Former Oklahoma pitcher David Purcey has learned plenty in his two big league starts this season, including when to push himself and when to throttle back. He was back at Triple-A Syracuse by the following morning but with a lesson learned. For each spot start, Toronto made it clear he wasn’t going to stay, a…
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Kids take home some ‘Adrian moments’ after a day at Norman camp
NORMAN — No way was Adrian Peterson going to let this happen. He spotted the boy across the field, sitting cross-legged by himself, his head pointed toward the grass. “What are you doing over here by yourself?” Peterson asked. The 7-year-old raised his knee and unveiled a solid brown bruise. Peterson bent down, put his…
Former Sooner standout dies at 76
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — — Tom Catlin, a standout football player at the University of Oklahoma in the 1950s and former defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks, has died. Catlin was 76. Catlin died Saturday at a hospice facility in Seattle, Wash., from complications stemming from a recent surgery, said his brother, Charles Catlin of…
Line newcomers could provide big boost for McLoud
SHAWNEE, Okla. — After watching his youthful offensive line perform at a recent University of Central Oklahoma football team camp, McLoud head coach Eric Cardin discovered three new reasons to be excited. “I thought we did pretty well at the camp,” Cardin said. “We have three new offensive line starters and they held their own….