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Oklahoma State football: A stunning success story at the box office

newsok.com — Good news for all on both sides of Bedlam who despise Mike Holder's ticket policy. He has an exit strategy. Some day in the future, OSU football no longer will designate a singular home game by which admission is granted only through season tickets or the opponents' limited allotment.

Oklahoma State football: Mike Gundy lifts Wes Lunt restrictions, but too late

newsok.com — Mike Gundy relaxed his restrictions on transferring quarterback Wes Lunt but too late to give Lunt any concrete options beyond Louisville and Illinois, Lunt told Illinois sports station WFMB. Lunt is transferring from OSU to Illinois and sat down for an excellent interview on channel1450.com, a Springfield, Ill.-based outlet.

College football: Ranking the Big East non-conference schedules

newsok.com — Time to analyze Big East football's non-conference schedules. Why? Because for one last year, the Big East has an automatic berth to the BCS. One of these teams will play in a major bowl.

NBA Finals: Spurs over Heat would be no upset

newsok.com — The NBA Finals can end Tuesday night, and should the Spurs beat the Heat in Game 6, or in a potential Game 7 Thursday night, it would be considered a big upset. Not because San Antonio is some Cinderella story, but because the Heat is considered an historically great team.

OKC Thunder: Scott Brooks could learn from NBA Finals

newsok.com — Series tied 2-2. Game 5 in San Antonio. The Spurs' title hopes a little precarious. So Gregg Popovich got serious. He moved Manu Ginobili into the starting lineup for the first time in what seemed like forever. Ginobili played great. But so did the Thunder, which prevailed 109-103 and went on to win the 2012 Western Conference Finals.

Oklahoma football: Jimmy Stevens' Florida State kick remembered

newsok.com — Jimmy Stevens' final field goal as the Oklahoma kicker was his most memorable. At least in the minds of OU fans. On Sept. 17, 2011, Stevens kicked a 31-yard field goal to give OU a 23-13 lead at Florida State, with just 2:01 left in the game.

College football: Ranking Pac-12 non-conference schedules

newsok.com — The Pac-12 traditionally plays excellent non-conference schedules. But in 2013, that's not necessarily the case. Just like every other league, some schools produce, some don't. 1. Arizona State: Sacramento State, Wisconsin, Notre Dame at Arlington, Texas. Wow. Hosting Rose Bowl regular Wisconsin and playing Notre Dame on a neutral field.

NBA Finals: Danny Green making history

newsok.com — Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Danny Green. Do those names go together? How about Jerry West, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal and Danny Green? Or Kobe Bryant, Larry Bird, Rick Barry and Danny Green? Or Moses Malone, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James and Danny Green? Cue the Sesame Street song.

College football: Ranking the ACC's non-conference schedules

newsok.com — Time to critique ACC football's non-conference schedules, which aren't nearly as strong as the ACC's slate in 2012: 1. Clemson: Georgia, South Carolina State, The Citadel, at South Carolina. Two SEC heavyweights? Who schedules like that? Kudos to the Clemsons. 2. Virginia Tech: Alabama at Atlanta, Western Carolina, at East Carolina, Marshall.

NBA Finals: Who has the edge?

newsok.com — The Heat and Spurs play Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night. If the Heat wins, of course, the series is over. Teams don't come back trailing three games to two, headed on the road for the final two games of the series.