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Varnum Whippet Head Basketball Coach Jon Hadley is keeping his teams warmed up during the holiday break with some scrimmages. On Monday, the Varnum Lady Whippets scrimmaged against Eufaula at Varnum. On Tuesday, the Varnum Whippet boys scrimmaged against Okemah at Varnum.

CBS SPORTS - The 2025-26 College Football Playoff bracket began the weekend with 12 teams and has now been reduced to eight. The regular season was filled with drama, and the first round of the expanded playoffs delivered more of the same.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Splitting a pair of free-throw attempts, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ended his night as the buzzer sounded at the end of the third quarter. That was all asked out of him in a mostly stress-free game. He clocked out of his shift earlier than expected.

The Seminole Chieftain Football team has earned All-District Awards for the 2025 season. The Chieftain Football team finished the season 7-3 and a first-round game in the Class 3A Playoffs.

ESPN - Six Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks were selected for the Pro Bowl Games. The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, along with the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers, are sending five players.

STORMIN IN NORMAN - The Oklahoma women’s basketball team is obviously in serious need of some worthy SEC competition.

ESPN - College football’s transfer portal officially opens at midnight ET on Jan. 2. However, players have been announcing their intentions to transfer since the regular season ended. Once the portal opens, players have until Jan. 16 to enter their name to transfer.

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Nobody in the world knows better than Steve Kerr what it takes to become the greatest basketball team of all time. In 1996, he played alongside Michael Jordan for the Chicago Bulls as they won 72 games.

NORMAN — The Southeastern Conference announced its 2026 football schedule Thursday evening, completing Oklahoma’s 12-game 2026 regular season football slate.

Katie Kelley is a storyteller, but instead of words she uses movement. There are many things that Kelley loves about ballet, but her favorite is the chance to portray a character and connect with an audience through dance.