Sitemap - 2022 - Oklahoma Columnist, by Clay Horning
Playing over their heads, Sooners still got the ending they deserved against Seminoles in Orlando
Peyton Bowen's Sooner signing drama a sign of the times more than a sign of Peyton Bowen
Ah, the sweet sounds and hopes of signing day
Cookie Queen's death a study in bad decisions, negligence and evasion of responsibility
For Sooners, even in the imagination, it's finally basketball season
It's hard to beat the high schools
The future of college football may not be what you think it is
Monday, Monday: Mayfield, Deion, Verlander and 'The Crime Dog' Fred McGriff
What Brent Venables must do soon begins with firing himself as Sooner defensive coordinator
How are Porter Moser's Sooners winning?
Lessons from Stitt's son's drunken gun incident not about him, but what the episode made clear
Sooner loss may be forgotten faster than Jeff Lebby's choice to put QB at risk on first OT snap
Brent Venables has a test coming up
For Sooners, Bedlam made everything so clear
A world without Twitter? Sign me up
As Bedlam approaches, but for his role in the drama, Brent Venables has it all figured out
At least one Sooner team's entirely worth watching
After that, Jeff Lebby's Sooner days and nights might be numbered
After everything, where can Oklahoma Democrats go next?
Win or lose, this is what Oklahoma Democrats must do beginning Wednesday and beyond
Against Bears, Sooners suffer worst kind of loss
The empty suits, Kevin Stitt and Ryan Walters
Sooners suddenly better in Venables' eyes
Suddenly, Thunder shocking (again)
It's the World Series and here's two great reasons to choose a team
Venables' words so forceful, so clear, they can be deafening … even to him
Thunder's big run was great, but couldn't overcome ends of quarters, Poku's reign of terror
Big 12 remains there for the taking for all but Cyclones … even the Sooners
Monday blowout: Venables' coaching curve and more (perhaps not limited to sports)
It wasn't everybody, it was Gabriel
Why we love baseball, Chapter 83
Finally, Venables with some answers, sort of
Sooner coordinators breed no confidence
Against Texas, Sooners lose their way as Venables, Lebby lose theirs
The postseason's here and you need a team? Here they are
Talking himself into a corner, Venables must produce
Meanwhile, Mike Gundy keeps winning
Can't throw, can't defend; impossibly, at TCU, Sooners get even worse
Delusions of grandeur dashed, now we get to really watch Brent Venables coach
Playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs? Finally, Sam Presti and the Thunder, are not
Numbers a mirage, Oklahoma must get more from Dillon Gabriel when it's all there for the taking
Gundy's right, Castiglione's wrong and Venables, playing it cool, will miss the rivalry
Writing about writing, revealing the greats, including one, "His Ownself."
Making a Lincoln (Nebraska) statement, Sooners put championships on the table
Venables goes deep on Sooner-Husker history and it's hilarious
The new rules are (almost) here, the new rules are (almost) here
Just like that, Sooners going where Riley, Grinch could never take them defensively
Brent Venables being Brent Venables remains a treat
Frances Tiafoe making history for himself, maybe American men's tennis, too
In Venables' Sooner opener, three plays told the biggest story
In a wild, wooly Crosstown Clash, QB's new wrinkle makes difference for Timberwolves
Joy Hofmeister must give Barry Switzer a call
T-Wolves have another senior slinger
Say it ain't so Chet (and Sooners, Birds and golf, too)
Ryan Walters is too stupid (or crooked) to be our state's superintendent of education
One sport still paying for past sins
The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame has some serious explaining to do
Brent Venables, Sooners move on without revealing much
Using Cale Gundy's resignation to teach writing (seriously)
Cale Gundy's greatest sin wasn't what he said, but the carelessness that led him to say it
Passing of giants makes chasing childhood harder
Remembering Vin, part two: Gibson's impossible shot
Remembering Vin, part one: Aaron's 715th
What's right with Kansas can be right with Oklahoma, too
Venables becoming program's best rookie coach will be a preposterously tall order
Kyler Murray and the art of doing yourself no favors
McMahon out, our national nightmare finally over
ESPYs SCHMESPYs, it's clear who the best team really was
Who will save college football?
The All-Star Game, baseball, now and then, and a little league team that hardly lost
Beyond culture, three ways Venables can make Sooners better
It's too volatile a time for incoming Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark to say so little
LIV will die because it's not real golf
Brent Venables' Sooner honeymoon will last one season, no longer
Divorce from Browns complete, Mayfield stepping into golden opportunity
Clay Horning, golf writer, sort of
The sweet charms of the Westwood Invitational
Making a fortune to destroy college sports
Abortion ruling a time machine that can't possibly work
Their pitching path now narrow, Sooners must start hitting after Game 1 at champ series
One way to push the abortion conversation
Draft gives Thunder Nation permission to care again … seriously
Oklahoma leading charmed life at World Series
Love's Field won't be complete without one particular Sooner's statue out front
Second straight national championship leaves one more question (or does it?)
At World Series, Sooners playing a different game
Did Texas coach Mike White turn Jocelyn Alo away twice at Oregon? … and other World Series stories
Behind the sluggers, Sooners' Hope Trautwein pitching like a national champion
Snapshots from the World Series
Oklahoma tops Texas, breaking the game along the way
Sooners and Longhorns: two rivals, two ways to win, headed for a network showdown
Can Patty Gasso really claim parity?
Best softball team ever? Maybe
The singular greatness and utter inevitability of Jocelyn Alo
How good are the Knights, Cowgirls a win away, Alo's insane numbers
Why Sooners are an insane favorite, the latest on Jordy Bahl and who's still dancing where
When one side is value bankrupt, you have to let their voters know
Aggies fold, because that's what Sooners made them do
Without Bahl, Trautwein gives Sooners more hope after responding to Aggies threat
Sooners win, what's Gasso thinking and what kind of shape is Jordy Bahl really in?
A Patty Gasso story (and a team-by-team Norman Regional preview, too)
Sooner ace Jordy Bahl not back yet
The road to Hall of Fame Stadium
For T-Wolves, falling short a tribute to all they'd already done
Rich Strike, inspirer of sports lists
Going deep on the Derby (and other things)
Sooners' regular finale good for everybody
Is it the corruption or the incompetence Kevin Stitt's presided over that's most troubling?
Miami Vice: Hurricanes' hoop drama has implications for all, Sooner football included
Can we say goodbye to the 'superteams' now?
Speaking about others, Brent Venables reveals himself
A zany, epic, no-way, can't-believe-it Sooner baseball victory
Childhood, baseball and the quest for an ageless milestone
Contrived, pretentious and hardly real, Lincoln Riley tries telling us his story again
When it comes to tanking, Sam Presti maddeningly playing Thunder both ways
Led by Lebby, Gabriel, at right tempo, Sooner offense should be better, not worse
Good news, Thunder done tanking (right?)
Russell being Russell, the sequel
Yet to lose, Sooner softball dominance hardly fair, almost impossible to gauge
State Republicans should be made to wear Senate Bill 612 and other invasive policy
Moments you might have missed from Brady Manek, others on championship Monday
Mourning what pro wrestling's become, honoring what it used to be (and lists)
A difficult issue, but Stitt's divisive solution serves nobody
The curious case of Brady Manek and four more reasons to return to the Final Four
The timeless one, Gordon Drummond, is about to make even more soccer history
Meltdown makes season Sooners enjoyed before it that much more impressive
Jennie Baranczyk and the power of empowerment
Sooners unafraid, pass first test
Baker Mayfield, Knoxville, and what's next
Sooners, Pokes out, it's time to root against their conference
High school sports in our state deserve better
A 'Big House' story, another reason sports are so great
State tournaments, 'The Big House' and the privilege of telling high school stories
Moser failing to inspire confidence
Sooners must overcome 'heavyiness'
The revisionist history on Riley holds up
Great day for Sooners, yet oversight persists
The end of the world as we know it
Gasso's Sooners happily breaking their sport
Sportsmanship cool, ritual not required
Coming to terms with Abby Broyles' wild night
What defines greatness? What determines best?
Good news, there's always the NIT
The sad ballad of James Harden
Umoja Gibson gives Sooners hope
The Joy of responding to Stitt
Beating Stitt requires different story
Brent Venables doesn't disappoint
What Oklahoma Dems can do now, later, forever
Considering Caleb Williams … again
Bench may make big season bigger
Ortiz in, Bonds, Clemens out … ah, perfection
What Porter Moser's doing isn't working
Big game, already a huge season
Sooners' close call to KU nothing to celebrate
Yet again, Kevin full of Stitt
Sooners heading different directions
Oklahomans should adopt Bengals
OU's back, Taylor Robertson makes history and Skylar Vann's why we watch sports
All there is to know from a bad night of Sooner basketball
Caleb Williams not gone yet and should he leave, it's still not a problem
Bijan Cortez puts victory, bigger season on Sooners' table
Congratulations Stephanie Bice