IRVING, Texas - In the wake of this week's devastating storm in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, the Big 12 Conference is postponing the start of the 2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship. ... more

OKLAHOMA CITY – April 23, 2013 The Boathouse District in Oklahoma City will host the 2013 USA Canoe/Kayak Team Trials for Flatwater Sprint, April 26-27. The two-day competition will include racing events to select the junior, under 23 and senior national teams, and will features races in the sport of paracanoe. Local Paralympic hopeful 22-year-old Shad Isaac, a prominent local wheelchair racer, will compete in his first paracanoe race this weekend. Jones, Oklahoma native Dylan Puckett will compete for a spot on the junior team, and local high performance athletes will race to qualify for the senior team. In addition, local youth ages eight and up can learn about sprint canoe/kayak and paddle in a boat with elite athletes during a canoe/kayak open house event Saturday morning. These events are free and open to the public. ... more

SportsEvents Media Group, the leading industry publication focused exclusively on helping sports event planners produce excellent competitions in the United States and Canada, has announced its 2013 class of Readers' Choice Award winners. ... more

OKLAHOMA CITY (JR) – The Stillwater Convention and Visitors Bureau received the RedBud Award for Tourism Organization of the Year. ... more

Progress on downtown Oklahoma City’s MAPS 3-funded convention center has stalled pending a decision on the location of a convention center hotel. ... more

Is this one of the best values in the country for national conferences & conventions? You bet. ... more

The American Red Cross is reversing course and dedicating donations pledged via text message to Oklahoma disaster relief in response to controversy over previous plans to designate the money to the charity’s national fund. ... more

AFTER years of stop-and-start progress, the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum may be nearing the finish line. A Senate budget committee has voted to fund the museum's completion by earmarking $40 million in use taxes over several years. Use taxes are paid on out-of-state and online purchases in lieu of sales taxes, primarily by businesses, bringing in more than $200 million per year. ... more