While the Auburn faithful are fired up about Sunny Golloway being lured away, the OU faithful have given the move a collective shoulder shrug. But even with a lack of warm fuzzies with Golloway, it's still surprising that the Sooner Nation is so blasé about his departure.
When Zach Crabtree and Lloyd Gage arrived at the southeastern Oklahoma school three years ago, the Aggies were almost as far as you could get from championship-caliber. The program was only a year removed from not having enough players to compete in the conference tournament at the end of the year.
SCHOLAR ATHLETES — Each spring, The Oklahoman awards scholarships to some of the best and brightest athletes around the metro area. This spring, one of those scholarships won't be going to the athlete that earned it. He made sure of that.
COMMENTARY — Andrew Edwards is the first Special Olympian ever nominated for The Oklahoman's scholar-athlete awards. Meet a Westmoore student whose coach says he “represents everything that is good with sports.”
The Thunder superstar is on so many commercials these days that had the Thunder made the NBA Finals, people might actually be getting sick of him. What more does he want? We're about to find out.
The former Thunder assistant coach has left to be the head coach of the Pistons. But the bond he former with OKC's volatile point guard can't be dismissed.
If you love the game, it's hard not to cheer for San Antonio. For starters, these guys are disciplined and intelligent. Players. Coaches. Management. Doesn't it seem like everyone in the Spurs organization has their stuff together?
Anywhere you turn at the Endeavor Games — a multi-sport event for athletes with all sorts of physical disabilities — you find inspirational stories. None is more inspiring than Stutzman's.
Jenni Carlson, a sports columnist at The Oklahoman since 1999, came by her love of sports honestly. She grew up in a sports-loving family in Kansas. Her dad coached baseball and did color commentary on the radio for the high school football games. Her mom kept the scorebook during baseball games and yelled her head off no matter the sport. They passed along that passion to Carlson and her two younger brothers.
Carlson played golf in high school and planned to play in college, but when she started at the University of Kansas, she decided to focus her attention on journalism. It’s a decision that she’s never regretted.
Her first big story was a profile on Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams for the yearbook, and Carlson has enjoyed interviewing sports figures and sharing their stories every since. Carlson is a 1997 graduate of Kansas. She and her husband, Ryan, were married in 2009 and live in Oklahoma City. They welcomed their first child, Millie, in June 2012. Carlson was the president of the Association for Women in Sports Media from 2008-10 and chair of the board from 2010-12.