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Former Oklahoma offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson had a one-win season in his first year as a head coach at Indiana University. That one win was accompanied with 11 losses. Traditionally Indiana is known as a basketball school (actually, it’s really a soccer and swimming and diving school since they’ve won... Read More

UPDATE: Lacoltan Bester enrolled at OU, is officially eligible for football

July 26, 2012 NORMAN — Lacoltan Bester has enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, according to the school’s online directory, making him officially eligible for the football team. Thursday afternoon, EMCC coach Buddy Stephens said Bester had graduated and come to Norman. A few hours later, the Rivals site SoonerScoop.com... Read More

OU gymnast Jake Dalton appears on ‘Today’ July 26, 2012 Sooner gymnast Jake Dalton and the U.S. Olympic men’s gymnastics team appeared on the “Today” Thursday morning. The team opens competition at 5 a.m. Saturday in the London Games. Dalton is one of five current or former OU gymnasts selected to the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics squad. OU men’s gymnastics... Read More

Tony Jefferson quits Twitter two days after Bob Stoops calls it “kind of dumb, really” July 26, 2012 UPDATE (4:07 p.m.): During their appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter Thursday, coach Bob Stoops and quarterback Landry Jones were asked about Twitter, given Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher’s recent ban of the social networking site. Stoops pretty much reiterated what he said at Big 12 Media Days this week,... Read More

Stoops on first year without Brent Venables: ‘That’s life … It’s OK; We’re all big boys’

July 25, 2012 NORMAN — Bob Stoops was asked Monday during Big 12 Media Days about beginning his first season as OU’s coach without former defensive coordinator Brent Venables on staff. “Well, I mean, it’s …” Stoops said, seemingly unsure of what to say. John Hoover from the Tulsa World, who asked the original... Read More

Stoops doesn’t want just Landry Jones to improve July 23, 2012 DALLAS — OU fans are well aware of quarterback Landry Jones’ struggles after former OU receiver Ryan Broyles got hurt last season. Sooners coach Bob Stoops said at Big 12 Media Days that he isn’t looking for only his senior QB to improve: “I didn’t ask him to him to improve on anything,” Stoops said... Read More

Stoops talks a little Big 12 quarterback history July 23, 2012 DALLAS — Bob Stoops has coached great quarterbacks: there was Heisman trophy winner Jason White in 2003, then Sam Bradford in 2008, another Heisman trophy winner and now Landry Jones, whose statistics rank him as one of the top quarterbacks in OU’s history. Stoops doesn’t believe that just his team is... Read More

TCU coach Gary Patterson doesn’t think much about 2005 upset at Oklahoma July 23, 2012 DALLAS — TCU coach Gary Patterson was asked about his program’s 2005 win at Oklahoma, which was ranked in the top 10 at the time. “Are you trying to make coach Stoops mad at me?” Patterson said. The Horned Frogs came to Norman and shocked the Sooners 17-10 in the 2005 season opener, snapping a long home... Read More

Three Sooners on Walter Camp watch list July 20, 2012 NORMAN — Three Oklahoma players — Tony Jefferson, Landry Jones and Kenny Stills — were placed on the Walter Camp Award’s 2012 preseason watch list. The award goes annually to college football’s most outstanding player. After Friday’s announcement, 10 OU players have made a total of 22 appearances on... Read More

Tom Wort, Ben Habern, Gabe Ikard and Corey Nelson named to preseason watch lists July 16, 2012 NORMAN — Oklahoma added four more names to national award watch lists Monday, bringing the total number of OU appearances on watch lists to 17. Tom Wort was named to the Butkus Award watch list, and Ben Habern, Gabe Ikard and Corey Nelson were announced as members of the Rotary Lombardi Award watch list Monday.... Read More

Penn State: Barry Switzer knew, and so did we

July 13, 2012 The Freeh Report is out, and Penn State leadership — including the late Joe Paterno — has been damned for failing to act against Jerry Sandusky, who since has been convicted of child molestation. In other words, no big news there. From the first stories back in November, it seemed clear what had happened.... Read More

Sam Bradford: Camp at OU shows leadership qualities

July 12, 2012 The St. Louis Rams have put their trust in Sam Bradford. Rams as in organization. Rams as in players. Bradford was in Norman this week to host a football camp at OU, and he wasn’t the only Ram. Several St. Louis receivers worked the camp, too, which allowed Bradford to work with his passcatchers in the... Read More

OU Power Lunch Chat with Jason Kersey July 11, 2012 Power Lunch Chat with OU writer Jason Kersey 1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post judge on Jul 11, 2012 @ 8:00 pm Read More

OU football: ESPN chat with DeMarco Murray

July 11, 2012 By Anthony Slater – aslater@opubco.com Football fans got a chance to converse with former OU running back DeMarco Murray on Wednesday afternoon. And one of the most prolific scorers in school history had some interesting things to say. Here’s the entire transcript from the ESPN chat. Below are some... Read More

OU basketball: Blake Griffin caps off huge week with massive contract July 10, 2012 By Anthony Slater – aslater@opubco.com It’s been quite the week for Blake Griffin. Three days after his selection to the US Olympic team, Griffin stabilized his financial future, with ESPN reporting that the former OU star agreed to a five-year extension, worth up to $95 million, to stay with the Los... Read More

OU football: Which Sooners will attend Big 12 Media Days? July 10, 2012 By Anthony Slater – aslater@opubco.com The unofficial start to football season — known as Big 12 Media Days — doesn’t take place for another two weeks. But the conference has announced player rosters, as reported by ESPN’s David Ubben, for the annual event in Dallas on July 23-24. Quarterback... Read More

Oklahoma football: Jamelle Holieway never went back

July 09, 2012 Jamelle Holieway is one interesting person. Twenty-seven years after quarterbacking OU to the national championship, 24 years after quarterbacking his final Sooner game, Holieway remains relevant. This time, for trying to restore his respectable name. I wrote about Holieway’s quest in the Sunday Oklahoman. You... Read More

OU football: Phil Steele projects the Sooners as a national title team

July 06, 2012 By Anthony Slater – Staff Writer Unlike a vocal portion of the Sooner fanbase, Phil Steele is a Landry Jones believer. With most of his 2012 projections out, Steele, the preseason prognostication guru, has Oklahoma in the national title game and Jones as a second-team All-American quarterback. In the... Read More

Sterling Shepard to carry on dad’s legacy by wearing jersey No. 3

July 01, 2012 NORMAN — Sterling Shepard now has one more way to carry his father’s legacy with him. The true freshman Oklahoma receiver will wear jersey No. 3 this fall, according to his high school coach, Heritage Hall’s Andy Bogert. The number was once his father’s. Derrick Shepard was a standout OU receiver in the... Read More

Big 12 football: Does expanded playoff mean expansion? June 27, 2012 We’ve been saying for months that Big 12 expansion talks is on hold until the new college football playoff format was set. Well, now it’s set — four-team model, with semifinals in bowls and an independent national title game, with the participants determined by a selection committee. So, how does that... 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.

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.

Jason Kersey

OU Sports Reporter

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.