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Prairie View A&M visits No. 12 Oklahoma after Miles' 29-point showing

Dec. 28, 2024 03:53 AM EST

Prairie View A&M Panthers (1-11) at Oklahoma Sooners (12-0) Norman, Oklahoma; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 12 Oklahoma plays Prairie View A&M after Duke Miles scored 29 points in Oklahoma's 89-66 win over the Central Arkansas Bears. The...

New Mexico State visits No. 9 Oklahoma following Beers' 28-point game

Dec. 28, 2024 03:44 AM EST

New Mexico State Aggies (7-5) at Oklahoma Sooners (11-1) Norman, Oklahoma; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 9 Oklahoma hosts New Mexico State after Raegan Beers scored 28 points in Oklahoma's 111-65 victory against the Omaha Mavericks. The Sooners...

Oklahoma AG dismisses assault charge against officer who slammed 71-year-old man to the ground

Dec. 27, 2024 18:52 PM EST

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general dismissed a felony assault charge Friday against a police officer who slammed a 71-year-old man to the ground, breaking his neck, during an argument over a traffic ticket. Gentner Drummond announced that he had...

Navy gets 95-yard TD run from Horvath and stops 2-point try to beat Oklahoma in Armed Forces Bowl

Dec. 27, 2024 17:17 PM EST

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Blake Horvath set a Navy record with a 95-yard touchdown run and then scored a go-ahead 6-yarder with 4:34 left as the Midshipmen overcame an early two-touchdown deficit and stopped a late 2-point conversion attempt to beat Oklahoma 21-20 in the Armed Forces Bowl on...

New 2025 laws hit hot topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns

Dec. 27, 2024 00:17 AM EST

Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there's a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another. Many of the laws launching in January are a result of legislation passed this year....

Full-circle moment for Navy coach Brian Newberry against Oklahoma in Armed Forces Bowl

Dec. 26, 2024 13:23 PM EST

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Navy coach Brian Newberry grew up only a few miles from the University of Oklahoma campus, and the first college game he attended as a kid was to watch the Sooners. His parents still live in his childhood home in Moore, Oklahoma. Now in his...

Boise State's legacy includes winning coaches and championship moments

Dec. 24, 2024 18:49 PM EST

Former Boise State coach Chris Petersen still gets asked about the Fiesta Bowl victory over Oklahoma on the first day of 2007. That game had everything. Underdog Boise State took a 28-10 lead over one of college football's blue bloods that was followed by a 25-point...

Elaborate holiday light displays are making spirits bright in a big way

Dec. 23, 2024 17:32 PM EST

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow might be enough to brighten some homes this holiday season. But others are adorned with thousands of blinking lights synched to blasting music, drawing crowds and bolstering both holiday and community spirit. In a cul-de-sac...

Community remembers teacher killed in Wisconsin school shooting as Christian with Southern roots

Dec. 23, 2024 15:42 PM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Family and friends said their final farewells Monday to a substitute teacher killed in a shooting at a private religious school in Wisconsin last week, describing her as a devout Christian with Southern roots who made copious notes in her personal Bible and planned to take...

USC up to No. 4 in women's AP Top 25 after win over UConn. UCLA, South Carolina, Notre Dame stay 1-3

Dec. 23, 2024 12:36 PM EST

Southern California jumped to No. 4 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll on Monday after edging UConn. The Trojans moved up three spots in the AP Top 25 after beating the then-No. 4 Huskies 72-70 on Saturday night in a rematch of last season's Elite Eight game that...