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5 Pieces of Fitness Tech Personal Trainers Recommend for Your Well-Being
In the fitness space, there’s a lot of talk about the different types of tech you must own. In some cases, these pieces of tech are more of an option than a necessity. Some fitness tech can be useful to help you achieve any fitness goals you may...

Week 8 CFB best bets: SportsLine model backs Notre Dame, Texas
Several rivalries are set to renew on Saturday night, including No. 11 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Alabama and No. 20 USC vs. No. 13 Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. ET, as well as No. 23 Utah vs. No. 15 BYU at 8 p.m. ET. According to the latest Week 8 college...

LeBron James pulled into NBA gambling investigation after friend and former coach ‘gave secret injury details’
LEBRON James has been roped into the federal betting investigation in the NBA. Dozens of NBA stars and alleged members of the Mafia were arrested on Thursday as the FBI and Department of Justice announced sweeping allegations of a long-running...

Gamecock uniform report for South Carolina-Oklahoma
Last season, South Carolina wore a number of uniform combinations, not repeating one until the 11th game of the year. The 2025 Gamecocks have repeated once through six games this season, the all-blacks worn against both Virginia Tech and LSU. On...

These NBA Games Allegedly Involved Fake Injuries And Leaked Info In Gambling Scandal
Topline Prosecutors have detailed seven 2023 and 2024 NBA games they say were targets of bettors placing illegal wagers after they allegedly obtained insider information about players and games from people inside the NBA who were then profiting...

Out-of-Staters Bring Anti-Pot Warnings to Medical Oversight Committee
Published 2025-10-23 by Cory Allen Heidelberger Someone arranged for four out-of-state witnesses to spend three hours yesterday telling the Legislature’s interim committee on medical marijuana how bad medical marijuana is. Pot advocate Emmett...

GRAND SLAM: THE Oklahoma State Dream Team New Coaching Staff Hires!

Oklahoma’s future depends on education, health care Mark Funke
Oklahoma has momentum. We’re landing new investments, growing aerospace and defense, advancing world-class medical research, and even shining on the national sports stage. But momentum alone is not a strategy. The truth is simple: Our long-term...

College football games on TV today: Schedule for Saturday Week 8 games
It's the Third Saturday in October, and there's plenty of fanfare surrounding the high-stakes college football games on tap for Week 8. That moniker refers directly to the Alabama-Tennessee rivalry, which is set for primetime treatment. Ty Simpson...

Musick previews Arkansas' season at SEC Media Day
Change is the one word that encapsulates the Arkansas women’s basketball program going into the 2025-26 season. Gone is former head coach Mike Neighbors, who was the head coach at Arkansas for eight seasons. Instead of Neighbors, it will be Kelsi...

Top 100 players ranked going into 2025-26
Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello Basketball recruiting insider Jeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. He has joined ESPN in 2014. Myron Medcalf Close Myron Medcalf ESPN Staff Writer Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com....

‘Helping the underprivileged’: April Doshier reflects on 15-year tenure as Food and Shelter director
As breakfast service ramped up, April Doshier could be found walking around Norman Food and Shelter. With walls lined with resource posters, artwork and memories, Doshier greeted guests and checked in with staff members. Doshier, who worked with...

Oklahoma education department shifts focus away from Bible mandates
WELL, GUYS, I’M DUE. THIS IS I’M TOLD THIS IS ALL DUE TO THE STAFF TURNOVER WE’VE BEEN SEEING RECENTLY WHEN A PUBLIC OFFICIAL STEPS DOWN THE NEXT IN LINE, TAKES ON ALL THOSE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES. AND RIGHT NOW, THE GOAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF...

Oklahoma’s Jayden Gibson Leaves Program Amid Injury Struggles
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma wide receiver Jayden Gibson is no longer part of the Sooners football program, coach Brent Venables confirmed during a weekly SEC teleconference. “Jayden’s no longer with the team,” Venables said but did not provide...

Oklahoma City high school team returns championship title after scoring error
CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS A VIDEO FROM LAST SEASON WHEN THE ACADEMY OF CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL WAS CROWNED VICTORIOUS IN A GAME AGAINST APACHE HIGH SCHOOL. WITH ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME, THERE WAS A...

Sporticast 491: Penn State’s Rapid Descent From White Out to Buyout
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including Penn State’s decision to fire football coach James Franklin after the Nittany Lions lost two...

Alicia Keys’ musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ hits the road
NEW YORK (AP): Alicia Keys’ semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age Broadway musical is all grown up and leaving the nest. And, like any happy parent, Keys may visit it every once in a while. A new Hell’s Kitchen cast has assembled in Cleveland for a...

Happy Hour: 70 minutes of "Coach Stig" on Dakota Marker history and 2025 game topics
Some call the Dakota Marker series the best college football rivalry in the nation — at least this past decade — because of how often both teams are national championship contenders and, like this week, No. 1 and No. 2. Some don't. It's a layered...

Larry O’Brien trophy logo, Finals script logo reportedly to return to court for NBA Finals
The NBA heard you. During Game 1 of last season’s NBA Finals, complaints quickly arose online that there was nothing on the court in Oklahoma City to identify it as a Finals game — it looked exactly like the court from a Tuesday night game in...

Movie Review: ‘Blue Moon’ is a poignant, funny valentine, and Ethan Hawke has never been better
By Canadian Press on October 15, 2025. For a filmmaker once synonymous with slackerdom, Richard Linklater has proven to be one of the most prodigious and consistently excellent American filmmakers. A small but rich vein of the two dozen features...