Oklahoma Sooners

•To former Oral Roberts baseball star Mike Batesole, who coached Fresno State to the College World Series title, capping the greatest Cinderella story in NCAA championship history.

•To Chris Paul's impending contract extension with the Hornets. Good for George Shinn and good for New Orleans and good for Paul to stick with the franchise that bears his face.

•To Stillwater's Matt Holliday, who despite a miserable season for the Colorado Rockies is batting .337 and has raised his career average to .321. Only 50 hitters in major-league history have hit higher.
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The Pac-10 dominates our list of the toughest non-conference schedules among BCS-league schools. Yes, the Pac-10 only plays three non-conference games, and if they added an extra game, it would quite likely be a creampuff. But the Pac-10 doesn't play an extra game; it plays nine conference games and, typically, a loaded non-conference:

•10. Oklahoma: Chattanooga, at Washington, Cincinnati, TCU. No superpowers, but only one rum-dum.

•9. West Virginia: Villanova, at East Carolina, at Colorado, Marshall, Auburn. Some easy games, but some rousers, too.
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A stint behind bars apparently wasn't enough to keep former University of Oklahoma football standout Adrian Cooper out of trouble.

Cooper, 40, was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City on a felony assault charge.

Cooper is accused of beating up another inmate Jan. 11 at the federal prison in El Reno, leaving the other man with serious injuries, according to court papers.

Cooper was sentenced in September 2006 to more than six years in prison for bilking clients out of nearly $1 million while he was a stockbroker.

Cooper was a tight end at OU who went on to spend six seasons in the National Football League.
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First-year head coach Nicole Nelson and the OU Athletics Department released the 2008 soccer schedule on Thursday, July 3. The season kicks off on Friday, August 22 at Colorado College and in preparation for the opener in Colorado Springs, OU will host Stephen F. Austin on Aug. 15 in the only exhibition game on the schedule.

Four members of Oklahoma's football team are on the watch list for the 2008 Maxwell Award: Sam Bradford, Jermaine Gresham, Juaquin Iglesias and Demarco Murray. The honor is presented annually to the top player in college football.

For the eighth time in the last nine years, Oklahoma has finished among the top 25 in the United States Sports Academic Director's Cup standings. The standings measure the overall strength of an athletics program based on its finish in up to 20 sports 10 for men and 10 for women.

Compton High School safety Chris Metcalf committed to play football for the Trojans following USC’s Junior Day back in February. Metcalf, a hard-hitting safety, said he is thrilled with his college choice and the opportunity to play for one of his childhood heroes but plans to take official visits.

Class of 2010 in Oklahoma will be hard presssed to be as deep with talented prospects as the 2009 class, but things are definitely off to a promising start. In this feature we take a "First Look" at Ken Berry Jr., who will be suiting up for John Marshall High.

Jonathon Miller and his Naaman Forest teammates are set to play in the State seven-on-seven tourney on July 10-12 in College Station. He is also ready to strap on the pads and make a run at a State Championship next fall.