The Big 12 conference took the opening kickoff and downed it in the Chris Day end zone. After months of study, the conference decided last week to go with a 10-game schedule for the 2020 football seas...

The COVID-19 pandemic dashed Muldrow SPECIAL High TO School THE NEWSgolfer Krislyn The Andrews’ Oklahoma goals Secondary for her senior School season. Oklahoma public schools switched to virtual learn...

Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Executive Director David Jackson sees a return of high school sports this fall. Jackson recently used a Zoom videoconference to update the media. He ad...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The 2020 Remington Park Thoroughbred Season is set to begin a 67-date run on Friday, Aug. 21. The 32-race stakes schedule will also start on opening night with the $75,000 Governor’s C...

STILLWATER - Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard and wide receiver Tylan Wallace have been named to the preseason watch list for the 84th Maxwell Award, the Maxwell Football Club announced Frida...

A new world-record paddlefish has again been pulled from Keystone Lake near Tulsa, less than a month after the previous world record was snagged in the same lake by a client of the same fishing guide....

Following a comprehensive review of its foodservice strategy and an extensive search process, the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has chosen Chartwells Higher Education as its new dining service p...

The Sallisaw Lions Club canceled the 77th Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo last week to protect participants, volunteers, residents and businesses from a potential COVID-19 outbreak, rodeo committee chairman...

Saturday wasn’t a great night for Sequoyah County drivers at the TriState Speedway in Pocola. No victors, but county drivers recorded several top 5 finishes. Muldrow’s Grant Davis remains the points’ ...

Marvin Thouvenel walked in front of home plate Thursday to deliver sage advice to a pitcher from the Muskogee 10-under youth baseball team. Thouvenel took less than 30 seconds to tell the pitcher he n...

The University of Oklahoma was picked to win the Big 12 Conference football championship this year. No surprise there. It’s the eighth time in the past 10 years the media has selected the Sooners to w...

It’s the start of the theme song to the mid-1970s sitcom — “Welcome Back, Kotter.” Yet, the lyrics also are appropriate for Hunter Holt. Holt has returned to his alma mater — Gans High School — as a t...

As the high school sports season begins to ramp up, questions remain on whether sports will go on this fall. The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association plans to play football and all fall sp...

Gans’ football coach Josh Walker knows he has a lot to learn in a short time. He’ is sure preparation and a positive attitude will have the first-year head coach and his team ready to run, pass, block...

Muldrow driver Grant Davis won the Factory Stocks A Feature on Saturday at Tri-State Speedway in Pocola. It was his fourth A Feature win in five races. Davis is the points’ division leader with 461 po...

With coach Billy Donovan, Shai GilgeousAlexander (2), Steven Adams (12) and Chris Paul (3) leading the way, the Thunder will take a 40-24 record to the NBA “bubble” in Florida. Last Wednesday was the ...

The Gans’ school board approved hiring Josh Walker as a teacher-coach for the 2020-21 school year. Walker, who coached running backs at Sallisaw High School last season, will be the Grizzlies’ head fo...

Mike Leach, left, and Mike Gundy shake hands after the 2008 OSU-Texas Tech game in Lubbock. [CHRIS LANDSBERGER/The Oklahoman] Maverick Mike. Eccentric. Nationally known for his unconventional style. D...

University of Oklahoma athletes returned to campus July 1 to begin voluntary workouts for fall sports seasons. The University of Tulsa and Oklahoma State University already have returned to weight and...

The world record for paddlefish taken with rod and reel will likely fall to a giant 146.7-pound Oklahoma monster snagged at Keystone Lake on June 28 by James Lukehart of Edmond. The massive fish was c...