OU is one of three Big 12 teams ranked in the preseason top 10.
Jan. 23, 2008
NORMAN, Okla. — The Oklahoma softball team will open the 2008 season ranked No. 5 as the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Preseason Poll was released on Wednesday afternoon.
It marks the fourth time in the 14-year history of the poll that the Sooners have received a top-five preseason ranking.
The Sooners enter a three-day, three-team set Friday.
Jan. 23, 2008
Norman, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma women’s tennis team will kick off spring competition Friday, January 25 in Milwaukee, Wis. when it plays three teams over a three-day span.
There the Sooners will meet Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Ohio State and Marquette. It will be the first time in program history that OU has met Marquette and Ohio State and only the second time the Sooners have seen Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Sooners last faced the Panthers in 1998 sweeping a 6-0 victory.
Worlds Medal
For the first time in its 100-year history, the International Ice Hockey Federation will be using four officials at the World Hockey Championship in Quebec City and Halifax this spring.
With the tournament just 100 days away, the IIHF announced there will be two referees and two linesmen on the ice. The system was tested at this year’s World Junior Hockey Championship in the Czech Republic.
Draw: Men | Women | Mixed dbls
Men’s doubles | Women’s doubles
Everton legend Graeme Sharp expects boss David Moyes to adopt a positive approach as they attempt to clinch a first Wembley appearance in 13 years.
Sharp – who played in one League Cup final and four FA Cup finals for Everton in the 80s – is relishing the Carling Cup semi-final second leg clash against Chelsea at a sell-out Goodison Park on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — Four-time All-Star Chuck Knoblauch was subpoenaed Tuesday by a congressional committee investigating steroids in baseball after he failed to respond to an invitation to give a deposition.
Knoblauch, who played for the Yankees, Twins and Royals, was asked to appear Thursday, the first of five depositions or transcribed interviews scheduled by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee prior to its Feb. 13 hearing.
Ana Ivanovic defeated six-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and reached the Australian Open semifinals for the first time in her career. The final score was 7-6 6-4. Ivanovic’s next opponent will be Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia who ended the remarkable run of Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska beating her 6-2 6-2.
The first set of the Ivanovic vs. Williams match was pulsating, with six consecutive breaks of serve. It was taken to a tiebreak which fourth seed Ivanovic won 7-3. Eighth seed Williams got to a 3-0 lead in the second set, but wasted it with inconsistent play while Ivanovic woke up and the former world No.1 couldn’t stop her from closing out the match.
Sophomore guard David Lighty grabbed a crucial offensive rebound and canned a pair of free throws with 30.3 seconds remaining to help preserve a 64-58 victory over Ohio State over Big Ten rival Illinois.
The San Jose Earthquakes will play their first two matches against the former Earthquakes and current back-to-back MLS Champions the Houston Dynamo. The two exposition matches will take place Feb 13 at PAL Stadium (6:30 p.m.) and Feb. 16 at San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium (7 p.m.).
Although the Dynamo have the same basic core of players that they had during their final season in San Jose, I don’t think the locals will show them much love once the first ball is kicked. Former Dynamo defender Ryan Cochrane summed it up perfectly, “They’re the Houston Dynamo now. As soon as everyone can come to grips with that the better.”