WRITING
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PURPOSE IN A PANDEMIC
“King, who swam competitively for 13 years before taking up rowing in 2018, wouldn't just be losing her second season with the Sooners, but she'd also lose invaluable training for what was soon to be her third Paralympic Trials… In just a few weeks, however, training would be the least of King's worries. Instead, she'd be thrown into a critical role, playing her part to slow the spread of a global pandemic in America's second-largest city.”
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Published on SoonerSports.com, @OU_Football social media platforms and in the Nov. 21, 2019, OU vs. Kansas Senior Night game program.
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ALL CLASS
“Jalen Hurts has accomplished a seemingly impossible feat: uniting two of the most passionate, proud and competitive fan bases in the nation behind his success, and it's not because of touchdown passes or box scores. It's because of character.”
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JALEN HURTS AND OLIVIA DEAN INTERVIEWs CONDUCTED BY JESSICA COODY, SOONERSPORTS TV
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POST-GAME STORY
OKLAHOMA BATTLES PAST WEST VIRGINIA
“With just a three-point lead, the Sooners looked to No. 10/16 Anthony Mantanona to pull away, and the redshirt sophomore delivered.”
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PRE-GAME STORY
OU HEADS TO MICHIGAN FOR TOP-THREE BATTLE
“Oklahoma (8-1) hits the road again this weekend for a matchup between two of the nation's top three men's gymnastics teams. No. 3 Michigan enters the meet after posting a season-high 413.500 last weekend for the second-highest mark in the NCAA.”
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DYER, GUIMARAES EARN CGA ALL-AMERICA HONORS
“Oklahoma's Gage Dyer and Vitaliy Guimaraes were named 2020 Regular Season All-Americans on Saturday by the College Gymnastics Association (CGA). After the cancellation of the remainder of the 2020 season to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the CGA awarded Regular Season All-America honors for the first time in NCAA history.”
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MOTLEY HITTING HIS STRIDE
“When the pregame clock strikes 23 minutes until kickoff, Oklahoma's Parnell Motley finds himself amidst a mass of his teammates at midfield of one of college football's most grand cathedrals.”