Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured Canada's first NBA championship. They recorded a remarkable road win yet in the franchise's NBA Finals debut, outlasting the battered and depleted two-ti...

On June 20, 1782 – Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States and the eagle as its symbol. 1863 – President Lincoln admitted West Virginia as the 35th state. 1867 – Pres. Andrew Johnson ann...

Former Eufaula standout baseball player Daniel Salters announced his retirement from professional baseball on Facebook. The Cleveland Indians drafted Salters after an impressive college career at Dall...

Southcentral Region Fisheries Management crew recently conducted a spring time bass survey on McGee Creek Reservoir. This survey was conducted before all the rain. Below is a picture of two nice large...

Jenks pitcher/shortstop Bryce Osmond was rated the No. 53 overall draft prospect by MLB Pipeline and was projected to be drafted in the early rounds. However, he wasn’t drafted until the final day of ...

Jenks has hired Justin Timmerman as its new head baseball coach. Tim-merman has 16 years of coaching experience at the high school and college levels. He coached Sperry for the past six years, going 1...

The staff of Eufaula Indian Journal and McIntosh County Democrat newspapers had plenty to be proud of Saturday night at the Oklahoma Press Association Awards Banquet at the Grand Casino in Shawnee. Th...

The Eufaula Ironheads are looking to top their excellent 2018 season early by participating in their Summer Pride program. Student-athletes have been dedicated to the program that includes conditionin...

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) Commissioner Greg Sankey announced Friday the conference is set to lift its ban on stadium-wide alcohol sales Aug. 1. The University of Georgia is going to construct ...

Baseball players representing the eastern half of the state won their other games sponsored by the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association. The East won 10-2 in the small-school game (2A-A-B) and 8-3 in...

Kinsley Washington a game-winning single bottom of the seventh inning to boost UCLA to a 5-4 victory and a national championship. UCLA’s first two hitters, Bubba Nickles and Briana Perez hit 1-0 pitch...

The University of Oklahoma (OU) will start a Sept. 14 road tilt at UCLA is set for a 7 p.m. CT/5 p.m. PT kickoff on FOX. The Sooners’ annual Red River Showdown against Texas will also air on FOX and k...

University of Oklahoma head basketball coach Lon Kruger announced Alvin “Pooh” Williamson as an assistant coach. Williamson, from Beggs, Okla., brings over two decades of coaching experience to Norman...

More than $500,000 was paid out to rodeo athletes today as the World Champions Rodeo Alliance (WCRA) concluded their $500,000 semi-finals rounds in Guthrie, Oklahoma at the Lazy E Arena. The five-day...

On June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord, commonly known as D-Day, begins in Normandy, France, during the predawn hours, the US 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions are dropped inland from the right flank bea...

Major League Baseball (MLB) Hall of Fame player Ted Williams’ military career began during World War II. Just a few months after hitting .406, Pearl Harbor was attacked, and the U.S. was drawn into Wo...

After a long distinguished military career, Lowell Jones was inducted in the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame in 2016. First Lieutenant Lowell E. Jones was born 8 February 1919 in Ada, Oklahoma. He enli...

This article was published in November 1946 in Sooner Magazine, published every month by the University of Oklahoma Association. It is reprinted in its entirety and with permission by OU. The gold th...

Mount Vernon superintendent Jason McCullough announced Friday the board of trustees had approved a two-year contract with Art Briles, who was 65-37 in eight seasons with Baylor. Before coaching in col...

Defensive standout Pat Tillman was deeply affected in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and felt a calling to serve his country. He left a multimillion-dollar contract from the Arizona Cardinals on the...