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Bob Baffert is officially back. On the track back. Triple Crown-race back. Like it or not, back. For better or worse, horse racing’s most recognizable and controversial trainer is officially back in the spotlight of the winner’s circle.

May 21—The Cardinals finished their homestand in a similar fashion to how they started it, with Jack Flaherty on the mound and their offense providing a double-digit scoring output in a victory in front of a home crowd.

May 21—What is left to say to a team that’s hitting the ball so well that they seemingly can do no wrong? That’s the position Oklahoma head coach Patty Gasso found herself in the top of the first inning of Sunday’s NCAA Norman Regional final. California’s starting pitcher got a rare strikeout on Jayda Coleman to lead off the game.

May 21—Rachel Becker woke up Sunday morning longing for the type of opportunity that presented itself that afternoon. Oklahoma State softball trailed Nebraska by a single run in the top of the seventh.

May 18—The rules of the hamburger phone are simple as initially codified during a charter flight to Chicago and just in time to make some history Thursday. If a Cardinals player wants to predict a home run from a teammate, all he has to do is walk over to the hamburger phone acquired recently, dial that player’s jersey number, and watch.

For three quarters Thursday night, Jamal Murray was pedestrian. He short-armed shots he normally buries and bypassed teammates with better looks.

The Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regents unanimously voted to move the men’s and women’s soccer programs to NOC Enid from NOC Tonkawa Wednesday afternoon at the May meeting. The move will be completed in time for the new Enid Jets Soccer program to start in August with the Fall 2023 season, as part of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 2 Athletics.

(TNS) May 18—Rachel Becker had everything most softball players long for during a decorated four-year stay at Purdue. There was something missing, though.

Three members of the Ponca City boys varsity soccer team signed letters of intent to play in college earlier this week. Those signing most recently were: -- Sergio “Checho” Aguilar, with Ranger College, Ranger, Texas -- Antonio Aguilar, with Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa --Eliseo Ramirez, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa.