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USA Today
6 days ago
- General
- USA Today
Oklahoma OF Maya Bland enters the transfer portal
Oklahoma OF Maya Bland enters the transfer portal Two days into the offseason, the Oklahoma Sooners have lost two players to the transfer portal, with more likely to come. On Tuesday, true freshman catcher Corri Hicks announced via social media that she's entering the portal. On Wednesday, it's Maya Bland looking for a new home. Bland stated via Instagram, "Thank you Sooner Nation for the love and support you've shown me these past two years. I greatly appreciate it. God's got a new path for me but I will cherish my time as a Sooner." The sophomore appeared primarily as a pinch runner for the Sooners in her two years in Norman, but she did have some big moments at the plate in 2025. She hit a two-run home run in Oklahoma's 5-1 win over Alabama back in April. Against Oklahoma State, Bland hit a game-winning three-run home to secure the run-rule win over the Sooners' Bedlam rivals. During her career with Oklahoma, Bland hit .277 with two doubles, three home runs, and 14 RBIs. She had 11 stolen bases, including eight as a true freshman in 2024. The Oklahoma Sooners are set to return the key pieces to their outfield in 2025. Kasidi Pickering, Abigale Dayton, Hannah Coor, Tia Milloy, and Chaney Helton will be back. Oklahoma's also bringing in the No. 1 player in the 2025 recruiting class, outfielder Kai Minor. Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow John on X @john9williams.
Boston Globe
03-06-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
In 2025, the scandal at the center of ‘Mrs. Warren's Profession' lands differently
David R. Gammons's spare set is dominated by an oversized conference room table beneath a screen with mysterious flashing numbers and charts. The whole thing suggests an awkward marriage of the intellectual compartmentalization of the characters from ' Advertisement Within the sterile boardroom environment, we meet Vivie Warren (Luz Lopez), a no-nonsense, independent young woman fresh out of university, who prefers actuarial accounting to concerts and museums. Now that Vivie has graduated from the best schools money can buy and is of marriageable age, her mother Kitty Warren (Melinda Lopez), who kept her distance and the nature of her business a secret, decides it's time for a closer mother-daughter relationship. While condemning a society that condones poverty while denying economic opportunity and flouting a double standard for women, the true heartbreak within 'Mrs. Warren's Profession' comes from the fracturing mother-daughter relationship at its heart. It's a breakdown spurred by their conflicting views on how to earn a living without 'wearing out your health and appearance for other people's profit.' Advertisement The play's emotional strength emerges from the sparks that fly between these two ambitious, independent women and the gap between the assumptions and expectations parents and children often have for themselves and each other. When Vivie learns that the money that bought her education was earned through prostitution, she expresses shock and moral outrage. Her mother's impassioned defense is based on the choices available to women. Vivie is won over, until she learns her mother continues to operate her profitable network of brothels, at which point she disowns her mother, determined to make her way in the world without her. Nael Nacer and Wesley Savick. Nile Scott Studios Four men orbit this mother/daughter sparring match, representing aspects of the transactional world these women must navigate. They include Kitty's friend and confidante Praed (a dapper and dashing Nael Nacer), who makes a case for the artistic life; Sir George Crofts (an appropriately slimy Barlow Adamson), Kitty's business partner, for whom everything is a business deal, including an offer of marriage to Vivie; Frank Gardner (Evan Taylor), a shallow young bounder and Vivie's love interest, who sees her as his meal ticket; and Reverend Samuel Gardner (Wesley Savick), Frank's father and one of Kitty's former clients, who hides his profligate past behind the sanctimony of the church. Tucker earned an award-winning reputation for visceral co-productions between his New York-based theater company Bedlam and Central Square Theater, including 'St. Joan,' 'Twelfth Night,' 'What You Will,' ' Advertisement While the actors do clamber through an open window and sprawl around on the conference table, Tucker's approach tends to obscure, rather than reveal the essence of this play. That table also creates an uncomfortable distance between the characters, so that we never get close enough to see the cracks beneath Kitty's veneer of a successful businesswoman, or get past Vivie's arrogance. Each member of this company has moments when they shine, although oddly, it's the men who stand out – Nacer's suave and loyal friend; Adamson's rage at having his business deal rejected; Taylor's gold-digging eye on whoever can cover his bills; and Savick's blundering reverend, undone by the knowledge that Vivie may or may not be his daughter. But these singular moments never quite gel, and this production moves in fits and starts rather than the dynamic, fast-paced approach Tucker is known for. While it's true Shaw was eager to poke society in the eye with his strident messages – 'Mrs. Warren's Profession' was published as one of his trio of 'Plays Unpleasant' – if we don't have the opportunity to feel the tug of conflicting allegiances to this mother and daughter, we don't see the emotional price these women must pay, and we're left only with Shaw's polemic. MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION Play by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Eric Tucker, Bedlam, presented by Central Square Theatre through June 29. Tickets: $27-$103. 617-576-9278 x1,
NBC Sports
28-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Oklahoma State outlasts Ole Miss, faces Virginia for men's golf national title
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Oklahoma State sophomore Eric Lee holed a 6-foot par putt on the 19th hole that sent the Cowboys into the final match against Virginia after a wild finish Tuesday filled with bad shots, good bounces and two final matches that went overtime in the NCAA DI Men's Golf Championships. In the decisive match as the sun was setting over La Costa, Lee drilled a 3-wood to 7 feet on the par-5 18th. Cohen Trolio of Ole Miss hit his second shot toward trouble, but it took a hard hop off wiry grass and bounced back on the cart path instead of into a tough lie. Trolio hit a magnificent pitch to 3 feet for birdie, and Lee missed his winning putt. They went to the par-3 16th — their 19th hole — and both had 30-foot birdie putts. Trolio came up 8 feet short and three-putted, and Lee went by the cup and holed it coming back. Virginia, the No. 7 seed that knocked off defending champion Auburn in the morning and No. 3 seed Florida in the afternoon, will go after its first NCAA title in golf. Ben James, the No. 4 player in the amateur world ranking, went down to the wire when Luke Poulter holed a 30-foot par putt on the 17th — something his father, Ian Poulter, made a career doing — until Poulter ran into trouble on the 18th and James secured a 2-up victory. 'It came down to a putting contest at the end,' James said. 'We both putted lights out. Luckily, I came out on top.' That was the third point Virginia needed to reach the championship match Wednesday. It took nearly two hours for the Cavaliers to find out whether they would face Oklahoma State or Ole Miss, the No. 8 seed that eliminated top-seeded Arizona State earlier in the day. Ole Miss junior Tom Fischer, who earlier went 21 holes to beat Michael Mjaaseth of Arizona State, was headed for trouble right on the 18th when his ball bounced off a clump of wiry grass that gave him a shot and led to par for a 1-up victory. Oklahoma State appeared to have another match in hand with Swedish freshman Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson comfortably ahead against Cameron Tankersley, who somehow stayed in the game with great par saves. Fahlberg-Johnsson three-putted the 16th and 17th holes, missed a 3-footer for the win on the 17th. Still 1 up, he was left of the green in two on the par-5 18th when he semi-shanked a chip and lost the hole to go overtime. On the 19th hole — the par-3 16th — Tankersley went into the water, and the Swede followed him there. Fahlberg-Johnsson hit his next tee shot to 5 feet, and then missed the bogey putt for the win. On the 17th, the Swede was in a waste area left and hit a superb shot out to 6 feet. He made that for birdie and the win. 'Very exhausted,' Fahlberg-Johnsson said. 'It was one of the worst days on the golf course I ever had, and also one of the best.' Oklahoma State, which had an easy time in beating Bedlam rival Oklahoma in the quarterfinals, is going for its 12 NCAA men's golf title, second only to Houston with 16. Arizona State kept an unusual streak going. Since the NCAA went to match play in 2009 to decide the team title, Oklahoma State is the only No. 1 seed to win in 2018. Programming note: Golf Channel's live coverage of the men's final begins Wednesday at 6 p.m. EDT.
San Francisco Chronicle
27-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Top seeds Arizona State and Auburn eliminated in NCAA men's golf
CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Ole Miss junior Tom Fischer won a thriller Tuesday, rallying from 4 down to win in 21 holes as the Rebels stunned Arizona State in a quarterfinals that saw both top seeds eliminated from the NCAA Men's Golf Championship. Auburn, the defending champion and No. 2 seed, fell to Virginia. In the other two quarterfinal matches, Oklahoma State eased by Bedlam rival Oklahoma, and Florida rallied from an early deficit to knock off Texas. The Sun Devils, who earned the No. 1 seed in stroke play at La Costa, were tied at 2 with eighth-seeded Ole Miss and Michael Mjaaseth appeared to be in control against Fischer, building a 4-up lead through seven holes. Fischer chipped away at the lead, squared the match on their 17th hole and sent it to overtime. Mjaaseth holed a chip from about 15 yards short of the green on the 19th hole, the par-4 seventh, and Fischer matched his birdie. On the 21st hole, Mjaaseth missed the green to the left and failed to hole a 7-foot par putt, as the Rebels mobbed Fischer for a victory that kept their hopes alive. Ole Miss faced Oklahoma State, and Florida played Virginia in the semifinals later Tuesday. The winners advance to the championship match Wednesday. Ian Gilligan of Florida won the decisive match for the Gators, going from 2 down through 10 holes to a 1-up victory by playing the last eight holes bogey-free with two birdies. Arizona State kept an unusual streak going. Since the NCAA went to match play to decide the team title, Oklahoma State in 2018 is the only No. 1 seed to win. ___
Winnipeg Free Press
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Top seeds Arizona State and Auburn eliminated in NCAA men's golf
CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Ole Miss junior Tom Fischer won a thriller Tuesday, rallying from 4 down to win in 21 holes as the Rebels stunned Arizona State in a quarterfinals that saw both top seeds eliminated from the NCAA Men's Golf Championship. Auburn, the defending champion and No. 2 seed, fell to Virginia. In the other two quarterfinal matches, Oklahoma State eased by Bedlam rival Oklahoma, and Florida rallied from an early deficit to knock off Texas. The Sun Devils, who earned the No. 1 seed in stroke play at La Costa, were tied at 2 with eighth-seeded Ole Miss and Michael Mjaaseth appeared to be in control against Fischer, building a 4-up lead through seven holes. Fischer chipped away at the lead, squared the match on their 17th hole and sent it to overtime. Mjaaseth holed a chip from about 15 yards short of the green on the 19th hole, the par-4 seventh, and Fischer matched his birdie. On the 21st hole, Mjaaseth missed the green to the left and failed to hole a 7-foot par putt, as the Rebels mobbed Fischer for a victory that kept their hopes alive. Ole Miss faced Oklahoma State, and Florida played Virginia in the semifinals later Tuesday. The winners advance to the championship match Wednesday. Ian Gilligan of Florida won the decisive match for the Gators, going from 2 down through 10 holes to a 1-up victory by playing the last eight holes bogey-free with two birdies. Arizona State kept an unusual streak going. Since the NCAA went to match play to decide the team title, Oklahoma State in 2018 is the only No. 1 seed to win. ___ AP golf:
