Morning sports roundup Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Dallas stadium gets Final Four The NCAA announced that the men’s basketball Final Four will be played at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington in 2014. The NCAA also awarded the 2016...

Morning roundup: Pedroia wins AL MVP award Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Pedroia wins AL MVP award Boston little man Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP award on Tuesday, becoming the first second baseman to earn the honor in nearly a half-century. Pedroia easily beat out...

ESPN snags BCS, ensuring march to cable continues Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Approximately 16 million television homes that don’t subscribe to cable or satellite services will miss out on college football’s biggest games starting in 2011. The Bowl Championship...

Xavier Henry signs with Memphis Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 26 Turns out, playing with his brother was a determining factor for Xavier Henry. The Putnam City standout signed with Memphis on Tuesday, saying playing with his brother C.J. was, "the determining...

MORNING ROUNDUP: Coaching great Pete Newell dies Mon, Nov 17, 2008 Coaching great Newell dies Pete Newell, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who won an NCAA championship and Olympic gold medal and later tutored some of the game’s greatest big men, died...

Journal entries: Yankee’s memory may bring life Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment Welcome to Journal Entries, an occasional feature in The Oklahoman. These are the kind of everyday, slice-of-life stories that you’d tell your best friend. They might make you smile, laugh or...

Morning roundup Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment Source: Yanks to make Sabathia historic offer Free-agent season opened Friday with the Yankees planning to give CC Sabathia a record offer for a pitcher. New York formulated a proposal to the big...

Morning sports roundup Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Add a comment Lee wins AL Cy Young Indians left-hander Cliff Lee won the American League Cy Young Award in a runaway Thursday. Demoted to the minors last year, Lee went a major league-best 22-3 this season with...

Oklahoma sports media notebook Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 1 Cox to carry MLB Network Cox Communications, a part owner of the MLB Network, will carry the channel statewide on digital cable when it launches Jan. 1, said Cox spokeswoman Christine Martin. MLB...

Oklahoma native Ron Gardenhire gets 2-year extension from Twins Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Add a comment MINNEAPOLIS - Ron Gardenhire figures he has one thing left to do as manager of the Minnesota Twins and that's win a World Series. The Oklahoma native agreed today to a two-year contract extension...

Morning sports roundup Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment Holliday officially sent to Oakland Matt Holliday hardly could have expected to land with the low-budget Oakland Athletics. The A’s completed their trade with the Colorado Rockies for the...

Morning sports roundup Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Add a comment Giants’ Lincecum wins NL Cy Young Award Tim Lincecum won the National League Cy Young Award by a comfortable margin on Tuesday, taking home pitching’s highest honor in his second major...

Report: Stillwater native and star outfielder Matt Holliday part of A’s trade Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Add a comment SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Stillwater native and star outfielder Matt Holliday appears headed to the Oakland Athletics in a surprising move for a franchise known more for shedding stars than adding...

Morning roundup: Longoria, Soto are rookies of the year Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Add a comment Longoria, Soto are Rookies of the Year Evan Longoria won the American League Rookie of the Year award Monday by unanimous vote. Geovany Soto ran away with the NL honor. Longoria became the first...

Report: Stillwater's Matt Holliday part of big MLB trade Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Add a comment SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Stillwater native and star outfielder Matt Holliday appears headed to the Oakland Athletics in a surprising move for a franchise known more for shedding stars than...

Morning roundup Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Add a comment Verplank shares lead at Disney Steve Marino shot a 6-under par 66 on Saturday to tie former Oklahoma State golfer Scott Verplank for the lead heading into the final round of the $4.6 million...

Signing free-agent pitchers a risky business Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Add a comment When last seen, Carsten Charles Sabathia was walking Brett Myers, who is a pitcher, and then giving up a grand slam to the Phillies’ Shane Victorino in the Division Series. You would have...

NBA notebook Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Add a comment Spurs’ Parker injures ankle, could be out 2 weeks Tony Parker sprained his left ankle and could be out two weeks, and Miami took advantage of his absence to beat San Antonio 99-83 on Friday...

Morning roundup Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment Verplank leads Disney Classic; Tway makes cut Former Oklahoma State golfer Scott Verplank shot his second straight 8-under 64 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the Children’s Miracle...

Cardinals in the hunt for Holliday Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment DANA POINT, Calif. — The Cardinals left a meeting of Major League Baseball general managers Thursday apparently willing to reorder their offseason checklist. After already discussing...