Jay C. Upchurch

The NBA playoffs get under way this weekend. Unfortunately, your Oklahoma City Thunder will have officially packed up its gear and headed their separate ways for the offseason by then. The Thunder’s 2008-09 season actually ends tonight with a meaningless Western Conference road game against the Los Angeles Clippers. OK, maybe not completely meaningless, depending […]

Mack Brown knows no shame. Just ask the Texas coach who won the Big 12 Conference title this past football season. He won’t even have to vocalize his answer ” he can simply point to one of the walls adorning the Longhorns’ training facility. There in big, bold letters it lists the Longhorns as 2008 […]

Ted Owens is not a household name around these parts, although he probably should be. The 79-year-old Hollis native pieced together a career résumé that is as inspiring as it is impressive. BORN NEAR HOLLISFIVE ALL-AMERICANS And yet, his name might be more likely to appear as an obscure answer to a Trivial Pursuit question […]

Jeff Capel has Oklahoma back among the movers and shakers on the collegiate basketball scene this season, similar to the way former coaches Billy Tubbs and Kelvin Sampson had the Sooner name emblazoned on the national marquee at different points during the past 25 years. SOPHOMORE KID MAN ON A MISSION In only his third […]

Smiles have not been easy to come by for Daniel Orton over the last few months. Back in early November, just days before signing a national letter of intent to play basketball next year at the University of Kentucky, he suffered a knee injury that basically wiped out his entire senior season at Bishop McGuinness. […]

It’s that time of year again: March Mania. It’s a sports fan’s paradise, especially here in Oklahoma, where over the next 22 days, hockey, hoops, hardball, hooves and horsepower will be featured in a virtual nonstop slate of sporting events sure to satisfy even the most avid fanatic. DOWNTOWN OKC WOMEN’S REGIONAL There is a […]

In just a few days, the fast-paced world of Big 12 basketball will descend upon Oklahoma City. Two tournaments, 12 schools, 24 teams and thousands of rabid fans, anxious to see how it all plays out. The women’s side of the championships ” set to unfold at the Cox Convention Center ” has a bracket […]

Blake Griffin and his Oklahoma teammates have been the talk of college basketball over the last few weeks. And for good reason. WIN STREAK RECORD CROWD Griffin’s sparkling performance has made him the odds-on favorite to win player of the year award, and the Sooners have matured into one of the most impressive teams in […]

Remember just a few weeks ago when you were ready to trade in your Thunder tickets for a scratch-off lottery card and a couple of discount drink coupons for McNellie’s Public House? Well, shame on you. Not that the Public House isn’t a great place to hang with your buds, but you forgot all about […]

Exactly one month from today, the encore comes to town. The Thunder heads west for a three-game road swing and leaves the Oklahoma City spotlight shining brightly for its basketball brethren (and sistren) from the Big 12 Conference. That’s right: On March 11, the Big 12 Basketball Championships return for the second time in the […]