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Oklahoman Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gasso has not been elected the "official spokesperson" for coaches, but she has pointed out several things that can make the Women's College World Series better experience for players and fans.  No games finishing at 2 a.m. The team seeding process. Better player facilities such as showers and locker rooms at Hall of Fame Stadium. And why not stretch the WCWS over a 12-day period like college baseball's World Series instead of the current seven-day-crunch format? "I think some of the things that were said maybe rubbed some people the wrong way, but t...

LUBBOCK, Texas — With just more than a minute to go Monday night at Texas Tech, Lon Kruger once again put the ball in Elijah Harkless’ hands. Harkless drove toward the basket before flicking the ball into Umoja Gibson’s hands in the corner. Gibson drained a 3-pointer to pull the Sooners within two. They eventually lost, 57-52 to No. 13 Texas Tech, snapping a five-game winning streak. The ninth-ranked Sooners missed Austin Reaves significantly. Harkless’ assist was one of only three OU had on the night, tied for their fewest in a game since Lon Kruger took over in 2011. While Reaves’ ...

NORMAN — OU’s women’s gymnastics team didn’t have much time to process a major loss that happened just before the No. 2 Sooners took on No. 3 Utah on Sunday at Lloyd Noble Center. About 10 minutes into the warmup, freshman vaulter Audrey Lynn suffered a leg injury that ended her season. The Sooners shook it off and beat the Utes 197.025-196.550. “I really, honestly, do think my athletes lost their focus a little bit and had some concern, obviously as they should,” OU coach K.J. Kindler said. “It kind of pulled us out of the zone we were trying to be in and from that point forward...

NORMAN — Kur Kuath hesitated for the slightest of moments, then let it fly. On Saturday inside Allen Fieldhouse, OU’s 6-foot-10 big man hit his first career 3-pointer in the first half of an eventual 63-59 loss to the Jayhawks. It was the only one of Kuath’s three 3-point tries that found their way through the net, though he also showed a willingness to take long jumpers from inside the arc. Kuath isn’t going to start firing up outside shots all the time, but with Brady Manek out for the second consecutive game Tuesday when the Sooners host TCU (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), Kuath could start mak...

NORMAN — As she walked down the Lloyd Noble Center tunnel to be introduced before Sunday’s OU women’s gymnastics season opener, there were no chills running down Anastasia Webb’s spine this year. Those chills, especially last year, came from hearing the roar of the crowd as introductions got underway. A socially distanced crowd of 1,792 lacks the same effect. But once the competition got underway, things settled back into something resembling normal, and the results bore that out as the No. 2 Sooners rolled to a 197.450-195.725 win over No. 21 Arizona State to stretch their home winnin...