Features
Heide Brandes
The old man peers from under a black cowboy hat covered in mud, his face pink underneath a bushy beard as white as the clouds in the big sky over Freedom, Okla.

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff

“Cowboys & Indians Revisited” is an art exhibition about the dynamic relationship between Oklahoma’s adversaries

Kids
Alex Ewald
19th annual International Finals Youth Rodeo
Wednesday-Friday

CFN
Gazette staff
Mike Gundy has more than one kind of suit to think about this football season: One is worn by players, and another is from a contractor allegedly donning the colors of Sooner infidels.

Features
Matt Carney
The forecast for this lockout is Cold War, in more ways than one.

CFN
Gazette staff

Todd Monken likes having fun, and he’s a regular people person. At least that’s what No. 3 Oklahoma State’s feisty offensive coordinator says about himself on the “Depth Chart: Oklahoma State” that aired this month on ESPN. Dude also likes to cuss, judging from the cacophony of beeps peppering his sound bites.

Features
Matt Carney
Pokes and Sooners, riding together! Mass hysteria!

News
Susannah Waite
Spectators looking to rope up a good time might consider the International Finals Youth Rodeo, slated to kick off Sunday and run through July 13 at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center in Shawnee.

CFN
Gazette staff
Oklahoma State fans could not have known that the officiating crew responsible for the blown call in the Sept. 30 OSU-Texas game was auditioning to be NFL replacement refs. Unfortunately for the Cowboys, the bad call in the end zone came two days too late to secure an NFL gig — but it clearly robbed the Pokes of a much-deserved victory.