Daily Bullets (July 5): Cowgirl Tennis on Probation

Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news.

OSU Bullets

• Recapping an eventful few weeks for OSU football recruiting. [PFB]

• Sam Stevens (T7) and Austin Eckroat (T16) are inside the top 20 at the John Deere Classic. [PGA Tour]

• The OSU women’s tennis team is on probation for recruiting violations. [Tulsa World]

“The NCAA found that Cowgirls coach Chris Young improperly contacted transfers before the athlete entered the transfer portal and told a player not to cooperate with investigators, which is a violation of head coach responsibility rules.” [Tulsa World]

If tampering is going to be punished, the NCAA has a lot of work on its hands based on all the accusations from all sorts of sports over the past few years. It’s very NCAA for the OSU women’s tennis program to get hammered for it.

Non-OSU Bullets

• Joey “Jaws” Chestnut returned to the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest and, well, dog-walked the field.

JOEY CHESTNUT’S DOMINANCE CONTINUES 🐐

Chestnut downs 70.5 hot dogs to win his 17th Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest title 🏆 🌭 pic.twitter.com/B3TMBrayZ7

— ESPN (@espn) July 4, 2025

• Texas Tech secured the commitment of a five-star offensive tackle with a contract worth somewhere between $775,000 a year and $1.7 million a year. [ESPN/CBS]