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Sooners On SI Podcast, Ep. 278

Hoover and Field discuss the Sooners' latest portal additions on defense, how good the defense can be with so many players back, the latest recruiting setback, defensive coordinator search, basketball and more.

John E. Hoover

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Sooners On SI's John Hoover and Carson Field present episode 278 of the Sooners On SI Podcast: a deep dive on the latest comings and goings in the transfer portal and how they fit on next year's defense, the big news on who decided to stick it out at OU, the Sooners' latest recruiting news, an update on Brent Venables' search for a defensive coordinator, plus what's coming up for men's basketball and women's basketball.

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John E. Hoover
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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