NORMAN — Not far from Norman, Raegan Rogers grew up on Patty Gasso softball, Oklahoma football games and cheering against Texas.

NORMAN — About four hours before Oklahoma football’s spring game, Shane Beamer was standing inside Will Rogers Airport waiting on an important arrival.

NORMAN — Lincoln Riley tipped his hand about Oklahoma’s starting offensive line last week during his post spring-game press conference.

The more things change, the more they stay the same for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

This is what Samantha Show came here to do.

Lee Morris ran a crossing pattern, caught the football with one hand and turned his helmet downfield. There didn’t appear to be much room to run.

Skip Johnson tends to draw at least one positive aspect from an Oklahoma loss. Two weeks ago, it was starter Levi Prater’s ability to settle down after two shaky innings.

Defense wins championships is a familiar refrain, yet another one is just as apt as Oklahoma City enters Game 2 of its Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Portland Trail Blazers at 9:30 tonight inside Moda Center:

During his 37 years broadcasting Oklahoma State baseball, Stillwater Radio’s Sports Director Rex Holt has worked in some unique environments.

Former Oklahoma men’s basketball and NBA coach John MacLeod died at the age of 81 on Sunday.

Oklahoma’s spring game offered insight into a team trying to build on last season’s College Football Playoff appearance.

Jalen Hurts is a few months removed from facing Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff but found himself in a Sooner jersey on Friday.

Paul George spoke after practice on Thursday, the first chance the Thunder had to meet the media after an insane final night of the regular season matched Oklahoma City with Portland in the first round of the playoffs.

A deep throw via Tanner Mordecai sailed over his targeted receiver’s head and landed in Justin Broiles’ hands.

One the one hand, it’s about all an Oklahoma City basketball fan could want.

It took 60 years, but the late Dr. Tim Green and his teammates on Oklahoma State University’s 1959 national championship baseball team finally got what was coming to them.

Oklahoma's Friday spring scrimmage offered plenty of insight to the Sooners' wide-open competition along the offensive line.

Jalen Hurts breezed into the end zone for a short touchdown run. Right on time, his entire team gathered in Owen Field’s south end zone.

So there were these moments during the spring game where, how about that, it seemed like a simple route and everything, yet there a Sooner defender was to break up a pass.

Before Oklahoma City shed Carmelo Anthony’s expiring contract last offseason, trading it to Atlanta for the services of Dennis Schroder, it had already signed Raymond Felton to an extension.

Gabby Sprang doesn’t fret about playing time much; she knows she will get her time.

It’s taken until his fourth year on the Oklahoma State campus, but Ben Leeper has found his role on the Cowboy baseball team.

NORMAN — Diego Muniz didn’t yet have a driver’s license when Oklahoma baseball coach Skip Johnson was evaluating him as a rising prospect in the Dallas area.

NORMAN — Mount Union’s win streak was on the line several times between 1994 and 2005, when the football program went unbeaten. But former coach Larry Kehres remembers one day, about two decades ago, when it came dangerously close to snapping prematurely.

A year ago, Portland and Oklahoma City met four times during the NBA’s regular season and the Trail Blazers won all four. 

DJ Kool’s 1996 hip-hop single “Let Me Clear My Throat” boomed from the Marita Hynes Field sound system on a warm, cloudy Sunday.

NORMAN — Oklahoma returns to Owen Field for its 2019 spring game Friday.

NORMAN — Kyler Murray will return to the field for Oklahoma football, but as an honorary coach in Friday's spring game. 

The Thunder open the NBA playoffs at 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon in Portland.

NORMAN — Tanner Schafer’s hometown has been called an oasis of the Texas Panhandle. The relatively lush landscape was help shaped by the Canadian River, which runs north of town.

Oklahoma State defensive lineman Israel Antwine received good news Wednesday from the NCAA.

Oklahoma rescheduled its spring football game for Friday. Here’s a reset on how fans can watch the game, where to buy tickets and what to expect overall from the changes.

NORMAN — Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione was asked in January about Fox’s decision to decline an option to televise three future Big 12 football championship games. He wasn’t at liberty to comment just yet.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder want to play to their identity. And that means defense first … or, failing that, last.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Athletic conducted an NBA players poll with the promise of complete anonymity. According to The Athletic, it received participation from 127 players.

DaShaun White was asked about the adjustments he’d have to make, now that he was in line to start for Oklahoma at its weakside linebacker position, should the season begin today.

Oklahoma has moved its spring football game to Friday night, due to weather conditions expected for Saturday. 

Oklahoma is coming off two consecutive Big 12 series setbacks, and has lost six of its last eight games going into the midweek home series against Texas Southern, which starts Tuesday.

Lon Kruger was quick to deny a report that he made contact with UCLA regarding the Bruins' vacant head coaching position on Sunday.

NORMAN — Getting the first two outs wasn’t an issue for Oklahoma early in Sunday’s game. Getting the last one was a bit tougher.

Sofia Blanco raised her arms, soaking in the cheers from the crowd after clinching one of the best matches of her life.

For the first time all weekend, the Oklahoma State starting pitcher had a lead to work with entering the second inning Sunday afternoon.

Caleigh Clifton kicked off “Caleigh Clifton Day” with a resounding statement in her first at-bat.

NORMAN — Parnell Motley always noticed something a little different about Delarrin Turner-Yell. The freshman safety had a different presence from the start.

Michele Smith can remember walking on the field at the corner of Duck and McElroy for the first time, hoping to hit the trees with a plethora of home runs.

The Force erased a 10-point lead to pull ahead of Oklahoma by four points at the start of the fourth quarter and then erased a two-point Flying Aces’ lead with 3:19 left in the game.

Sherri Coale sat on the patio outside the Oklahoma women’s basketball offices recently, the March sunlight reflecting off her aviator sunglasses and into a lunch she had ample time to enjoy.