Sports

by Troy Littledeer FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Long before Taleyah Jones was navigating the relentless pace of Southeastern Conference basketball, she was a second grader in Oklahoma, systematically dismantling a league of boys. It was a co-ed youth league, and her grandfather, Stanley Jones, coached from the sideline. By the team’s

By Troy Littledeer | @troylittledeer NORMAN, Okla. — For many, Native American Heritage Month is a time to look back at history. For Ralph Keen, it is a living reality, visible even in the middle of a football game. Keen, a senior aviation major, stands on the sidelines of Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial

by Troy Littledeer Fayetteville, Ark - The road between Bokchito and Caddo, Oklahoma, is a fifteen-minute stretch of pavement that connects two towns where everyone knows everyone else. In Caddo, the high school graduating classes rarely break 40 students. The recognition is scarce. The work is quiet. It is a

By Troy Littledeer | @troylittledeer FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — First-year coach Kelsi Musick of Canton, Oklahoma, opened her Arkansas tenure with defense and depth as the Razorbacks routed Division II Arkansas-Fort Smith 100-42 in an exhibition Thursday. While Musick has touted a high-octane, scoring-focused offense since her arrival in March, it was the

By Troy Littledeer | @kituwahpunk NORMAN, Okla. — On Saturday afternoons, as the roar of “Boomer Sooner” shakes Gaylord Family–Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Clare Bebout steps onto the field wearing more than crimson and cream. Stitched onto her game-day uniform is the seal of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, a powerful and

Brianna Howard Makes History as OU’s First Native American Woman to Drive Sooner Schooner By Troy Littledeer | @kituwahpunk NORMAN, Okla. — Long before kickoff, the University of Oklahoma’s RUF/NEK and Lil’ Sis teams gather at “the farm,” a training area just outside Norman, to bathe the ponies and

The Chickasaw Nation’s junior and senior Chikasha Bak Bak (Chickasaw Woodpecker) youth stickball teams went undefeated during the 2025 Choctaw Nation Youth Stickball Tournament. “Chikasha Bak Bak junior and senior teams went undefeated in their age divisions at the tournament,” Bak Bak coach Brandon White Eagle said. “This remarkable