The day Russell Westbrook does a media member any favors and the day the Thunder, as an organization, quit letting him run the entire media show may be never.

Roger Gantz is a lifelong Oklahoman, the last 41 years spent in Stillwater. He’s been a fan of the Dodgers since 1952, well before the move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. In all that time, he had never been to a game in Dodger Stadium. Until Father’s Day, 2019.

Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a series as we look at all 12 Oklahoma football games for the 2019-20 season. Ranked from 1st (best) to 12th (worst), factors include difficulty, venue, entertainment value and anticipated margin. Last week: No. 11 Kansas. This week: No. 10 Kansas State.

All 30 NBA teams should have a pretty good idea of what they’re doing in Thursday's draft.

Joan was in frail health, but she was there, accompanied by her caretaker. She wasn't going to miss this, especially not at the ballpark that she and Paul gave to Enid in memory of their son.

Sinclaire Johnson saw a flash of yellow right in front of her as she blocked out the heat from the sun beating down on the red track, focused on one moment.

NORMAN — Heather Fink once coached the Sooners. The Del City Sooners.

Thomas Dziagwa and Cameron McGriff have been linked since they stepped on the Oklahoma State campus three years ago.

Brad Dalke was just 12 years old when he became the subject of a tongue-in-cheek online blog that his family actually found funny.

The pain became too much.

Thunder general manager Sam Presti and his wife, Shannon, announced a $600,000 donation Thursday to The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine.

Bobby Witt Jr. told a group of reporters that he’d hardly been sleeping lately, after winning a high school state championship and being selected by the Kansas City Royals in two weeks’ time.

Rashard Odomes is adjusting to a few major life changes.

It’s almost spooky.

NORMAN — Oklahoma picked up its first 2020 defensive line commitment Wednesday.

Editor’s note: This is the first look at all 13 Oklahoma football games for the 2019-20 season. Ranked from 1st (highest) to 12th (lowest), factors include difficulty, venue, entertainment value and anticipated margin.

Paul George had already undergone one surgical procedure on one of his shoulders this offseason. Tuesday, it was the other shoulder’s turn.

The words coming out of Coquese Washington’s mouth should make fans, current and lapsed, of Oklahoma’s women’s basketball program very happy.

Oklahoma State junior right-handed ace Jensen Elliott announced his decision to leave college and begin his professional career.

The NBA draft is less than 10 days away and, unlike last season, the Thunder actually have a first-round selection with the 21st pick.

With the tying run at the plate – three times – Oklahoma State couldn’t produce the necessary hit to continue its season.

Oklahoma’s 2019 pitching depth concerned Patty Gasso.

A trimmer version of T.J. Pledger had Oklahoma running backs coach Jay Boulware doing a double take this spring.

Brian Darby is a good example why satellite camps matter to colleges.

Maybe the most impressive thing about the Thunder's Deonte Burton, who saw his two-way contract torn up in March for an actual NBA contract, is his arc.

Jim Ryun doesn’t understand why this happened, how two years after not making his junior high track and field team he became an Olympian.

Lon Kruger enjoys the start of summer workouts.

Northern Oklahoma College in Enid won the school’s first Division II NJCAA National Championship this season, and six Edmond High School graduates were a big reason for the hardware.

It all started with a flyer, a trailer and a competition.Ryder Gibson, a 9-year-old who has spina bifida, has received 47 medals — including two gold and one silver in basketball — in the seven years he’s competed at the Endeavor Games.In the words of Gibson, it takes “practice and practice and practice.”He works on dribbling and shooting drills, but in his downtime he also plays the video game Fortnite.“I think my favorite is the default (character),” Gibson said.He plays basketball against kids at school. When he’s at home, his parents help him practice on the living room floor.“My dad always throws free throws,” Gibson said. “He misses 50% of them.”His mom, Christi Gibson, who is a personal trainer, said when he was younger, Ryder didn’t like the gun fire at the beginning of a race in track.“Dad would go with him to the starting line and I would be at the finish line,” she said.There would be a warm embrace at the end of the race where Ryder would hug his mom. He ran against his own age group for some time, but then he eventually started to compete against the older competitors.“He just beat everyone in his division,” Brian Gibson, his dad, said.He is a coach for Ryder and volunteers for Oklahoma Adaptive Sports Association (OKASA). Brian coaches Ryder to not worry if someone pulls ahead. Ryder competes above his normal division. His dad and coach likes to remind him that he's racing against the clock — Ryder's in his own division.A victory for Christi is the consistency of Ryder’s competitiveness even if he’s tired.“I feel that he comes back every year, he gets faster and stronger,” she said. “It’s a long day, but he still gets out and does it.”Brian said the family is naturally competitive — even from the day Ryder was born.“It gives him a chance to be competitive,” he said.According to Brian, the team practices track at Bishop McGuinness High School when the fields aren’t muddy or saturated.Besides basketball and track, Ryder also competes in archery. Nobody knows how he signed up for the competition and they don’t practice archery.“He shoots one arrow a year and it’s at Endeavor Games,” Christi said.However, it’s not a one shot and done.“One year there were two people who got bullseyes,” Brian said. “It was him and one of the older competitors.”The family of three travels all over the country together and, because Ryder is an only child, they don’t have to give up quality time.“It’s just him,” Christi said.

The miles Tyler Berge has run have always been for something. When she runs the 4K for Cancer this summer, she’ll instead be running for someone — her younger sister, Tatum.

Bill Blankenship didn’t know what advice to offer when Auburn fired his friend Sunny Golloway four years ago.

The future is now for Oklahoma State golfers Viktor Hovland and Matthew Wolff.

It’s been 744 days since the Oklahoma State baseball team beat Texas Tech.

Samantha Show became the show throughout the Women’s College World Series.

Norman North's quarterback depth took a hit this offseason.

The court at Lloyd Noble Center will require an update this offseason.

Oklahoma was approaching one month without much recruiting news, despite the presence of signs. On several different occasions Lincoln Riley had tweeted his signature eyeball emoji, which indicates a verbal commitment.

“All I could think about is, ‘Do it for the boys, do it for the sophomores that are leaving. This is the last game for them and put it all out on the line for them.” — Brandon Hudson, freshman pitcher

For the second-straight year, Oklahoma State found a gem in the Arizona desert.

NORMAN — Oklahoma wanted an NCAA regional berth for several reasons, beyond an opportunity at a College World Series run.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Nicole Mendes relished making her third consecutive Women’s College World Series.

The first two games of the season, games the Thunder were forced to play without Russell Westbrook, Hamidou Diallo received less than 10 minutes of court time.

NORMAN — Lon Kruger turned to an Oklahoma native for his vacant coaching position.

Game times are set for the rematch this weekend.

OKLAHOMA CITY — You have to feel for Lynnsie Elam, and if there’s softball justice in the world, the Chickasha sophomore will win a national championship before she leaves Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Shay Knighten will remember the walk-off home run she hit against Alabama during her Women’s College World Series debut for a long time.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Shay Knighten lifted both of her arms as her game-tying solo shot cleared the wall at Hall of Fame Stadium.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A pair of Oklahoma natives shared a special moment at Hall of Fame Stadium.