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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.
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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.
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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. Carlson was the president of the Association for Women in Sports Media from 2008-10 and is now the chair of the board.
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Big 12/SEC bowl alliance is great news for the Big 12 Published: Fri, May 18, 2012 JENNI CARLSON COMMENTARY -- At points over the past two years, the Big 12 looked almost doomed. But on Friday, the Big 12, along with the SEC, made a power move to solidify a bowl partner and possibly its future. Read More
Jenni Carlson: OU football fans should be grateful Landry Jones returned for senior year Published: Sat, May 12, 2012 COMMENTARY -- After three Oklahoma receivers (and a defensive back) were suspended last week, Landry Jones' return as the Sooners' signal caller became all that much more important. Without him, OU would be breaking in a new quarterback with an almost completely new receiving corps. Read More
Olympic wrestling: Former Sooner Sam Hazewinkel ready to give it another go Updated: Fri, Apr 20, 2012 SAM HAZEWINKEL -- After coming oh-so-close to qualifying for the 2008 Olympic team, former OU wrestler Sam Hazewinkel is back at the qualifying trials. Hazewinkel and the other Olympic hopefuls will try to make the team this weekend in Iowa City, Iowa. Read More
Writer's roundtable: Who will be Oklahoma's top receiver? Published: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 OU writers Mike Baldwin and Jason Kersey discuss next season's receiving group with columnist Jenni Carlson. Read More
OU football: What they are saying about the secondary Published: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 Tony Jefferson, coach Bob Stoops and Corey Nelson offer thoughts on the secondary under new defensive coordinator Mike Stoops. Read More
OU football: Coming attractions Published: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 Not every impact player was on the field this spring. Here's a look at who will make an impact next season when on the field. Read More
Ex-Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino is a dummy, but his sense of entitlement is more troubling Published: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 Remember when that feeling of being above the standards set for everyone else was seen as an athletes-only problem? Now we find it's the adults who sometimes need to be slapped upside the head. Read More
OU football: Freshman receiver Trey Metoyer looks like the real deal Published: Sat, Apr 14, 2012 Trey Metoyer showed what all the fuss has been about Saturday, making six catches for 72 yards. Read More
OU Spring Game report card: Secondary gets a B Published: Sat, Apr 14, 2012 Defensive Secondary: B A decent day for the unit most maligned last season. A blown coverage allowed a 60-yard touchdown pass early in the game, but the number of big plays was minimal. How much did that have to do with a vanilla game plan by the offense? It's difficult to say, but what the Sooner secondary saw... Read More
Landry Jones' return has received mixed reactions from Sooner Nation Published: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 Fair or not, many fans compare Jones' performance to a pair of OU's greatest quarterbacks — Jason White and Sam Bradford. But that is to be expected. Read More
OU football: Trey Millard might be Sooners' best player, why not use him more? Published: Mon, Apr 9, 2012 Assistant coaches Mike Stoops and Tim Kish have made the statement on more than one occasion that Millard might be the best player on the team. Read More
Big 12 gymnastics: Oklahoma gymnast Sara Stone's bounce back from appendicitis Published: Fri, Mar 23, 2012 Big 12 Gymnastics Championships: Senior Sara Stone will look to reverse her fortunes Saturday at the conference meet in Norman. Read More
Oklahoma basketball: Sherri Coale's message to Sooner women is 'good times ahead' Published: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 OU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL — Oklahoma's season-ending loss to St. John's comes with the consolation that the Sooners return all but one player off their roster. Read More
OU women's basketball notebook: Eugenia McPherson's big first half ignites Red Storm Published: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 St. John's Eugenia McPherson has rarely been the focal point of opposing defenses over the last two months of the season, but she torched the Sooners in Tuesday's first half. McPherson had a pair of 3-pointers and was 5-of-9 from the field overall in the first half, producing 17 of the Red Storm's 39 points. She... Read More
Jenni Carlson: Turnovers doom OU women Published: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 NCAA TOURNAMENT: Sooners turn it over 19 times in loss to St. John's in NCAA Tournament. Read More
OU women's basketball: Sherri Coale sets tough mindset for Sooners Published: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 Through all of the adversity this season, the Oklahoma coach has decided to fight and convinced her players to fight. The result has been the team maximizing the talent and being one game from the Sweet 16. Read More
OU women's basketball notebook: Sweet 16 expectations at OU Published: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 The program now expects to be in the Sweet 16 each season. Read More
OU women's basketball: Q&A with Kaylon Williams Published: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 Staff Writer Jenni Carlson talks to the Sooner forward who scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds during her first NCAA Tournament game. Read More
2012 Women's NCAA Tournament: Aaryn Ellenberg makes Oklahoma tough to beat Published: Sun, Mar 18, 2012 On a night when OU beat Michigan 88-67 and the Sooners got contributions from everyone, no one played a bigger role than Aaryn Ellenberg, who scored a game-high 28 points Read More
2012 Women's NCAA Tournament: Michigan coach Kevin Borseth known for his own postgame tirade Published: Sat, Mar 17, 2012 JENNI CARLSON COMMENTARY: A 2008 postgame grant by Michigan women's basketball coach Kevin Borseth had a different feel than a postgame rant we're more familiar with around here. Read More
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