Topline Voters in Oklahoma on Tuesday rejected a ballot initiative that would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state, becoming the latest in a string of red states to vote against such a m...
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Jaylin Williams Is Already A Key Piece For The Oklahoma City Thunder
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 24: Jaylin Williams #6 of the Oklahoma City Thunder is seen during the … [+] game against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on February 24, 2023 in Phoenix, ...
Rising Star Josh Giddey Opens Up On Oklahoma City Thunder’s Playoff Chase And 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey isn’t surprised by the team’s early success despite their … [+] youth. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) Getty Images Oklahoma City Thunde...
Texas And Oklahoma Surrender $100 Million To Join SEC In 2024
COLUMBIA, SC – NOVEMBER 14: Overhead view of South Carolina Gamecocks marching band with SEC logo … [+] during the game against the Florida Gators at Williams-Brice Stadium on November 14,...
Oklahoma City Thunder Have Emerged In New Year
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – JANUARY 03: Jalen Williams #8 of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kenrich … [+] Williams #34 of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Luguentz Dort #5 of the Oklahoma City Thu...
Thunder Unveil 2022-23 City Edition Uniforms Honoring Oklahomans
Zach Beecher, Oklahoma City Thunder NBAE In partnership with Nike and the NBA, all 30 teams around the league today unveiled their 2022-23 Nike NBA City Edition uniforms, which represent the stories, ...
Oklahoma, Wisconsin Among Teams Seeking To Keep Bowl Streaks Alive
NORMAN, OK – Head coach Brent Venables and the Oklahoma Sooners march to the end zone arm in arm … [+] before a game against the Kansas State Wildcats at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial S...
Frontcourt Spots Up For Grabs In Oklahoma City
DENVER, CO – OCTOBER 22: Aleksej Pokusevski #17 of the Oklahoma City Thunder blocks a shot from … [+] Aaron Gordon #50 of the Denver Nuggets in the first quarter at Ball Arena on October 2...
University Of Oklahoma Gets $5 Million Gift For State-Of-Art Indoor Golf Performance Center
A rendering of the new state-of-the-art indoor golf facility being built at the University of … [+] Oklahoma thanks to a $5 million alumni gift. Oklahoma athletics Thanks to a $5 million alumni ...
Oklahoma City Thunder’s 15-Man Roster Finalized Ahead Of 2022-23 Season
MIAMI, FLORIDA – JANUARY 15: Isaiah Joe #7 of the Philadelphia 76ers shoots a jumper prior to the … [+] game against the Miami Heat at FTX Arena on January 15, 2022 in Miami, Florida. NOTE...
Apple Store workers in Oklahoma City vote to unionize
The Apple Store workers who’d been planning to unionize since at least early this year have come long way from using encrypted chats to organize in secret. In June, an Apple Store in Maryland be...
Oklahoma City Thunder Season Outlook
TORONTO, ON – DECEMBER 8: Josh Giddey #3 of the Oklahoma City Thunder looks on before playing the … [+] Toronto Raptors in their basketball game at the Scotiabank Arena on December 8, 2021...
NRG-Funded Report Says Texas Ratepayers On Hook For $10.5 Billion Due To Uri, Oklahomans Facing $2.8 Billion In Debt
Transmission towers near the CenterPoint Energy power plant on July 11, 2022 in Houston. Ratepayers … [+] in ERCOT are being saddled with $10.5 billion in debt due to losses utilities incurred d...
Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren, No. 2 Draft Pick, Will Miss The 2022-23 Season With Foot Injury
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – JULY 05: Chet Holmgren #7 of the Oklahoma City Thunder looks on during a NBA … [+] Summer League game against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Arena on July 05, 2022 in Salt ...
Roster Moves Still To Be Made In Oklahoma City
HOUSTON, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 29: Ty Jerome #16 of the Oklahoma City Thunder controls the ball against … [+] the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on November 29, 2021 in Houston, Texas. NOTE T...
‘Reservation Dogs’ Strives To Depict Indigenous People Accurately, Especially When It Comes To Humor
Reservation Dogs — “Pilot” – Episode 101 — One year after the death of their friend, four Native … [+] teens commit crimes to fund their efforts to leave their home in rural Ok...
Notre Dame Could Follow USC, UCLA And Dollar Signs To Big Ten
SOUTH BEND, IN – APRIL 23: Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman points down field … [+] during the Notre Dame Blue-Gold Spring Football Game on April 23, 2022 at Notre Dame ...
Oklahoma City Makes Three Selections In Lottery
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 23: NBA commissioner Adam Silver (L) and Chet Holmgren pose for photos … [+] after Holmgren was drafted with the 2nd overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder dur...
‘Same-Sex Kissing’ Warning Sign For ‘Lightyear’ Removed From Oklahoma Theater After Backlash
Topline An Oklahoma movie theater came under fire this week after it posted a sign warning parents of a “same-sex kissing scene” in Pixar’s Lightyear—which it has since removed—becoming the latest bat...
5 Dead In Oklahoma Hospital Shooting, Tulsa Police Say
Topline Five people were killed in a shooting at a hospital in Tulsa on Wednesday, including the shooter, police announced, marking Oklahoma’s second mass shooting in a public space in three days. Pol...
Oklahoma Passes Third Abortion Ban—Will Outlaw Procedure Even If Roe V. Wade Isn’t Overturned
Topline The Oklahoma legislature passed its third major abortion ban in a little over a month Thursday, as House lawmakers gave final approval to a bill banning abortion starting at conception that’s ...
Oklahoma clinic will shut down if Supreme Court ends Roe v. Wade
A surgical tech and recovery room staff member, walk a patient from Texas to the recovery room following her abortion at the Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Evelyn Hockste...
Oklahoma Enacts Texas-Style 6-Week Abortion Ban
Topline Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill Tuesday that bans virtually all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, threatening to sharply curtail abortion access for both Oklahomans and Texan...
Oklahoma lawmakers advance bitcoin mining legislation
The lower chamber of Oklahoma’s state legislature approved a bitcoin mining-focused bill this week. As previously reported by The Block, the Commercial Digital Asset Mining Act of 2022 is among ...
Oklahoma Set To Outlaw Abortion After Lawmakers Pass Two Texas-Style Bans In One Day
Topline Oklahoma is poised to ban nearly all abortions, as the state legislature passed two bills Thursday copying Texas’ controversial law against the procedure, which will likely cut off abortion ac...
DeSantis Signs 15-Week Abortion Ban Into Law In Florida
Topline Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks without exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking, just days after Oklahoma en...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Bill That Bans Almost All Abortions—And Makes Performing One A Felony
Topline The Oklahoma House passed a bill Tuesday that would outlaw nearly all abortions in the state and make performing the procedure a felony punishable by prison time, one of the most extreme state...
A State Senator Is Pushing to Attract Bitcoin Miners to Oklahoma
The bill proposes a sales tax exemption for miners that would apply to their utility bills. If passed, Oklahoma would tax crypto mining operations “in a manner similar to historical forms of manufactu...