Daily Bullets (May 30): Pokes Open the Postseason Today

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

OSU Bullets

• Cowboy Baseball takes on Duke today at 5pm in their first game of the Athens Regional – and their pitching is soundly in postseason form (PFB)

Up until May, OSU had a team ERA of 4.82 — a mark that ranked second (behind Duke) among teams who will be in Athens this weekend. But since the start of the month, OSU has a 2.64 team ERA. The next closest Athens Regional team in that category is Georgia at 4.39.

[PFB]

• Kickoff times were announced for OSU’s three non-conference football games this fall (PFB)

• Get to know the Cowboys responsible for winning the NCAA National Championship in Men’s Golf (PFB)

• On Cowboy ace Harrison Bodendorf’s breakout debut season in Stillwater (TulsaWorld)

• Pokes made the trailer for this year’s version of NCAA Football 2026: 

Pokes are in the trailer 🤠@EASPORTSCollege pic.twitter.com/RJLZmjnp7m

— OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) May 29, 2025

Non-OSU Bullets

• Europeans are forming “screen free” clubs

• Seven-minute video explaining the different types of national parks

Loved this take from a national media guy on the NBA Finals/OKC Thunder: 

 (The Thunder) can play the opponent’s best style and play it better. Go big, go small, go deep into your bench, win with offense, including the 3-pointer, win with defense and win with stars, the Thunder can do it better than any team in the league.

Sorry Indiana. Sorry New York. It’s just not your year.

[USA Today]

Just for good measure, here’s OKC’s results against both of the potential Eastern Conference opponents from the regular season: 

Oklahoma City beat the Pacers 120-114 on the road on Dec. 26 and 132-111 at home on March 29. The Thunder beat the Knicks 117-107 at home on Jan. 3 and then by 25 a week later in a 126-101 win at Madison Square Garden.

[Yahoo Sports]