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  • Softball_home_run Sooners ride emotional wave to brink of third straight World Series

    Moments after stepping on first base and beating out an infield bunt, Brianna Turang turned back and looked toward her dugout across the field and screamed at the top of her lungs, bringing both the crowd and her teammates to their feet....

    May 25, 2013 1 Photo

  • Motivation beyond World Series propels Sooners

    Oklahoma now returns to the scene of the crime. In the rain, well after midnight, Alabama did what nobody thought it might do only two nights earlier. Almost a year later, the Sooners have earned another chance....

    May 26, 2013

  • Sooners beat Wildcats in 11 to make Big 12 tournament finals

    OKLAHOMA CITY — Late-inning hits usually decide baseball games. Saturday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, it was the last out that was so difficult to secure. For 2 1/2 innings Oklahoma and Kansas State traded big hits around like they ...

    May 26, 2013

  • Spurs take 3-0 series lead with overtime win over Grizz

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tim Duncan scored the first five points of overtime, and the San Antonio Spurs rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 104-93 Saturday night and move a win away from the NBA Finals. The Spurs ...

    May 26, 2013

  • OU’s Pendley, Ricketts help turn super regional into laugher

    Seated next to each other in the postgame press conference, teammates Keilani Ricketts and Shelby Pendley both laughed softly after complimenting the other on their impressive performance on Saturday, their excitement showing through what ...

    May 26, 2013

  • One year later, Williams seeks more in Paris

    PARIS — In the moments immediately following her stunningly early exit from the 2012 French Open, as her eyes welled with tears and she bemoaned how she’s “been through so much in my life,” Serena Williams could not possibly find anything ...

    May 26, 2013

  • Brooks easily wins regional

    AUSTIN, Texas — Tia Brooks just keeps getting better and better. The reigning NCAA shot put champion, who spent last summer at the London Games competing for her country, delivered the second longest throw in women’s collegiate shot put ...

    May 26, 2013

  • Field nearly set for WCWS

    The field for the Women’s College World Series is half-way set. Joining OU is Michigan, Washington and Tennessee, which all punched their tickets on Saturday. Four more teams will join the field after today’s super regionals are decided....

    May 26, 2013

  • Pokes fail to pick up a win

    OKLAHOMA CITY — Playing only for pride, Oklahoma State left Bricktown Ballpark as one of only two teams not to win a game in the Big 12 Tournament....

    May 26, 2013

  • Proudfoot lifts Texas Tech over Baylor

    OKLAHOMA CITY — Tim Proudfoot singled twice, doubled and drove in five runs to lead Texas Tech to an 8-2 win against Baylor in the Big 12 baseball tournament....

    May 26, 2013

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