NEW YORK – Major League Baseball and its locked-out players agreed Thursday to negotiate on an international amateur draft, and management made a counteroffer as the sport’s drawn-out labor talks finally gained momentum toward an agreement.
NORMAN — Defensive lineman Perrion Winfrey was one of OU’s biggest presences at Wednesday’s Pro Day at the Everest Training Center. But Winfrey didn’t so much as take off his OU letter jacket after suffering a hamstring injury during last week’s NFL Combine.
There have already been more than 5,300 Division I basketball games played this year, and roughly 99.995% of them have ended uneventfully with the two teams exchanging handshakes. That’s not merely the tradition in college basketball, it’s an expectation that after 40 minutes of heated competition, every player, coach, manager and random bench-sitter will be mature enough to shake their opponents’ hand and congratulate them for a job well done.
GLENPOOL – Senior right-hander Bauer Brittain did it all for the Shawnee Wolves Tuesday night. Brittain fired a no-hitter and knocked in the game’s only run as Shawnee blanked the Glenpool Warriors 1-0 in a Class 5A district contest.
IRVING, Texas – Oklahoma State’s Lauren Fields was honored on Monday with the announcement of the Big 12’s women’s basketball awards, earning second-team honors it was revealed by the league office.
Thunder guards Luguentz Dort and Ty Jerome and center Mike Muscala all underwent season-ending surgeries on Tuesday, the team announced. Dort had a procedure to address a labrum tear in his left shoulder, according to a team release.
DURANT – Following a weekend that saw him write his name in the record books while also helping Southeastern to four-straight wins, Blake McQuain was named Great American Conference Player of the Week.
The Shawnee High School boys' tennis team took fifth place in its own invitational on Tuesday. “These boys continue to make adjustments and improve each match.
PRAGUE – Kennedi Watkins clubbed two home runs while three of her teammates had one apiece Tuesday as the Prague Lady Red Devils hammered Holdenville 22-14 to open the 2022 slow pitch softball season.
Central Oklahoma earned an 11-3 win over Oklahoma Baptist on Tuesday afternoon in non-conference action at Bobby Cox Field at Ford Park. The loss snapped the Bison’s threegame winning streak and moved the team’s overall record to 8-10.