Junior college QB who considered OU chooses Auburn

Alabama newspaper reports that Cameron Newton will sign with the Tigers.
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OU beats Stanford 31-27 in Sun Bowl

Landry Jones has three touchdown passes to Ryan Broyles as the Sooners pick up their first bowl win since the 2005 season.
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OU’s Jackson doesn’t start vs. Stanford

Starting cornerback suffered concussion during bowl practice.
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Stewart Mandel: Bowl Breakdown: Brut Sun

No. 19 Stanford (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (7-5) Dec. 31, 2 p.m. ET, CBS

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Cliff Corcoran: Baseball’s top 10 stories of 2009

Baseball rarely disappoints. Every season brings its share of milestones, rare feats, dominating performances, and thrilling finishes and this year was no different. Gary Sheffield hit his 500th home run, Randy Johnson earned his 300th win and Mariano Rivera recorded his 500th save. Jonathan Sanchez pitched a no-hitter and was one error away from having [...]

Gabriele Marcotti: Is Manchester United weaker than in years past?

The assessment came from two illustrious sources: Fabio Capello and José Mourinho. The former, the England national-team boss, said Manchester United was not “the dominant war machine it was last year.” And the latter, the “Special One,” opined that, without the departed Cristiano Ronaldo, United was indisputably weaker.

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Andy Staples: What else could happen in this Bizarro bowl season?

When Wyoming and Fresno State kicked off the bowl season on Dec. 19, the most interesting matchup was Alabama and Texas in the BCS title game. The most interesting off-field story concerned how Cincinnati players would handle playing Florida in the Sugar Bowl without their head coach and with an interim coach who had just [...]

Mark Beech: Expect a close Penn State-LSU battle in Cap One Bowl

Penn State (10-2) vs. LSU (9-3) Jan. 1, 1:00 p.m. ET, ABC

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Ross Tucker: Mastering the art of footballisms

It is Week 17 in the NFL which means the use of agonizingly boring phrases will be used all week in full force. Yes, even more so than normal. NFL players, as a general rule, cling to various well-known football clichés like they are running backs hanging on to the football when their team has [...]

Michael Rosenberg: Anti-BCS sentiment makes college football playoff inevitable

The new decade begins this week, and since it’s never too early to be wrong, here is a prediction:

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Michael McCann: Leach-Texas Tech fight may just be starting

The legal showdown between football coach Mike Leach and Texas Tech administrators reached a breaking point Wednesday when the university fired Leach for cause, effective immediately. The firing relieves Texas Tech of its remaining financial obligations in Leach’s employment contract, which runs through 2013 and sets the stage for Leach to bring a wrongful termination [...]

OU Notebook: The latest on Luck

Oklahoma might have to play against Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck after all. Cardinal coach Jim Harbaugh said Luck had the pins removed from his broken right index finger, and that he is ‘progressing …
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Safe at home

Oklahoma’s football team — in particular, its offense, and quarterback Landry Jones — has performed far better at home this season than it has in games outside of Norman. But OU’s road schedule …
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Sun Bowl Matchups

World sports writer John E. Hoover breaks down today’s OU-Stanford game:
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Stoops: Ex-assistants dismissals disappointing

Of course Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops is disappointed that two of his closest friends in the coaching fraternity, Mark Mangino and Mike Leach, were relieved of their duties this season. But Stoops says their …
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