CWS Photo Gallery: Oklahoma Practice vs. Notre Dame

View the AllSooners photo gallery from Saturday's practice at Bellevue East High School before the Sooners take on Notre Dame at the College World Series.

John E. Hoover | Jun 18, 2022

Wallace Clark

Jackson Nicklaus, Cade Horton, Jimmy Crooks

Peyton Graham steps off the bus

Trevin Michael

Mason Lowe

Skip Johnson steps off the bus

Javier Ramos

Roddy Field, Bellevue East HS

Jackson Nicklaus

Peyton Graham

Diego Muniz

Blake Robertson

Cade Horton

Colton Sundloff

Ben Abram

David Sandlin

Jackson Nicklaus

Cade Horton

Britt Bonneau

David Sandlin

Published Jun 18, 2022

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.