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All is quiet for now in Sooner Sports. Summer practices for football should begin in the next week or so. Until we start getting stories related to that, the news flow on the Sooner sports teams should be at a slow trickle.

Time for a quick Twitter update from the Sooner world. Let's start off with Jeff Capel, who mentions a story that will be linked below:

I am very excited to have 2 former Sooners returning to my staff. Jozsef Szendre (Yoyo), as my S&C coach, and Michael Neal as grad mngr! --Jeff Capel

Blake Griffin must love San Francisco for some reason. He gives a plug for a local eating establishment:

Great day of workouts. Having dinner with my trainer and brother at Parma. Great spot in SF.

On to the stories, since Bob Stoops and Sherri Coale's Twitter accounts remain very quiet. We have a slate of 8 links for you today, ranging from basketball, to football, to baseball!

Szendrei, Neal Join Capel's Staff | SoonerSports.com
Oklahoma men's basketball coach Jeff Capel announced today that former OU players Jozsef Szendrei and Michael Neal have joined his staff.

Griffin, Paris Sportspersons of the Year | SoonerSports.com
Oklahoma's Blake Griffin and Ashley Paris were named the 2008-09 Big 12 Sportspersons of the Year, the conference announced Wednesday.

Blake Griffin at the Combine - Crunching the Numbers | Clips Nation
Now that all of the numbers are in from the Chicago draft combine, I wanted to take some time and put Blake Griffin into the context of some of the other draft prospects of recent years.

Oklahoma Gets The #2 Preseason Ranking | AthlonSports.com
Go ahead and make as many jokes as you want about college football’s perennial brides- maids and their BCS bowl flameouts. As long as the Sooners keep winning 11 or 12 per year, they’ll happily endure your barbs.

T. Boone Pickens: OU a `front-runner' for BCS | SI.com
"They're going to have a good football team," Pickens said Wednesday before a speech in Oklahoma City. "Oklahoma's going to have a good football team. I'd say both schools. No question, OU. OU's got to be the front-runner for the BCS."

Former Sooner Still Alive In Reality Show | NewsOK.com
Former Sooner Moses Washington, whom I wrote about here earlier this year, is still alive and kicking in Michael Irvin’s reality show "4th and Long" on Spike TV, where the winner will earn a tryout at training camp with the Dallas Cowboys.

Wise Named Finalist for Johnny Bench | SoonerSports.com
Senior catcher J.T. Wise was named one of three finalists for the 2009 Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award delivered by Papa John’s Pizza.

Castiglione Named to Forum | SoonerSports.com
Oklahoma's Joe Castiglione is among a group of current athletics directors and 11 football coaches from past NCAA Expert Coaches Academies invited to a new program called the NCAA Champions Forum.