policy of last December, when several Sooners were kicked off the team, has continued. Stoops has suspended receivers Trey Franks, Jaz Reynolds and Kameel Jackson, plus defensive back Quentin Hayes. Franks’ suspension reportedly is for the entire season. Too early to...

I was looking at a list of Big 12 football coaches the other day, and it included ages. And I was stunned. Mike Gundy, we still think of as a young coach. He’s 44. But we don’t really think of Bob Stoops as a young coach anymore. He’s coming up on his 14th season leading the Sooners. But...

My friend Ed Frost — who is your friend, too, since he supplies me with all kinds of great insight and nuggets as an OU historian — wrote me Friday to tell me of the death of Bob Reeds. I didn’t know Reeds, and there’s no reason for you to have ever heard of him. But he was a great...

OU coaching legend Barry Switzer and Heisman winner Billy Sims were guests at the Mountaineer Athletic Club Coaches Caravan in Wheeling, W.Va., and shared some thoughts on West Virginia entering the Big 12 Conference, according to West Virginia station Metro News. Switzer even went so far as...

There’s a changing of the Sooner stars in Norman this summer. Sam Bradford is replacing Adrian Peterson as the host of a summer football camp at the University of Oklahoma. The Sam Bradford Football ProCamp presented by Chesapeake Energy and in partnership with The Oklahoman will be held...