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Print this article An announcer issued an apology after making racist comments toward an Oklahoma high school basketball team that knelt during the national anthem, blaming the slip on low blood sugar. The announcers off-screen comments, shared in a video posted to Twitter on Friday, were uttered after he noticed members of the Norman High School basketball team kneeling during "The Star-Spangled Banner" on Thursday evening, the “They are kneeling? F--- them,” the announcer, Matt Rowan, is...

Mar 4, 2021 Cleveland County Health Department employees bag up test kits April 9 at a COVID-19 mobile testing site at Griffin Community Park. Kyle Phillips / The Transcript The Oklahoma State Department of Health has begun reporting what they call “provisional COVID-19 deaths” to more closely align with the CDC’s death toll for the state – because of this change officials say the local death counts will only be updated once a week, tentat...

The Depot, a performing arts studio in downtown Norman, is releasing its reboot of “Depot TV” March 7.

Oklahoma Leaders Look to Future Mega COVID Vaccinations On Monday, a total of 9,841 Oklahomans received their first dose of the COVID vaccine at a mega vaccine pod. The pod was hosted in partnership by IMMYLabs, the Cleveland County Health Department and other local entities. by Reese Gorman, The Norman Transcript, Okla. / February 25, 2021 TNS (TNS) - After a local pod successfully vaccinated nearly 10,000 Oklahomans on Monday, organizer...

Thirty years ago this week, I penned a column for the Norman Transcript on turning 30 years old. Funny thing about math. Some of it sticks. I can’t remember why 2x=3y squared, but I know what 30 plus 30 means. My twin brother and I turn 60 on Wednesday. We were born the day JFK was inaugurated; I missed the Eisenhower administration by 5½ hours and am glad I did. Knowing I was born under a president elected in 1952 might make me feel old. We turned 20 the day Reagan was inaugurated, 40 the da...

Jan 19, 2021 In a brief filed in district court this week, City of Norman attorneys say several arguments in a lawsuit between a city councilor and the city clerk are unconstitutional. After the clerk certified a recall petition for Ward 3 Alison Petrone in September, Petrone filed a legal challenge in court alleging insufficient signature gathering practices and the failure of proponents to follow state law for petition procedures. Petrone’s attorneys accused Unite Norman of fraudulent si...

Norman High guard Chiante Tramble drives past a defender during the Tigers game against Edmond Memorial at the McGuinness Classic tournament in Oklahoma City on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.

Dec. 13 White House Coronavirus Task Force Report

Norman has always been a home away from home. My family attended several games in the 1985 national championship season when my sister, Cindy, was in the Pride of Oklahoma. I instantly fell in love with the game day atmosphere of the well-educated college town. Growing up in Enid, I attended the University of Oklahoma and forged a lifelong identity as a Sooner. And that’s not just because my great-great grandfather made the Cherokee Strip Land Run in 1893. I would graduate from OU 100 year...

Free local application aims to help patients with health records [The Norman Transcript, Okla.] Dec. 26—Residents looking to have better access to their health records may find use in a free local application. PatientLink, an Oklahoma City based medical software development company, recently launched MyLinks, a free of charge internet application that allows patients to gather and manage their health records from different medical clinics onto their phone or computer. Since the application la...