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Tramel: Loss of Oklahoma City Blazers a shame
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In summer 1992, the Oklahoma City Blazers were born. Some wondered if the hockey franchise would make it to Christmas. The Blazers made it 17 years. In fact, when the Blazers suspended operations...
Berry Tramel: Lou Gehrig's message lives on
Thu, Jul 2, 2009
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Yankee Stadium rang out with cries of "We want Lou! We want Lou!,” but Lou Gehrig remained silent. Gehrig sought the comfort of the dugout, his only sanctuary in the four weeks since...
Oklahoma City Thunder marks its first anniversary
Wed, Jul 1, 2009
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Clay Bennett walked into a restaurant in L.A.’s Staples Center three years ago. At the bar sat Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Bennett was on a tour to meet NBA owners, seeking approval from the...
Tramel: James Harden seems to fit in Sam Presti's plan
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
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Guard's 'pass first' style is just what Thunder GM Sam Presti wanted James Harden was not necessarily the best player available to the Thunder in the NBA Draft. But he was the best fit. Fit...
Brett Favre won't get Adrian Peterson to Super Bowl
Sat, Jun 27, 2009
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NORMAN — Adrian Peterson’s handshake keeps orthopedists in business. Peterson squeezes your hand like he wants you to pull him back on the cliff. Squeezes the way he runs through NFL...
James Harden pick means Russell Westbrook can rest easy
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
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When David Stern announced the name, "James Harden,” groans ricocheted around The Oklahoman newsroom. Same with the Thunder draft party at Riverwind Casino, various Internet chats and...
Barry Switzer's wishbone: Gone and almost forgotten
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
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Twenty years ago last week, Barry Switzer’s college football career ended. Switzer’s departure from OU also signaled the end of another gridiron institution. The wishbone. Few teams...
Cheers and Jeers: Kudos to Texas A&M; What's with the heat?
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
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CHEERS →To Texas A&M, which has waved the Big 12 flag with three NCAA team championships this spring: men’s golf, women’s track and men’s track. →To Bethpage...
Young guns: NBA teams with young, productive trios
Tue, Jun 23, 2009
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Ten times in NBA history, a team has had a trio of scorers which averaged at least 57 points a game and were a combined age of younger than 70. The teams, with their cumulative age: 1. 2009...
Tramel: Thunder shouldn't break up Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant
Tue, Jun 23, 2009
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Sam Presti has made offers to the Clippers for Blake Griffin. You know he has. Wouldn't be doing his job if he didn't. The Clippers have counter-offered. You know they have. Wouldn't be, well,...
OU's QB Sam Bradford a true leader
Mon, Jun 15, 2009
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NORMAN — The December morning after Sam Bradford returned to campus from New York, a Heisman Trophy in tow, he stopped by to chat with associate athletic director Gerald Gurney, who runs...
Zac Robinson takes charge in summer workouts
Sun, Jun 14, 2009
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STILLWATER — Zac Robinson’s days as the Oklahoma State quarterback are numbered. And doesn’t Mike Gundy know it. Gundy and staff already have talked about the post-Robinson era....
OU Caravan: Dallas fans rank Bob Stoops 'up there with Bud'
Fri, Jun 12, 2009
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DALLAS — The OU fan at a table in the back of the Sooner Caravan dinner discovered he was sitting with a couple of Oklahoman writers and wanted to know which one was going to ask the tough...
NBA playoffs delivering
Wed, Jun 10, 2009
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We consider the NCAA Tournament the calendar’s most exciting stretch of basketball. One question: why does March Madness reign supreme? Why do the NBA playoffs sit second chair to the college...
Private vs. Public: OSSAA makes the right call
Wed, Jun 10, 2009
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I stood right behind the podium in the jam-packed conference room Tuesday, listening to the public school/private school debate, and wanted to grab the microphone. Here’s what I wanted to...
Fans line up to meet 5 QBS who led Sooners to national titles
Mon, Jun 8, 2009
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NORMAN — The joke is old. Goes back 30 something years. But it never gets old to Jimmy Harris. Harris loves to sit next to Steve Davis and hear him ask, what game do you remember most?...
Oklahoma stars banished to bad situations
Sun, Jun 7, 2009
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Blake Griffin seems headed for the Los Angeles Clippers, and he’s traveling down a well-worn road from Oklahoma. Not Route 66. Not all our state sports stars load up the truck and head to...
Ranking the Big 12 football games has some challenges
Fri, Jun 5, 2009
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Ranking the best Big 12 football games of the 2009 season is easy. Not as easy as ranking the worst Big 12 games of the 2009, but easy. You take the games matching OU, Texas and OSU, the three...
There’s no excusing LeBron James' refusal to shake hands
Thu, Jun 4, 2009
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LeBron James didn’t shake hands with Dwight Howard and now sportsmanship is the topic of the week. So let’s dive right in. Somebody explain to me why the level of polite postgame...
WCWS: Canadian lifts UW to crown
Wed, Jun 3, 2009
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Up in Langley, British Columbia, five minutes north of the border, Russ Lawrie’s friends and neighbors, maybe 40 strong, invaded his house Tuesday night, watching his satellite and drinking...
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