MORNING ROUNDUP
Bixby star Braylin Presley commits to Cowboys, joins brother
Oklahoma State will have two members of the Presley family.
Bixby superstar Braylin Presley announced Wednesday evening his commitment to the Cowboys and to join his older brother, Brennan, on the team.
The 5-foot-9, 170-pound junior is being recruited as a do-it-all offensive weapon by the Cowboys. He could play running back. He could play wide receiver. OSU just plans to get the football in his hands.
And for good reason.
At Bixby, Braylin is a star running back who broke out on national television last season with 413 all-purpose yards and five touchdowns against Tulsa Booker T. Washington. While leading Bixby to a third straight Class 6A-II state championship, he rushed for 1,744 yards on 222 carries and caught 57 passes for 727 yards. He totaled 37 TDs.
He was The Oklahoman’s All-State Offensive Player of the Year.
Braylin chose the Cowboys over Kansas, Texas Tech and Vanderbilt.
OU softball routs Georgia after win streak snapped at 40 games
Top-ranked Oklahoma beat No. 21 Georgia 12-3 in the second game of a doubleheader Tuesday night in Athens, Ga. The Sooners lost the opener 7-6 in nine innings, ending their NCAA-best win streak at 40 games.
In the nightcap, the Sooners scored five runs in the first inning en route to their 26th run-rule victory of the season. Jayda Coleman went 2-for-3 with four RBIs in Game 2.
“This trip was necessary, 100%. We needed it,” OU coach Patty Gasso said.
“We were kind of walking into a trap, but what was important for us is to see how it feels when your body is maybe not all there. But I mean, we just flat out got beat. We needed to feel what that felt like and learn from it. I don’t regret one thing. Taking this trip was important for us to learn.”
NFL eliminates preseason OTs, defeats onside kick proposal
NFL owners on Wednesday approved eliminating overtime in preseason games and expanded selection of jersey numbers for receivers, running backs and defensive backs.
The league also will allow on-field officials to get certain “objective information” from the replay official and designated members of the officiating department “when clear and obvious video evidence is present.”
During a virtual meeting, the 32 owners also tabled a proposal by the Philadelphia Eagles that a team be given two chances per game to retain possession after a score by converting a fourthand-15 play from its 25-yard line. Some owners, general managers and coaches consider that too gimmicky, though they are eager to find a solution to the near-disappearance of the onside kick.
Also approved were ensuring enforcement of all accepted penalties committed by either team during successive extra-point attempts, and adding a loss of down for a second forward pass thrown from behind the line of scrimmage, and for a pass thrown after the ball returns behind the line.
The league announced that its 2021 schedule, the first with a 17-game regular season, will be released May 12.
Lakers’ Anthony Davis feels ‘100% healthy,’ ready for return
When Anthony Davis’ right leg became too painful to play on two months ago, the big man and the Los Angeles Lakers decided he wouldn’t return until he was completely ready to be himself again.
More than two months later, Davis is confident that time has arrived with 14 regular-season games left in the Lakers’ push to defend their NBA title.
Davis intends to play Thursday night when the Lakers open a four-game road trip at Dallas, he said after a workout at the team’s training complex. He hasn’t suited up since Feb. 14, missing Los Angeles’ last 30 games in the longest injury absence of his nine-year NBA career.