WE CAN’T LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITHOUT SOME CELEBRATIONS. SO WE TURN TO THE WORLD OF SPORTS. THIS IS OUR WORLD RIGHT HERE. THIS IS WHERE EVERYBODY WATCHES ALL THE BIG O. YOU OSU AND THUNDER GAMES. IT CAN GET LOUD, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEWSROOM, WHEN PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE GAMES AND THERE’S CERTAINLY BEEN PLENTY TO CHEER FOR IN OKLAHOMA CITY IN THE LAST 70 YEARS. OKLAHOMANS NOT ONLY LOVE THEIR SPORTS, BUT IT’S WOVEN IN OUR IDENTITY. FOR THE PAST SEVEN DECADES, KOCO HAS BROUGHT YOU HEART STOPPING, TROPHY HOISTING. CONGRATULATIONS, OKLAHOMA! AN ICONIC MOMENTS THAT ARE STILL RECITED TODAY COME AFTER ME. I’M A MAN. I’M 40. SO LET’S REWIND. 70 YEARS WORTH OF THRILLING HIGHLIGHTS. STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE IN THE 1950S, SPAVINAW OKLAHOMA’S OWN MICKEY MANTLE. THEY CALLED HIM THE MICK AND HITTING HOME RUNS FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES WAS HIS SPECIALTY. DECADES LATER, HE’S STILL CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST SLUGGERS OF ALL TIME. FROM THE DIAMOND TO THE GRIDIRON. WE LOVE OUR COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, THAT MEANS BUD WILKINSON, CHAMPION SOONERS UNVEIL THE STRATEGY TO THE NATION. THE LEGENDARY HEAD COACH IS CREDITED FOR CREATING THE EMPIRE THAT IS OSU FOOTBALL, LEADING THE TEAM TO FIVE UNDEFEATED SEASONS, 47 STRAIGHT WINS AND THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE WOULD TRADE IN A SPOT ON THE SIDELINES FOR A RUN AT A U.S. SENATE SEAT, AND WHEN I LEFT THE UNIVERSITY THAT I WOULD NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT ANYTHING GOING ON TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN INTELLIGENT COMMENT, EVEN BECOMING A PART OF JOHN F KENNEDY’S ADMINISTRATION. WILKINSON’S THINK LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY MINDSET WOULD INSPIRE GENERATIONS OF LEADERS. THESE SIDELINE ICONS CASHING IN ON SEVEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, 50 CONFERENCE TITLES AND SEVEN HEISMAN WINNERS AT THE HELM. AND WHO CAN FORGET ABOUT THE CRAZE THAT WAS THE BOSS HAIRSTYLE BETWEEN NOW AND SATURDAY NIGHT, I HOPE TO BE GIVEN SEVERAL MORE, SEVERAL MORE BYARS HAIRCUTS. YOU’RE GOING TO GET A BYARS HAIRCUT, SIR. I DON’T THINK SO. AND THE RIVALRIES RUN DEEP IN OUR STATE. YEAH, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO WIN THIS GAME TODAY. BUT IN SOME CASES, BRAGGING RIGHTS WOULD TAKE A BACK SEAT. KOCO MET AN OPPOSING DUO THAT WOULD STAY CONNECTED FOR LIFE AFTER FINDING OUT THEY HAD THE SAME BLOOD TYPE, ED GAVE PHIL, A DIABETIC ON DIALYSIS, A KIDNEY. HE NAMED IT BULLET, AND SO I HAVE BULLET IN ME. YOU KNOW, I’M SMILING. SMILING INSIDE. THERE’S THERE’S A LITTLE ORANGE AND SPORTING THAT COLOR ORANGE. ONE OF THE GREATEST RUNNING BACKS OF ALL TIME. BARRY SANDERS WOULD SHATTER THE RECORD BOOKS RUNNING INTO THE END ZONE 44 TIMES IN 1988 AND BRINGING HOME OKLAHOMA STATE’S FIRST AND ONLY HEISMAN TROPHY AND WHO CAN FORGET ABOUT EDMOND’S PRIDE AND JOY? SHANNON MILLER GIVING ME A LOT MORE CONFIDENCE GOING INTO THE OLYMPICS. KOCO WAS THERE IN 1992 AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS TO WELCOME HER HOME. THEN 15 YEARS OLD, AFTER WINNING FIVE MEDALS AT THE BARCELONA GAMES. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BRAWL ON THE ICE THAT DIDN’T STICK AROUND. I DON’T WANT THE BLAZERS TO LEAVE, MAN. THEY NEED TO BE HERE. THE ONE TEAM FANS MADE SURE STAYS IN OKC. KOCO WAS THERE AS THE NEW CHAPTER OF NBA BASKETBALL HIT THE COURT IN 2008. WITH THE EXCITEMENT ALSO BROUGHT ON SOME LEVEL OF FEAR, SOMETHING HAVING TO DO WITH LIKE TWISTERS OR SOMETHING. I HAVE A QUESTION THE OTHER DAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE CONCERN ON THESE TORNADOES. AND IN FOUR SHORT YEARS ADVANCED AGAINST THE MIAMI HEAT AND OKC, WATCHED TWO OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN NBA HISTORY, KEVIN DURANT AND RUSSELL WESTBROOK, WIN THE MVP. AND OF COURSE, THE DYNASTY WITH NO PROBLEMS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPOTLIGHT, OUR OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL TEAM WINNING BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, INSPIRING EVERY GENERATION. WE’RE YELLING AND HOLLERING AND GET THAT BALL AND HIT THAT BALL. AND OH NO, I NEED A NUMBER NINE ON OKLAHOMA. JADA JADA COLEMAN AND WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED IN OKLAHOMA. HERE’