CLIFF BRUNT
FILE - Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) gestures during the second half an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, in Pittsburgh. Baker Mayfield said the Cleveland Browns have work ahead if they want him to help them through their situation with Deshaun Watson. Mayfield, speaking at his football camp near the University of Oklahoma’s campus on Tuesday, June 28, didn’t entirely close the door on stepping in if needed.(AP Photo/Don Wright, File)
Baker Mayfield 'ready to move on' from Browns

By Cliff Brunt Jun. 28, 2022 02:39 PM EDT
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield said the Cleveland Browns have work ahead if they

FILE - St. Louis Cardinals football player Marlin Briscoe (86) is shown in August 1975. Marlin Briscoe, the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League, died Monday, June 27, 2022. His daughter, Angela Marriott, told The Associated Press that Briscoe, 76, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Norwalk, California. (AP Photo/File)
Marlin Briscoe, 1st Black starting QB in AFL, dies at 76

By Cliff Brunt Jun. 27, 2022 01:46 PM EDT
Marlin Briscoe, who became the first Black starting quarterback in the American

UCLA's Maya Brady (7) celebrates with her team at home plate following a home run during the seventh inning of an NCAA softball Women's College World Series game against Oklahoma on Monday, June 6, 2022, in Oklahoma City. UCLA won 7-3. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Tom Brady's niece, Maya, stars for UCLA with 2 HRs in WCWS

By Cliff Brunt Jun. 06, 2022 07:31 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tom's not the only Brady who comes up clutch. The

Former Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield gestures to the crowd from midfield during events for the dedication of a statue of him outside Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium, during halftime of Oklahoma's NCAA college football spring game Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Ex-Oklahoma QB Mayfield looks to overcome adversity again

By Cliff Brunt Apr. 23, 2022 08:15 PM EDT
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield has overcome adversity many times and expects to

Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson hugs a fan as he is welcomed by family and fans after arriving at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Minneapolis. (Antranik Tavitian/Star Tribune via AP)
Gold medalist Steveson having fun as he considers next move

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 29, 2021 10:48 AM EDT
Even an Olympic gold medalist has limits. American wrestler

FILE - Driver Bubba Wallace wears a Black Lives Matter shirt as he prepares for a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Martinsville, Va., in this Wednesday, June 10, 2020, file photo. In a most unusual year already thrown into chaos by the coronavirus pandemic, many athletes took unprecedented steps when a nationwide reckoning on race spilled into the streets of American cities after the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, while in Minneapolis police custody. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Athletes act: Stars rise up against racial injustice in 2020

By Cliff Brunt Dec. 29, 2020 01:41 PM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As the NBA neared its restart in late July, its players

Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurst talks to coach Lincoln Riley during practice in Norman, Okla., Monday, April 1, 2019. (Kyle Phillips/The Norman Transcript via AP)
Oklahoma QB Jalen Hurts taking changes in stride

By Cliff Brunt Apr. 12, 2019 03:10 PM EDT
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — New Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts learned at a basketball

Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray prepares to go through drills at the university's Pro Day for NFL scouts in Norman, Okla., Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Murray doesn't run, but shines as a passer at Pro Day

By Cliff Brunt Mar. 13, 2019 06:26 PM EDT
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Kyler Murray didn't run the 40-yard dash at Oklahoma's pro day.