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OU baseball heads to Kansas Super Regional

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College Baseball roundup OU WINS ATLANTA REGIONAL Rain on Friday forced the Oklahoma Sooners’ opening game in the NCAA Atlanta Regional to be moved to Saturday morning, and the Sooners responded with an 8-3 win over The Citadel (35-25). The win was the 300th victory for head coach Skip Johnson at the Division I level, all…

Victory Field a fan friendly ballpark

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – After a year away, I’m back in Indianapolis for the annual Christian Comedy Association retreat, and as usual, I always look forward to attending an Indianapolis Indians baseball game while I’m in town. The Indians are the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates and this time around they are playing the Iowa…

Sooners, Cowboys, & ORU go to post-season play

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In a surprise upset, the Oklahoma Sooners were defeated by LSU, 6-2, in the first round of the SEC Baseball Tournament on Tuesday night in Hoover, Ala. The No. 11 seed Sooners exited the tournament with a season record of 32-21 and will now face The Citadel (35-24) in the Atlanta Regional of the NCAA…

Indianapolis 500 memories

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Watching the Indianapolis 500 on television this weekend brought back some memories for me. In June 2024, while in Indianapolis for an event, I was fortunate to get a press credential to attend the Ferrari Challenge North America at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I had wanted to go to the speedway since I was a kid…

My View from Here

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Last week, I had the honor of playing in the Pro-Am prior to the ANNIKA Women’s All Pro Tour FCA Championship at Indian Springs Country Club in Broken Arrow. It was the sixth year for this tournament to be held at Indian Springs. This was the fourth time for me to play in this particular…

OSU wins series against Arizona

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Oklahoma State ended the regular season with a home series win over Arizona at O’Brate Stadium, in Stillwater. Arizona won the first game on Thursday, 7-4, then the Cowboys took the second game on Friday, 13-1 in 7 innings. OSU clinched the series with a 7-5 victory over the Wildcats on Saturday. With the win,…

ORU WINS ROAD SERIES

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Oral Roberts won two out of three games at Northern Colorado to wrap up the regular season. Northern Colorado won the first game of the series on Thursday, 7-6, while ORU won on Friday, 14-2, in a run-rule shortened 8 inning game, and then the Golden Eagles took the third game of the series on…

OU LOSES TWO OF THREE TO TENNESSEE

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Tennessee got past the Oklahoma Sooners on Thursday, 9-7, in game one of the regular-season ending series. After Friday’s game two was suspended in the bottom of the seventh due to lightning with Tennessee on top 5-3, that game was concluded as part of a double header on Saturday. The Volunteers completed the victory Saturday,…

OU TAKES NORMAN REGIONAL

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Oklahoma cruised through the Norman Regional of the NCAA Softball Tournament, with three consecutive wins. The No. 3 Sooners opened the regional on Friday by scoring in every inning to defeat Binghamton, 11-0, in a run-rule shortened five inning game. OU homered four times in the game, while the pitchers turned in a two-hit shutout….

OSU SWEEPS STILLWATER REGIONAL

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The Oklahoma State Cowgirls swept their way through the Stillwater Regional of the NCAA Softball Tournament, with a win over Eastern Illinois, and two wins against Stanford, at Cowgirl Stadium. No. 15 OSU opened the regional by scoring 16 runs on 17 hits against Eastern Illinois to earn a 16-0 five-inning run-rule victory on Friday….