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First openly gay mayor of Oklahoma town quits over threats and harassment

‘These malicious bad-faith attacks are escalating and I no longer feel safe to serve’

The Independent UK

40 million under heat warnings as 89 large wildfires rage across U.S.

The entire state of Oklahoma is under an excessive heat warning and several states face heightened fire dangers.

Axios

SEC Commish Says Adding Texas, Oklahoma Trumps Adding USC, UCLA

Speaking on the first day of the conference’s media days, Sankey gave his thoughts on the recent realignment moves.

Sports Illustrated

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Chicago Cubs select Cade Horton, a right-handed pitcher from Oklahoma, with the No. 7 pick in the MLB draft

When the time arrived for the Chicago Cubs to make their first-round pick Sunday night, they could have opted for one of the top available hitters.

Chicago Tribune

Orioles Take Jackson Holliday With No. 1 Pick in MLB Draft

The Oklahoma State commit is a highly touted shortstop prospect out of high school.

Sports Illustrated

Kevin Sherrington: Oklahoma, Texas to SEC a matter of when — Sarkisian, Venables going with isn’t so certain

ARLINGTON, Texas — The good news for Brent Venables is that if his first head coaching gig doesn’t work out, he can always find work as a tour guide or the next Billy Mays. The man can talk. Berry Tramel, the estimable Oklahoma sportswriter, timed the preamble of Venables’ introductory…

Tribune News Service

College Republicans rocked by scandal

The chairman of the Oklahoma College Republicans was charged on Monday with two felonies

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Rescued Oklahoma tigers get care in California and new home

Two neglected tigers rescued from a long-shuttered roadside Oklahoma tourist attraction are starting new lives more than 1,000 miles away at California’s Oakland Zoo after receiving much-needed medical treatment

The Independent UK

It Must Be Nice To Have John Marshall On Your Side, Except for Indian Law

Justice Gorsuch embraces Worcester v. Georgia, while Justice Kavanaugh rejects the great Chief Justice.

Reason

"Scattered Dicta" in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta

In Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, the majority and dissent vigorously disagreed about the scope and meaning of federal Indian law. In particular, Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch contested how certain precedents, construed over the course of two centuries, should be read. Indeed, the majority and dissent bickered about what those cases actually…

Reason

Big 12 Officials Coordinator Speaks Out on ‘Horns Down’ Criticism

Greg Burks: ‘Please, the state of Oklahoma: I make no offense. You don’t have to send me e-mails.’

Sports Illustrated

Oklahoma, O.K.!?

I've now finished reading Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. I'll say this much: I found Justice Gorsuch's dissent here far more persuasive than I found his majority opinion in McGirt. Yet, if McGirt had come out the other way, there probably would have been no need for the Court to decide Castro-Huerta.…

Reason

Mac Engel: Sonny Dykes has two QB options for TCU football, but he’s still looking for a starter

ARLINGTON, Texas — On Sonny Dykes’ first trip to Big 12 Media Days as TCU head coach, he did not bring a quarterback for a reason.

Tribune News Service

Big 12’s Yormark Open to Letting Texas, Oklahoma Leave Early

He said he’s “not against” negotiations that would lead to both programs leaving before 2025.

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Tribune News Service

Big 12 ponders conference realignment from position of strength with new commissioner

WICHITA, Kan. — At about this time last year, the Pac-12 and its new commissioner made a decision that transformed the Big 12 from prey to hunter in the world of conference realignment.

USA Today Sports Media Group

College Conference Expansion, Realignment Scenarios. What Each League Should Do, What Will Happen?

The Independent UK

Haaland tour casts light on Native boarding school abuses

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will visit Oklahoma on Saturday for the first stop on a yearlong nationwide tour to hear about the painful experiences of Native Americans who were sent to government-backed boarding schools designed to strip them of their cultural identities

Ballotpedia

Campaign for marijuana legalization initiative submits signatures in Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, the campaign behind a marijuana legalization initiative reported submitting 164,000 signatures for the ballot measure on July 5, 2022. Michelle Tilley, the campaign director, said, “The overwhelming number of signatures we have received demonstrates that our campaign has the momentum.” Of the signatures submitted, 94,911 signatures must be…

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The Guardian - US

Oklahoma to execute death row prisoners nearly every month

State set execution dates on Friday for six inmates and plans for executions to take place about once a month through 2024

The Conversation

U.S. anti-trans laws won't 'save women's sports'

A tsunami of intolerance has engulfed the sporting world. Wave after wave of prejudice continues to make equitable sports participation difficult, and the most recent news heaves trans athletes of all ages overboard into a swirling current of exclusion and stigmatization.

Tribune News Service

Chip Scoggins: Big Ten bursting coast to coast ends 'Power Five' era

MINNEAPOLIS — The commissioners for the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC appeared together at a virtual news conference last August to express unity and a spirit of collaboration in announcing a new "Alliance" partnership in the wake of jarring news that Texas and Oklahoma were bolting to the SEC.

ABC News

Welcome to Oklahoma, the hardest place to get an abortion in a post-Roe v Wade America

Even before Roe v Wade fell, life legally began at the moment of conception in Oklahoma. Now it offers a glimpse of what life could be like for pregnant people and health providers in America's abortion desert.

Tribune News Service

Paul Zeise: Conference commissioners are the biggest frauds in sports

PITTSBURGH — The Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC entered into some sort of "historic alliance" to work together toward making a better future for college athletics. It was in response to the SEC raiding the Big 12 for Oklahoma and Texas, and the three conference commissioners issued statements and had…

Tribune News Service

Oklahoma’s criminal abortion bans challenged at state high court

A coalition of abortion providers asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday to block enforcement of the state’s criminal abortion laws and to declare access to the procedure protected under the Oklahoma constitution.

The Independent UK

Experts: US Court fractures decades of Native American law

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is upending decades of law in support of tribal sovereignty

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