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My name is Bryan Waters. It was clear to me that by high school, I hadn't received much fruit from the tree of athletic ability. Thankfully, my Dad taught me the maxim, "The pen is mightier than the sword." So I threw down the baseball bat and picked up a writing utensil.

I turned to writing for the school newspaper and yearbook, mostly covering sports at the then-biggest high school in the United States.

Now, 28 years after walking the plank of my high school graduation, I've returned to a first love: Sports writing.

OU Sooner faithful, don't hold it against me that I graduated from the University of Texas. Hey, in an English class at UT, I was taught that the word "out" contains both "ou" and "ut" and "ou" always comes first!

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Favorite Athletes

Bo Jackson
Favorite Sports Teams

Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Cordell, OK Blue Devils
Favorite Coaches

Tom Landry, John Wooden, Jeff Capel
All Time Sports Moment

Recruiting, coaching, and playing on an "open league" intramural softball team at UT which defeated the NCAA World Series champion UT baseball team to win the 'ship.
Most Memorable Game Attended

Nolan Ryan's 5000th career strikeout. Rickey Henderson, full count, fastball on the outside corner at the knees
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Joe Dimaggio's 57-game hitting streak.
Ruth or Mays?

Mays
Unitas or Montana?

Staubach
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

You couldn't pay me to watch hockey
Pele or Maradona?

You couldn't pay me $1,000,000 to watch soccer
Federer or Sampras?

McEnroe
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Woods
Petty or Earnhardt?

Petty
Schumacher or Senna?

Huh?
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

The mid-majors, who recruit the also-rans but still schedule against the Goliaths even though they know they probably won't win

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Sooners Nabbed As One of 11 Elite Teams to Wear New Nike Uniform

11/13/2009

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