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FAN SIDED - seven teams involved in a deal centered around Kevin Durant’s move to the Houston Rockets.

THUNDER WIRE - The Oklahoma City Thunder have kicked off their 2025 Summer League. They will play at least eight games split between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas from July 5-20. The multiweek extravaganza allows teams to get their first look at some of their young prospects.

ESPN - Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione will retire from his full-time role during the upcoming school year, bringing an end to the longest-tenured run for a current AD in major college sports, sources told ESPN.

LOS ANGELES -- On 15 occasions Wednesday, Clayton Kershaw reached two strikes with an opposing hitter and 53,536 Dodger Stadium fans rose to their feet, almost as if to propel their longtime ace to history. They clapped, they yelled, they hoped, and often, in the end, they sighed.

(posted on 7-3-2025) YAHOO SPORTS - The free agency floodgates are officially open, and after a flurry of activity Monday night, the action continued throughout the week.

SOONER WIRE - New Oklahoma Sooners starting quarterback John Mateer followed new OU offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Ben Arbuckle from Washington State to Norman this winter. In doing so, he became one of the key figures in the 2025 season for the Sooners.

CENTRAL Arcadia: July 1. Elevation is 5 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 78°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth bass fair on bill baits and spinnerbaits around coves and shorelines.

GRIDIRON HEROICS - The Kansas City Chiefs are in the midst of one of the best runs in NFL history. Very rarely do teams win three Super Bowls in a five year span.

ESPN - James Harden is declining his $36.3 million player option and intends to re-sign with the LA Clippers on a two-year, $81.5 million contract, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The second year of Harden’s deal has a player option and is partially guaranteed, sources told ESPN.

The Fourth of July celebrations have finally arrived and sports from all around can be viewed on TV today. Here is a listing of sports that can be viewed or heard today. Friday, July 4, 2025 TELEVISION BASEBALL Red Sox at Nationals, MLBN, 9 a.m.