Sooners On SI Podcast, Ep. 284

Hoover and Chapman dive into all the big football developments, spring media day, hoops, diamond sports and more.

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Oklahoma Sooners On SI"s John Hoover and Ryan Chapman present episode 284 of the Sooners On SI Podcast: revisiting OU's decision to cancel the spring game, the hiring of Jim Nagy, Brent Venables' spring media day press conference, meeting new quarterback John Mateer and the rest of the OU newcomers, plus deep dives on the huge game coming up for men's basketball, the red-hot performance for women's basketball, the scorching start for baseball, and the huge weekend for OU softball, plus lots more.

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Published Mar 8, 2025

JOHN 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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