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Oklahoma State players set for Big 12 Media Days
Oklahoma State football announced their group of players who will be attending Big 12 Media Days this morning on X. Redshirt senior cornerback Cam Smith, sophomore tight end Josh Ford and defensive lineman Iman Oates will represent the Pokes in...

Oklahoma City area Fourth of July celebrations, festivals and fireworks
Oklahoma City has a full slate of festivals, fireworks displays, concerts and family-friendly fun leading up to and during the Fourth of July holiday. Stars & Stripes River Festival Kicks Off Early The festivities begin early this year with the...

Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti Praises 'Homegrown' NBA Championship Team
Sam Presti put Oklahoma City's first NBA championship team together in an unconventional way. The Thunder general manager didn't make any splashy trades or break the bank in free agency. He didn't replace the coach with a bigger name during the...

Outlaw Music Festival in El Reno canceled
NEW. AT 5:00, THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED OUTLAW MUSIC FESTIVAL CANCELED DUE TO, QUOTE, UNFORESEEABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. ITS HEADLINERS WERE SOME BIG NAMES WILLIE NELSON AND BOB DYLAN. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY LUCKY STAR AMPHITHEATER IN EL RENO TOMORROW....

EA Sports hints at return of college basketball video game
EA Sports teased the return of its college basketball video game franchise after a 15-year hiatus. Legal challenges over player likenesses led to the discontinuation of the series in 2010. The introduction of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals...

Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour Hits Pause After Extreme Weather Damages Gear
Heavy rains, high winds thwart June 29th stop in Missouri and cancel a planned July 1 date in Oklahoma The Outlaw Music Festival tour’s June 29th stop in Ridgedale, Missouri, was cut short on Sunday after extreme weather brought heavy rains and...

A House of History: How first families have transformed the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion
For nearly 100 years, Oklahoma’s Governor’s Mansion has served not only as a residence but also as a reflection of the state’s leadership and legacy, shaped by the contributions of governors and their first families since its completion in 1928....

First Look: RH makes Oklahoma debut
RH, The Gallery at Oak, is located at 2110 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City. (Image courtesy of RH) RH’s newest retail and dining destination is located in Oklahoma City. The luxury home furnishings retailer has opened a 45,000-sq.-ft.,...

Jim Souhan: Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards has lessons to learn from Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
MINNEAPOLIS — Since Kevin Durant won’t be sitting in the locker next to Anthony Edwards next season, he should find someone new to emulate. I have just the role model for him: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Sunday night, Gilgeous-Alexander led the...

Milhaus, Humphreys Capital Complete 276-Unit Oxlley Apartments in Edmond, Oklahoma
45EDMOND, OKLA. —A partnership between Indianapolis-based developer Milhaus and locally based investment firm Humphreys Capital has completed Oxlley Apartments, a 276-unit multifamily community in Edmond, about 15 miles north of Oklahoma City....

EA Sports announces return of NCAA College Basketball video game
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Big news for college basketball fans on Monday as EA Sports has announced the return of the NCAA College Basketball video game series. The last installment of the series was in 2009 with NCAA Basketball 10, where former...

If You’re a Real Glen Powell Stan, You Need to Watch These Movies
Last summer was Glen Powell summer, and this summer is not technically Glen Powell summer, but that's okay, because we're celebrating him anyways! As Cosmopolitan's resident Glen Powell correspondent, I feel it is important to make sure people are...

Was the SEC college sports’ top conference in 2024-25?
The SEC is known for its football, but is the league now the most balanced in the nation? For the first time in the history of the NACDA Director’s Cup, the league is home to the champ and four of the top 10. The standings are designed to measure...

Five years after tornado, residents of Oklahoma town still waiting for money back from homebuilding scam
Traces of the EF-4 tornado that leveled most of Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park are still visible five years later. Piles of twisted metal and broken fence posts still sit in the field just behind the last dirt and gravel road of the mobile home...
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Wimbledon: 2-time defending champ Carlos Alcaraz needs 5 sets to beat Fabio Fognini in the 1st round LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz has needed to go through five sets against Fabio Fognini at Wimbledon before winning their first-round match to start...

Texas Tech is taking 6 Red Raiders to Frisco for Big 12 Media Days
The Red Raiders are taking QB Behren Morton, WR Caleb Douglas, DL Romello Height, DL Lee Hunter, LB Jacob Rodriguez, and DB Cole Wisniewski. That’s three returners and three fresh transfers for those keeping track at home. It’s a bit...

Dierks Bentley On His New Album, Busy Summer Tour & The Future Of Country Music
Dierks Bentley performs during CMA Fest 2025 at Nissan Stadium on June 08, 2025 in Nashville, ... More Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/WireImage)WireImage It’s been a busy couple of months for Dierks Bentley with the release of his new Broken...

Sam Presti press conference: Takeaways from the Thunder GM's postseason media availability
Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti held his postseason media availability on Monday following the team's NBA Finals win over the Indiana Pacers. If you couldn't catch the press conference, here's some key takeaways: Watch the entire press...

Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Prize Money Revealed After Championship Win
Summary The Oklahoma City Thunder won their first-ever NBA title after beating the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 and will split $12.42 million in prize money, giving each player about $828,000. The NBA allocated $34.7 million for the 2024–25 Player...

Release of New Album Brings Chet Baker, Aloof and Unattainable Despite Movie Star Looks, Further Into Focus
Chet Baker ‘Live In Paris: The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984’ Elemental Music In 1952, a 21-year-old trumpeter from Oklahoma named Chet Baker established himself as one the few real superstars of contemporary jazz by both playing and singing...