Sports 1/15/09

SAM BRADFORD MADE IT OFFICIAL YESTERDAY WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE BACK AS AN O.U. SOONER NEXT YEAR…HE SAID HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPETING FOR ANOTHER TRY AT THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP…SOME THOUGHT BRADFORD WOULD MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO THE NFL DRAFT…ALSO ARDMOREITE AND SOONER TIGHT END JERMAINE GRESHAM AND TRENT WILLIAMS WILL BE BACK NEXT SEASON…

THE DALLAS COWBOYS WILL HOLD A TEAM MEETING TO DISCUSS WHETER TERRELL OWENS WILL RETURN TO THE TEAM NEXT SEASON…OWENS HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF ATTENTION WHEN HE SAID CHEMISTRY IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND ON THE FIELD IS THE PROBLEM, RATHER THAN TALENT ON THE FIELD…IN THE MEETING STEPHEN JONES WILL TRY TO CONVINCE HIS FATHER, OWNER AND GENERAL MANAGER JERRY JONES TO RELEASE OWENS…

AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN PULLED A GUN ON MICHAEL IRVINE IN DALLAS JUST BEFORE HE RECOGNIZED IRVINE AS THE FORMER DALLAS COWBOY STAR…IRVIN THINKS THE MAN AND ANOTHER IN THE VEHICLE WITH HIM PLANNED ON ROBBING HIM…SINCE THE GUNNMAN WAS A DALLAS COWBOY FAN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SEASON AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE TWO DROVE OFF WITHOUT HARMING IRVINE…

LOCALLY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL IS KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR…TONIGHT THE ARDMORE TIGERS WILL HOST ADA AT 6pm…TOMORROW NIGHT THE PLAINVIEW INDIANS WILL HOST DICKSON…RINGLING WILL PLAY HEALDTON…MADILL VISITS KINGSTON…MARIETTA IS AT SULPHUR…LONE GROVE WILL BE IN TISHOMINGOP…THACKERVILLE WILL TRAVEL TO SULPHUR…AMD WILSON WILL BE AT WAURIKA…

IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT THE O.U. SOONERS WOMEN GAVE KANSAS STATE THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT 64 TO 48…THE SOONER MEN WILL PLAY TEXAS A& M ON SATURDAY…O.S.U BEAT COLORADO YESTERDAY 79 TO 43…

IN THE NBA THE THUNDER BEAT THE JAZZ 114 TO 93…THE THUNDER WILL PLAY DETROIT TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE CITY AT 7pm…IN OTHER NBA SCORES FROM YESTERDAYTHE PACERS BEAT THE PISTONS 110 TO 106…THE BULLS OVER THE RAPTORS 102 TO 98…AND THE HEAT BEAT THE BUCKS 102 TO 99…

SPORTS 1/14/09

THE ARDMORE TIGERS CAME HOME WITH A 80 TO 73 LOSS TO BURKBURNETT TEXAS LAST NIGHT…FRIDAY THE PLAINVIEW INDIANS WILL HOST DAVIS…COMANCHE WILL VISIT DAVIS…RINGLING WILL VISIT HEALDTON…MADILL WILL BE AT KINGSTON…MARIETTA AT SULPHUR…LONE GROVE TRAVELS TO TISHOMINGO…THACKERVILLE WILL BE IN SPRINGER…TURNER WILL BE IN VELMA ALMA…AND WILSON WILL VISIT WAURIKA…

THE NBA OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WILL HOST UTAH TODAY AT 7 AND MARYLAND WILL VISIT THE THUNDER ON FRIDAY AT 7pm AND DALLAS WILL HOST NEW ORLEANS…YESTERDAY IN THE NBA DENVER BEAT DALLAS 99 TO 97…THE LAKERS OVER THE HOUSTON ROCKETS 105 TO 100…

SAM BRADFORD MAY RETURN TO THE SOONERS NEXT SEASON…SOME THINK HE MIGHT MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE FOR THE NFL DRAFT…BRADFORD HAS NOT MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON WHETHER HE WILL STAY OR GO…SOONER DEFENSIVE TACKEL GERALD McCOY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NFL DRAFT SAID HE WILL BE BACK ON THE FIELD AS A SOONER NEST YEAR…

THE NFC AND AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WILL BE THIS WEEK END…THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES WILL PLAY THE ARIZONA CARDINALS AT 3PM SUNDAY AND THE STEELERS WILL PLAY BALTIMORE AT 6:30 EASTERN TIME ON SUNDAY…

SPORTS 1/13/09

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MORE COACHING CHANGES IN THE NFL…AS EXPECTED AFTER SEVEN YEARS WITH THE COLTS, TONY DUNGY ANNOUNCED HIS RETIRMENT YESTERDAY…HE LED THE COLTD TO A 85 TO 27 REGULAR SEASON RECORD AND A 7 AND SIX RECORD IN THE PLAY-OFF’S…DUNGY SAID HE DISCUSSED HIS RETIRMENT WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS DECISION WAS MADE SO HE COULD SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY…DUNGY IS 53…

THE DENVER BRONCO’S HIRED PATRIOTS OFFENCE COORDINATOR JOSH McDANIELS AS HEAD COACH…THE 32 YEAR OLD McDANIELS SIGNED A FOUR YEAR DEAL AND REPLACES FIRED COACH MIKE SHANAHAN…THE DEAL WITH THE BRONCO’S WAS SAID TO BE $8 MILLION DOLLARS…AT THE END OF THE SEASON, THE BROWNS, LIONS, THE NEW YORK JETS, RAIDERS, RAMS, 49rs AND THE SEAHAWKS MADE COACHING CHANGES…

DALLAS COWBOYS LINEBACKER ANTHONY SPENCER WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXIFICATION AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OUTSIDE AN INDANAPOLIS ESTABLISHMENT…HE WAS RELEASED WITHOUT BOND AND WILL BE IN COURT ON FRIDAY…

IN LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL YESTERDAY…THACKERVILLE BOYS EASILY DEFEATED TURNER 71 TO 42…AND THE THACKERVILLE GIRLS BEAT TURNER AS WELL BY A SCORE OF 65 TO 29…TODAY THE ARDMORE TIGERS WILL HOST BURKBURNETT TEXAS, PLAINVIEW WILL VISIT MADILL…LONE GROVE WILL HOST SULPHUR…HEALDTON VISITS WILSON…KINGSTON IS AT MARIETTA…DAVIS AT DICKSON…RINGLING TRAVELS TO EMPIRE…TISHOMINGO WILL BE IN COMANCHE…

THE O.U. SOONERS BEAT THE TEXAS LONGHORNS LAST NIGHT 78 TO 63…THE SOONERS ARE RATED AT NUMBER 6 AND THE LONGHORNS ARE NUMBER 11…

IN THE NBA THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WILL ENTERTAIN UTAH AT 7 TOMORROW NIGHT…AND NEW ORLEANS WILL VISIT THE DALLAS MAVERICKS AT 7:30…

SPORTS 1/12/09

IN BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL THIS WEEKEND THE ARDMORE FRESHMEN BEAT DUNCAN 35 TO 28…TODAY TURNER WILL BE IN THACKERVILLE…AND TOMORROW THE ARDMORE TIGERS WILL HOST BURKBURNETT TEXAS AT 7pm…PLAINVIEW WILL BE AT MADILL…SULPHUR WILL BE AT LONE GROVE…DAVIS AT DICKSON…HEALDTON AT WILSON…RINGLING VISITS EMPIRE…THACHERVILLE TRAVELS TO SILO…AND TISHOMINGO WILL GO TO COMANCHE…

YESTERDAY IN THE NFL DIVISION PLAY-OFF’S…THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES BEAT THE NEW YORK GIANTS 23 TO 11 TO WIN THE NFC DEVISION…AND THE PITTSBURG STEELERS BEAT THE SAN DIAGO CHARGERS 35 TO 24 FOR THE AFC TITLE…THE EAGLES AND CARDNIALS WILL PLAY NEXT SUNDAY TO DETERMINE WHO WILL BE IN THE SUPER BOWL AND IN THE AFC THE RAVENS AND STEELERS WILL PLAY SUNDAY AS WELL…THE WINNER OF THOSE TWO CONTEST’S WILL BE IN THE SUPER BOWL 2008…

IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL SATURDAY THE O.U. SOONERS BEAT KANSAS STATE 61 TO 53…AND TODAY THE SOONERS WILL HOST THE TEXAS LONGHORNS…THE O.U. WOMEN WILL HOST KANSAS STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7pm…

AND IN THE NBA THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WILL HOST NEW JERSEY TONIGHT AT 6:30…WEDNESDAY THEY WILL HOST UTAH AT 7…NBA SCORES YESTERAY…THE MAGIC BEAT THE SPURS 105 TO 98…THE SUNS OVER THE CLIPPERS 109 TO 103…AND THE HAWKS LOST TO THE 76rs 109 TO 94…

SPORTS 1/9/09

THE SOONERS AND THE FLORIDA GATORS WERE NECK AND NECK FOR MOST OF THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LAST NIGHT UNTIL THE THIRD PASS INTERCEPTION FROM SAM BRADFORD LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER…TIM TEBOW THREW TWO INTERCEPTIONS…JERMAIN GRESHAM CAUGHT ONE TOUCHDOWN PASS AND FLORIDA RUNNING BACK PERCY HARVIN RAN FOR 122 YARDS EVEN WITH A HIGH ANKLE SPRANG…TEBOW THREW A 4 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO DAVID NELSON TO SEAL THE WIN FOR THE GATORS AT 24 TO 14…

THE NFL PLAY-OFFS WILL GO TO THE SECOND ROUND IN THE DEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS STARTING TOMORROW…BALTIMORE WILL BE IN TENNESSEE TO PLAY THE TITANS AND ARIZONA WILL BE IN CAROLINA…ON SUNDAY THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES WILL BE IN NEW YORK TO PLAY THE GIANTS…SAN DIAGO WILL BE IN PITTSBURG…

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COACHING CHANGES IN THE NFL…THE CLEVELAND BROWNS HAVE SIGNED ERIC MANGINI TO A FOUR YEAR DEAL…SEATTLE SIGNED GREG KNAPP AS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR…

NOW THAT THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS COMING TO A CLOSE IT IS TIME TO CONCENTRATE ON BASKETBALL…LOCALLY THE U.S. ARMY NEW YEARS CLASSIC WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND TOMORROW…IN YESTERDAY’S ACTION THE PLAIN VIEW GIRLS LOST TO MILLWOOD 47 TO 34… MADILL BEAT MARLOW 49 TO 29…DICKSON OVER VICTORY LIFE 57 TO 47…AND THEN MARLOW BEAT DICKSON 53 TO 43…IN OTHER ACTION YESTERDAY THE LONE GROVE BOYS FELL TO WEATHERFORD 78 TO 36…

YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT IN THE NBA THE MAVERICKS JUST GOT BY NEW YORK 99 TO 94….THEY WILL PLAY PHEONIX TONIGHT AT 9:30…THE SPURS DEFEATED THE CLIPPERS 106 TO 84…TOMORROW THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WILL BE IN CHICAGO…TIP OFF IS AT 7:30…

SPORTS 1/8/09

TONIGHT IS THE BIG NIGHT…IT’S THE BCS BIG 12 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH O.U. AND FLORIDA…GAME TIME IS 7:15 AND CAN BE HEARD OVER AM 1240 KVSO…TONIGHTS GAME COULD BE COACH BOB STOOPS SECOND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WIN OR IT COULD BE HIS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE LOSS IN THE BIG GAME…FLORIDA HAS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE AND IS FAVORED TO WIN…BUT THE HIGH POWERED SCOREING OF SAM BRADFORD AND THE SOONER OFFENCE WILL BE A SERIOUS THREAT TO FLORIDA…

PACMAN JONES WAS RELEASED FROM THE DALLAS COWBOYS ROSTER YESTERDAY…THE CONTRAVERSIAL CORNERBACK HAD LITTLE IMPACT ON THE FIELD FOR DALLAS AND WAS SUSPENDED SIX GAMES FOR HIS OFF FIEL BEHAVIOR…

SATURDAY IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE NFL PLAY-OFFS BALTIMORE WILL VISIT THE TITANS…ARIZONA IS AT CAROLINA…THEN ON SUNDAY THE EAGLES WILL BE IN NEW YORK AGAINST THE GIANTS…AND SAN DIAGO WILL BE IN PITTSBURG TO PLAY THE STEELERS…

THE ARDMORE FOOTBALL BANQUET WILL BE MONDAY JANUARY 12th IN THE ARDMORE CONVENTION CENTER AT 6:30 pm…TICKETS ARE $10 AND MAY BE PURCHASED BY CALLING THE ARDMORE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AT 221-3052…

LASTNIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL THE LADY TIGERS BEAT GAINSVILLE 74 TO 21…IN BOYS BASKETBALL RINGLING DEFEATED WILSON 53 TO 42…SULPHUR LOST TO BRIDGE CREEK 56 TO 31…

AND IN THE NBA THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER FELL TO THE TIMBER WOLVES 129 TO 87…THE THUNDER WILL PLAY HOUSTON IN OKLAHOMA CITY TONIGHT AT 7pm…DALLAS IS AT PHEONIX AT 9:30 EASTERN TIME…

SPORTS 1/7/09

LAST NIGHT IN THE GMAC BOWL, TULSA BEAT BALL STATE 45 TO 13…BALL STATE QUARTERBACK FUMBLED THE BALL ON THEIR FIRST TWO POSESSIONS AND ONE OF THOSE RESULTED IN 7 POINTS FOR TULSA…
TOMORROW NIGHT IS THE NIGHT FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS AND THE FLORIDA GATORS…BE LISTENING FOR THE GAME OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA RADIO CNETER STATION KVSO AT 1240 ON THE AM BAND…KICK OFF IS AT 7:15…BOTH TEAMS ARE 12 AND 1 ON THE SEASON…

THE NFL PLAY-OFFS WILL RESUME ON SATURDAY…BALTIMORE WILL BE IN TENNESSEE AT 3:30 AND ARIZONA WILL BE IN CAROLINA AT 7:15…ON SUNDAY PHILADELPHIA WILL BE IN NEW YORK TO PLAY THE GIANTS…AND SAN DIAGO VISITS PITTSBURG AT 3:45…

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS QUARTERBACK DREW BREESE WAS SELECTED AS THE NFL OFFIENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR…HE WAS JUST SHORT OF DAN MARINOS PASSING RECORD BY ONLY 15 YARDS FOR 5,069 YARDS IN A SEASON…

IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT THE PLAINVIEW INDIANS BEAT LONE GROVE 68 TO 54…THE PLAINVIEW GIRLS ALSO CAME HOME WITH A WIN OVER LONE GROVE 44 TO 42…WAYNE BEAT TURNER 77 TO 18…IN THE SECOND GAME TURNER CAME BACK TO BEAT WAYNE 68 TO 56…WILSON OVER RINGLING 47 TO 29…DICKSON BEAT VICTORY LIFE 62 TO 43…SULPHUR LOST TO BRIDGE CREEK 56 TO 47…AND THE U.S.ARMY NEW YEARS CLASSIC WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK IN MARIETTA…MOST ALL AREA HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS WILL PARTICIPATE INCLUDING PLAINVIEW, LONE GROVE, HEALDTON, DICKSON, MADILL, SULPHUR AND OTHERS…

IN THE NBA THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER BEAT THE NEW YORK NICKS LAST NIGHT 107 TO 99…THE THUNDER WILL HOST HOUSTON ON FRIDAY AND THE DALLAS MAVERICKS WILL BE IN PHEONIX…LAST NIGHT THE MAVERICKS LOST TO THE L.A. CLIPPERS 107 TO 102…

SPORTS 1/6/09

THE TEXAS LONGHORNS DEFEATED OHIO STATE LASTNIGHT IN THE FIESTA BOWL 24 TO 21 IN THE FINAL SECONDS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER…COLT McCOY THREW A 26 YARD PASS TO QUAN COSBY WITH ONLY 16 SECONDS LEFT IN THE 4th QUARTER…COSBY CAUGHT 14 PASSES FOR 171 YARDS LAST NIGHT…

THURSDAY NIGHT THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS WILL BE IN FLORIDA TO PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP…KICK OFF IS SET FOR 7:15…YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME ON AM 1240 KVSO…TEXAS IS HOPING THEY CAN AT LEAST GET A NUMBER TWO RATING IN THE NATION BEHIND THE WINNER OF THE O.U., FLORIDA GAME…THE SOONERS WILL STILL BE WITHOUT THEIR STAR RUNNING BACK DEMARCUS MURRAY…BUT COACH BOB STOOPS SAID THEY HAVE A GAME PLAN THAT WILL MAKE UP FOR HIS ABSENCE…AND THE DENVER BRONCO’S HAVE STATED THEIR INTEREST IN HIRING BOB STOOPS AS COACH AFTER THE FIRING OF MIKE SHANNAHAN…COACH STOOPS WAS ASKED ABOUT IN A NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AND HE SAID HE WILL NOT THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER THURSDAY…

IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT THE BEAT MARYLAND EASTERN SHORES 100 TO 63…TONIGHT THE SOONERS WILL HOST SAVANNA STATE…AND THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WILL HOST NEW YORK AT 7pm…
IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TONIGHT PLAINVIEW IS AT LANE GROVE…HEALDTON AT EMPIRE…KINGSTON VISITS COALGATE…RINGLING IS AT WILSON…AND SULPHUR IS AT BRIDGE CREEK…TURNER WILL BE IN WAYNE…THE ARDMORE LADY TIGERS WILL BE IN GAINESVILLE…

SPORTS 1/5/09

THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES BEAT THE VIKINGS YESTERDAY 26 TO 14 AND THE BALTIMORE RAVENS DEFEATED THE MIAMI DOLPHINS 27 TO 9 IN THE NFL WILD CARD GAMES YEASTERDAY…THE EAGLES AND RAVENS ADVANCE TO ROUND TWO…THE FALCONS ARE OUT AFTER SATURDAY’S LOSS TO SAN DIAGO 23 TO 17 IN OVER TIME…IN ROUND TWO BALTIMORE WILL FACE THE TENNESSEE TITAN’S THIS COMING SATURDAY…ARIZONA WILL TRAVEL TO CAROLINA AND ON SUNDAY PHILADELPHIA WILL BE IN NEW YORK AGAINST THE GIANTS…AND SAN DIAGO WILL BE IN PITTSBURG…

THURSDAY NIGHT AT 7pm IS THE KICK OFF OF THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE O.U. SOONERS AND FLORIDA IN MIAMI…THAT GAME WILL BE BROADCAST OVER AM 1240 KVSO…

IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TODAY…PLAINVIEW WILL BE IN LONE GROVE…DICKSON WILL VISIT VICTORY LIFE…HEALDTON IS AT EMPIRE…KINGSTON AT COALGATE…RINGLING AT WILSON…SULPHUR IS AT BRIDGE CREEK…AND THE ARDMORE LADY TIGERS WILL TRAVEL SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER TO PLAY GAINSVILLE AT 7:30 TONIGHT…

THE O.U. SOONERS WILL HOST SAVANNA STATE TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8…AND IN THE NBA THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER WILL HOST NEW YORK AT 7pm…THE L.A CLIPPERS WILL BE IN DALLAS AGAINST THE MAVERICKS…YESTERDAY THE RAPTORS BEAT THE MAGIC 108 TO 102…THE KNICKJS OVER THE CELTICS 100 TO 88…THE PISTON’AS BEAT THE CLIPPERS 88 TO 87…

AND THE OKLAHOMA CITY BLAZERS WILL PLAY THE BRAMAHS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE FORD CENTER AT 7:10pm…

SPORTS 1/2/09

THE ARDMORE TIGERS LOST TO GUTHERIE IN THE FINAL GAME OF THEIR HOLIDAY FESTIVAL BY A SCORE OF 50 TO 47…GUTHERIE IS RATED NUMBER ONE AND ARDMORE NUMBER TWO IN CLASS 5-A…

IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL…THE U.S.C. TROJANS WON THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT ROSE BOWL YESTERDAY OVER PENN STATE 38 TO 24…

TIME IS NEARING FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE O.U. SOONERS FLORIDA GAME…THAT CONTEST WILL BE BROADCAST OVER SOUTERN OKLAHOMA RADIO CETER STATION AM 1240 KVSO ON THURSDAY…AND SOONERS COACH BOB STOOPS RECEIVED A $3 MILLION DOLLAR STAY BONUS…IT WAS IN HIS CONTRACT IF STOOPS REMAINED WITH O.U. FOR TEN YEARS AND YESTERDAY MARKED THE FIRST DAY OF HIS 10 YEARS…STOOPS HAS A 109 AND 23 RECORD WITH SIX BIG 12 CONFERENCE TITLES…HIS ANNUAL INCOME IS $2 AND ¾ MILLION…

IN THE NFL PLAY-OFFS TOMORROW ATLANTA WILL BE IN ARIZONA, THE COLTS WILL BE IN SAN DIAGO…AND SUNDAY BALTIMORE TRAVELS TO MIAMI…AND PHILADELPHIA WILL BE IN MINNESOTA…

THE OKLAHOMA THUNDER BEAT DEFEATED THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT BY A SCORE OF 108 TO 100…TODAY THE DENVER NUGGETS WILL PLAY THE THUNDER IN OKLAHOMA CITY AT 7 TONIGHT…THE DALLAS MAVERICKS WILL PLAY MEMPHIS ON SUNDAY…