SI Sooners Podcast, Ep. 3

John Hoover and Parker Thune discuss all things Sooners as the 2020 football season and national signing day get closer and closer.

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In the latest episode of the SI Sooners Podcast, publisher John Hoover and deputy editor Parker Thune discuss Joe Castiglione's moving the season opener to Aug. 29, break down OU's latest verbal commitment from the 2022 class, explain why Lincoln Riley is enjoying his new role as a thorn in Tom Herman's side, why SI All-American seems to love future Sooners, and get into OU's final piece of the 2020 recruiting class, plus a little basketball and an ode to John Blake.

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Published Jul 28, 2020

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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