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Do not fill this in! ==Culture== [[File:Pioneer Woman Statue.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The ''[[Pioneer Woman]]'' statue in [[Ponca City, Oklahoma|Ponca City]], by [[Bryant Baker]] (1930)]] Oklahoma is placed in the South by the [[United States Census Bureau]],<ref name="regdiv">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf |title=Census Regions and Divisions of the United States |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref> but other definitions place the state at least partly in the [[Southwestern United States|Southwest]], [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]],<ref>{{cite web | first=Allen|last=Lew|url=http://www.geog.nau.edu/courses/alew/ggr346/text/chapters/ch1.html| title= What is geography?| publisher=[[Northern Arizona University]] | access-date=August 4, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510041836/http://www.geog.nau.edu/courses/alew/ggr346/text/chapters/ch1.html <!--Added by H3llBot-->| archive-date=May 10, 2007}}</ref> [[Upland South]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Jordan-Bychkov |first=Terry G. |date=2003 |title=The Upland South: The Making of an American Folk Region and Landscape |publisher=University Press of Virginia |isbn=978-1-930066-08-3}}</ref> and [[Great Plains]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Plains| title=Great Plains |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> Oklahomans have a high rate of [[English Americans|English]], [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]], [[German Americans|German]], and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] ancestry,<ref>{{cite web|first=Wayne |last=Greene |url=http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/pics/geo200/culture/ancestry.gif |title=Largest Ancestry |publisher=[[Valparaiso University]] |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305214454/http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/pics/geo200/culture/ancestry.gif |archive-date=March 5, 2010 }}</ref> with 25 different native languages spoken.<ref name="languages">{{cite web |first=Stephen |last=Greymorning|url=http://www.sedl.org/pubs/lc05/intro.html| title= Profiles of Native American Education Programs| publisher=Southwest Educational Development Laboratory | access-date=August 4, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070910075959/http://www.sedl.org/pubs/lc05/intro.html|archive-date=September 10, 2007 }}</ref> Because many Native Americans were forced to move to Oklahoma when White settlement in North America increased, Oklahoma has much linguistic diversity. Mary Linn, an associate professor of anthropology at the [[University of Oklahoma]] and the associate curator of Native American languages at the [[Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History|Sam Noble Museum]], notes Oklahoma also has high levels of language endangerment.<ref>Smith, Diane. "[http://indiancountrynews.com/index.php/news/76-culture/native-language/11831-universities-partner-to-save-dying-languages Universities partner to save dying languages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201161321/http://indiancountrynews.com/index.php/news/76-culture/native-language/11831-universities-partner-to-save-dying-languages |date=February 1, 2016 }}". [[Associated Press]]. June 2011. Retrieved on October 23, 2015.</ref> Sixty-seven Native American tribes and bands are represented in Oklahoma,<ref name="OK History" /> including 38 [[federally recognized tribes]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Country |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/indian-country |website=Northern District of Oklahoma |date=July 14, 2015 |publisher=United States Attorney's Office |access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref> who are headquartered and have [[Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area|tribal jurisdictional areas]] or [[Indian reservations]] in the state.<ref>{{cite web| year=2007| url=http://www.travelok.com/about/fun_facts.asp| title=Oklahoma Quick Facts| publisher=Oklahoma Department of Tourism| access-date=August 4, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517085232/http://www.travelok.com/about/fun_facts.asp| archive-date=May 17, 2007| df=mdy-all}}</ref> Native American tribes, Western ranchers, Southern settlers, and Eastern oil barons have shaped the state's cultural predisposition, and its largest cities have been named among the most underrated cultural destinations in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|year=2007 |url=http://www.fodors.com/features/nfdisplay1.cfm?.name=si/020228_si_fc_tulsa.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405151813/http://www.fodors.com/features/nfdisplay1.cfm?name=si%2F020228_si_fc_tulsa.cfm |archive-date=April 5, 2007 |title=Fodor's Choice: Top Overlooked Destinations |website=Fodor's Magazine |access-date=August 2, 2007 }}</ref> Residents of Oklahoma are associated with traits of [[Southern hospitality]]—the 2006 Catalogue for Philanthropy (with data from 2004) ranks Oklahomans 7th in the nation for overall generosity.<ref>{{cite web|year=2006|url=http://www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/natl/generosity_index/2006/data/Oklahoma.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104150515/http://www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/natl/generosity_index/2006/data/Oklahoma.xls|archive-date=November 4, 2014|title=Generosity Index 2006 (2004 data)|publisher=Catalogue for Philanthropy|access-date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> The state has also been associated with a negative cultural [[stereotype]] first popularized by [[John Steinbeck]]'s 1939 novel ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'', which described the plight of uneducated, poverty-stricken Dust Bowl-era farmers deemed "[[Okie]]s".<ref name="okies">{{cite web| url=http://www.csus.edu/news/022503film.htm| title=Filmmaker to share documentary chronicling local poet's life| publisher=[[Sacramento State University]]| date=February 25, 2003| access-date=April 4, 2008| archive-date=September 18, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918161023/http://www.csus.edu/news/022503film.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Wayne |last=Greene |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/oklahoma-centennial-quiz/article_b53204a9-ea61-5abe-a60f-690ff756867c.html|date=July 15, 2007 |title=Oklahoma centennial quiz |newspaper=[[Tulsa World]] |access-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref> While the term is often used in a positive manner by Oklahomans,<ref name="okies" /> it is still considered a derogatory term by many.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Logsdon |first1=Guy |title=OKIE |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=OK007 |website=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref> ===Arts=== {{Further|List of Native American artists from Oklahoma}} [[File:Philbrook.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Philbrook Museum of Art]], one of the nation's top fifty<ref name="philbrook" />]] In the state's largest urban areas, pockets of [[jazz]] culture flourish,<ref name="ok arts" /> and Native American, [[Mexican Americans|Mexican American]], and Asian American communities produce music and art of their respective cultures.<ref>{{cite web|year=2007 |url=http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=335&Itemid=415 |title=Oklahoma's Diversity |publisher=Oklahoma Department of Commerce |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627063022/http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=335&Itemid=415 |archive-date=June 27, 2007 }}</ref> The Oklahoma Mozart Festival in [[Bartlesville]] is one of the largest classical music festivals on the Southern Plains,<ref>{{cite web |year=2007| url= http://www.okmozart.com/folders.asp?action=display&record=11 | title= Oklahoma Mozart Festival | publisher=OK Mozart Festival| access-date=August 4, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928104541/http://www.okmozart.com/folders.asp?action=display&record=11|archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref> and Oklahoma City's Festival of the Arts has been named one of the top fine arts festivals in the nation.<ref name="ok arts" /> The state has a rich history in ballet with five Native American ballerinas attaining worldwide fame. These were [[Yvonne Chouteau]], sisters [[Marjorie Tallchief|Marjorie]] and [[Maria Tallchief]], [[Rosella Hightower]] and [[Moscelyne Larkin]], known collectively as the [[Five Moons]]. ''[[The New York Times]]'' rates the [[Tulsa Ballet]] as one of the top ballet companies in the United States.<ref name="ok arts" /> The [[Oklahoma City Ballet]] and University of Oklahoma's dance program were formed by ballerina Yvonne Chouteau and husband [[Miguel Terekhov]]. The university program was founded in 1962 and was the first fully accredited program of its kind in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | title =Ballet Russes| publisher=Geller/Goldfine Productions|year = 2009 | url = http://www.gellergoldfine.com/russes_dancers.html| access-date = February 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =Capri Films| publisher=Geller/Goldfine Productions|year = 2008 | url = http://www.caprifilms.com/images/press/ballet/ballets_russes_presskit.pdf| access-date = June 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624204404/http://www.caprifilms.com/images/press/ballet/ballets_russes_presskit.pdf|archive-date=June 24, 2008}}</ref> In [[Sand Springs, Oklahoma|Sand Springs]], an outdoor amphitheater called "Discoveryland!" (since closed) is the official performance headquarters for the musical ''[[Oklahoma!]]''<ref>{{cite web | url= http://discoverylandusa.com/awards.shtml| title= Honors and Awards| publisher=Discoveryland!| access-date=April 26, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070405010705/http://www.discoverylandusa.com/awards.shtml <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date = April 5, 2007}}</ref> [[Ridge Bond]], native of [[McAlester, Oklahoma]],<ref name="tulsaworld.com">{{cite news|author=World's own Service |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/ridge-bond-oklahoman/article_e2ff45ae-ca37-5202-af63-bb100aac9507.html |title=Ridge Bond, Oklahoman—Tulsa World: Archives |newspaper=Tulsa World |access-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref> starred in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and International touring productions of ''Oklahoma!'',<ref name="digital.library.okstate.edu">{{cite web |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oktoday/1990s/1998/oktdv48n2.pdf |title=Oklahoma Today February–March 1998 Volume 48 No. 2: 1997 Year in Review |website=Digital.library.okstate.edu |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050115/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oktoday/1990s/1998/oktdv48n2.pdf |archive-date=August 8, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rnh.com/show/78/Oklahoma#shows-trivia |title=Oklahoma!: Rodgers & Hammerstein: Show Details |website=Rnh.com |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616184805/http://www.rnh.com/show/78/Oklahoma#shows-trivia |archive-date=June 16, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ridgebond.com/wp-content/uploads/Titania-Palast-Berliner1Festwochen-Program-1951.jpg |format=JPG |title=Photographic image: Berliner Festwochen: Oklahoma! |website=Ridgebond.com |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-date=May 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505070649/http://www.ridgebond.com/wp-content/uploads/Titania-Palast-Berliner1Festwochen-Program-1951.jpg }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ridgebond.com/image-gallery/#jp-carousel-288 |title=Ridge Bond Archives—Images |website=Ridgebond.com |date=September 21, 1951 |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322222812/http://www.ridgebond.com/image-gallery/#jp-carousel-288 }}</ref> playing the role of "Curly McClain" in more than 2,600 performances.<ref name="digital.library.okstate.edu" /><ref name="okhistory.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.okhistory.org/about/transcript.php?episodedate=March |title=OHS Podcasts |website=Okhistory.org |date=March 24, 2012 |access-date=June 3, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 1953 he was featured along with the ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' cast on a [[CBS]] [[Omnibus (U.S. TV series)|Omnibus]] television broadcast.<ref name="okhistory.org" /> Bond was instrumental in the [[Oklahoma (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)|Oklahoma! title song]] becoming the Oklahoma state song<ref name="tulsaworld.com" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/okheritage/docs/december_2013/38 |title=December 2013 Oklahoma: Magazine of the Oklahoma Heritage Association by Oklahoma Hall of Fame |publisher=Issuu |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314205454/https://issuu.com/okheritage/docs/december_2013/38 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is also featured on the U.S. [[postage stamp]] commemorating the musical's 50th anniversary.<ref name="digital.library.okstate.edu" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/musical-actor-to-be-honored-with-hall-of-fame-award/article/2447341 |title=Musical Actor to Be Honored With Hall of Fame Award |publisher=News OK |date=November 7, 1993 |access-date=June 3, 2016}}</ref> Historically, the state has produced musical styles such as [[The Tulsa Sound]] and [[western swing]], which was popularized at [[Cain's Ballroom]] in Tulsa. The building, known as the "Carnegie Hall of Western Swing",<ref>{{cite news|date=March 25, 2007 |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/cain-s-ballroom-a-music-icon-venue-is-a-landmark/article_0396d765-d322-51d6-9711-4cdbc2711e03.html |title=Cain's Ballroom—A Music Icon: Venue is a landmark for Western swing, punk fans |first=Matt |last=Elliott |newspaper=[[Tulsa World]] |access-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref> served as the performance headquarters of [[Bob Wills]] and the [[Texas Playboys]] during the 1930s.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 15, 2006 |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=060715_Bu_E1_Tulsa51913 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002801/http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=060715_Bu_E1_Tulsa51913 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |title=Selling Tulsa: Branded |first=John |last=Stancavage |work=[[Tulsa World]] |access-date=August 4, 2007 }}</ref> Stillwater is known as the epicenter of [[Red Dirt (music)|Red Dirt]] music, the best-known proponent of which is the late [[Bob Childers]]. Prominent theatre companies in Oklahoma include, in the capital city, [[Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma]], Oklahoma City Theatre Company, Carpenter Square Theatre, [[Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park]], and CityRep. CityRep is a professional company affording equity points to those performers and technical theatre professionals. In Tulsa, Oklahoma's oldest resident professional company is American Theatre Company, and [[Theatre Tulsa]] is the oldest [[community theatre]] company west of the Mississippi. Other companies in Tulsa include [[Heller Theatre]] and Tulsa Spotlight Theater. The cities of Norman, Lawton, and Stillwater, among others, also host well-reviewed community theatre companies. Oklahoma is in the nation's middle percentile in per capita spending on the arts, ranking 17th, and contains more than 300 museums.<ref name="ok arts">{{cite web|year=2007 |url=http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=332&Itemid=413 |title=Oklahoma—A Great Place to Play |publisher=Oklahoma Department of Commerce |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627065030/http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=332&Itemid=413 |archive-date=June 27, 2007 }}</ref> The [[Philbrook Museum]] of Tulsa is considered one of the top 50 [[fine art]] museums in the United States,<ref name="philbrook">{{cite web | url= http://ase.tufts.edu/arted/MuseumsOklahoma.htm| title= Museums of Oklahoma| publisher=Tufts University | access-date=August 5, 2007}}</ref> and the [[Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History]] in Norman, one of the largest university-based art and history museums in the country, documents the natural history of the region.<ref name="ok arts" /> The collections of [[Thomas Gilcrease]] are housed in the [[Gilcrease Museum]] of Tulsa, which also holds the world's largest, most comprehensive collection of art and artifacts of the American West.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.travelok.com/atv/urban.asp | title= The All-Terrain Vacation | publisher= Travelok.com | access-date= August 4, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060410174845/http://www.travelok.com/atv/urban.asp | archive-date= April 10, 2006 | df= mdy-all }}</ref> The Egyptian art collection at the [[Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art]] in Shawnee is considered to be the finest Egyptian collection between [[Chicago]] and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.4717 | title= Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Travel OK| publisher=Travelok.com | access-date=November 22, 2011}}</ref> The [[Oklahoma City Museum of Art]] contains the most comprehensive collection of glass sculptures by artist [[Dale Chihuly]] in the world,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.okcmoa.com/p/6811/Default.aspx | title= About the Museum| publisher=Oklahoma City Museum of Art| access-date=August 4, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809185510/http://www.okcmoa.com/p/6811/Default.aspx|archive-date=August 9, 2007 }}</ref> and Oklahoma City's [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum]] documents the heritage of the American Western frontier.<ref name="ok arts" /> With remnants of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] and artifacts relevant to Judaism, the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art of Tulsa preserves the largest collection of Jewish art in the Southwest United States.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.jewishmuseum.net/ | title= Sherwin Miller Museum of Judaism | publisher= Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art | access-date= April 20, 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100226183123/http://www.jewishmuseum.net/ | archive-date= February 26, 2010 | df= mdy-all }}</ref> ===Festivals and events=== [[File:National Powwow dancer 2007.jpg|thumb|upright|National Powwow dancer of the [[Cherokee]] of Oklahoma, 2007]] Oklahoma's centennial celebration was named the top event in the United States for 2007 by the [[American Bus Association]],<ref>{{cite news|date=September 7, 2006 |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/and-state-s-centennial-is-named-top-ranked-bus-tour/image_d3a9813a-9b4a-50bb-9f70-19913d4810c0.html |title=100 and 1: State's centennial is named top-ranked bus-tour destination |first=Robert S.|last=Cross|newspaper=[[Tulsa World]] |access-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref> and consisted of multiple celebrations saving with the 100th anniversary of [[U.S. state|statehood]] on November 16, 2007. Annual ethnic festivals and events take place throughout the state such as Native American powwows and ceremonial events, and include festivals (as examples) in [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]], [[Irish Americans|Irish]], [[German Americans|German]], [[Italian Americans|Italian]], [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]], [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]], [[Czech Americans|Czech]], [[American Jews|Jewish]], [[Arab Americans|Arab]], [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] and African-American communities depicting cultural heritage or traditions. Oklahoma City is home to a few reoccurring events and festivals. During a ten-day run in Oklahoma City, the [[Oklahoma State Fair|State Fair of Oklahoma]] attracts roughly one million people<ref>{{cite news|date=September 11, 2006 |url=http://www.okstatefair.com/documents/2006%20OSF%20Opens.pdf |title=Oklahoma State Fair Opens September 14 |publisher=Oklahoma State Fair |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629222126/http://www.okstatefair.com/documents/2006%20OSF%20Opens.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2007 }}</ref> along with the annual Festival of the Arts. Large national [[pow wow]]s, various Latin and [[Culture of Asia|Asian]] heritage festivals, and cultural festivals such as the [[Juneteenth]] celebrations are held in Oklahoma City each year. The Oklahoma City [[Pride Parade]] has been held annually in late June since 1987 in the gay district of Oklahoma City on [[NW 39th Street Enclave|39th and Penn]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oklahomacitypride.org/about | title=Our Story Continues | publisher=Oklahoma City Pride | access-date=September 4, 2019 | archive-date=September 4, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904071030/https://www.oklahomacitypride.org/about }}</ref> The First Friday Art Walk in the [[Paseo Arts District]] is an art appreciation festival held the first Friday of every month.<ref>{{cite web | title=First Friday | url=https://www.thepaseo.org/paseo-first-friday-gallery-walk | publisher=Paseo Arts Association | access-date=September 4, 2019}}</ref> Additionally, an annual art festival is held in the Paseo on Memorial Day Weekend.<ref>{{cite web| title=43rd Annual Paseo Arts Festival | publisher=Paseo Arts Association| access-date=September 4, 2019 | url=https://www.thepaseo.org/festival | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528231951/https://www.thepaseo.org/festival | archive-date=May 28, 2019 }}</ref> The [[Tulsa State Fair]] attracts more than a million people each year during its ten-day run,<ref>{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://www.tulsastatefair.com/fair/generalinfo/index.asp | title= Tulsa State Fair—General Information| publisher=Tulsa State Fair | access-date=August 25, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070828181706/http://www.tulsastatefair.com/fair/generalinfo/index.asp |archive-date = August 28, 2007}}</ref> and the city's Mayfest festival entertained more than 375,000 in four days during 2007.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 21, 2007 |first=Leigh |last=Bell |title=Mayfest: Celebrating Downtown: Festival closes after big year |newspaper=Tulsa World |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-163684756.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910080548/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-163684756.html |archive-date=September 10, 2016 |access-date=May 21, 2007}}</ref> In 2006, Tulsa's [[Oktoberfest]] was named one of the top 10 in the world by ''[[USA Today]]''. Norman plays host to the [[Norman Music Festival]], a festival that highlights native Oklahoma bands and musicians. Norman is also host to the Medieval Fair of Norman, which has been held annually since 1976 and was Oklahoma's first medieval fair. The Fair was held first on the south oval of the University of Oklahoma campus and in the third year moved to the Duck Pond in Norman until the Fair became too big and moved to Reaves Park in 2003. The Medieval Fair of Norman is Oklahoma's "largest weekend event and the third-largest event in Oklahoma, and was selected by Events Media Network as one of the top 100 events in the nation".<ref>{{cite web | year=2010 | url=http://www.medievalfair.org/index.html | title=Medieval Fair of Norman | publisher=Medieval Fair of Norman | access-date=February 14, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727075023/http://www.medievalfair.org/index.html | archive-date=July 27, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> ===Sports=== The [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) is the state's only [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major league sports franchise]]. The state had a team in the [[Women's National Basketball Association]], the [[Tulsa Shock]], from 2010 through 2015, but the team relocated to [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas–Fort Worth]] after that season<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/wnba-approves-tulsa-shock-relocation-dallas-fort-worth/ |title=WNBA Approves Relocation of Shock from Tulsa to Dallas–Fort Worth |publisher=Women's National Basketball Association |date=July 23, 2015 |access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref> and became the [[Dallas Wings]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/wnbas-dallas-wings-introduced-in-dfw-metroplex/ |title=WNBA's Dallas Wings Introduced in DFW Metroplex |publisher=Women's National Basketball Association |date=November 2, 2015 |access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref> Oklahoma has teams in several minor leagues, including [[Minor League Baseball]] at the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] and [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] levels (the [[Oklahoma City Dodgers]] and [[Tulsa Drillers]], respectively), hockey's [[ECHL]] with the [[Tulsa Oilers]], and a number of indoor football leagues. In the last-named sport, the state's most notable team was the [[Tulsa Talons]], which played in the [[Arena Football League]] until 2012, when the team was moved to [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. The [[Oklahoma Defenders]] replaced the Talons as Tulsa's only professional arena football team, playing the [[CPIFL]]. The [[Oklahoma City Blue]], of the [[NBA G League]], relocated to Oklahoma City from Tulsa in 2014, where they were formerly known as the Tulsa 66ers. Tulsa is the base for the [[Tulsa Revolution]], which plays in the [[American Indoor Soccer League]].<ref>{{cite news|date=July 29, 2007 |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/pro-soccer-soccer-comes-to-tulsa/article_0c080201-f674-5e71-ad9f-259cc015a519.html |title=Pro soccer: Soccer comes to Tulsa |first=Glenn |last=Hibdon |work=[[Tulsa World]] |access-date=August 5, 2007}}</ref> Enid and Lawton host professional basketball teams in the [[USBL]] and the [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]]. [[File:OKC Thunder.JPG|thumb|The [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] moved there in 2008, becoming its first permanent major-league team in any sport.]] [[College athletics in the United States|Collegiate athletics]] are a popular draw in the state. The state has four schools that compete at the highest level of college sports, [[NCAA Division I]]. The most prominent are the state's two members of the [[Big 12 Conference]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1514841&DB_OEM_ID=10410&DB_OEM_ID=10410 |title=Big 12 Conference—One True Champion |date=June 26, 2013 |publisher=Big 12 Conference |access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref> one of the so-called [[Power Five conferences]] of the top tier of college football, [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I FBS]]. The [[Oklahoma Sooners|University of Oklahoma]] and [[Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls|Oklahoma State University]] average well over 50,000 fans attending their football games, and Oklahoma's football program ranked 12th in attendance among American colleges in 2010, with an average of 84,738 people attending its home games.<ref>{{cite web| title = Attendance Records | publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association | url = http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/Attendance.pdf| year=2011 | access-date = October 20, 2011}}</ref> The two universities meet several times each year in rivalry matches known as the [[Bedlam Series]], which are some of the greatest sporting draws to the state. ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' magazine rates Oklahoma and Oklahoma State among the top colleges for athletics in the nation.<ref name="top sports">{{cite magazine| date=October 7, 2002|title = America's Best Sports Colleges: 1–10|magazine=Sports Illustrated| url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2002/10/01/1_10/| access-date = August 5, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| date=October 7, 2002|title = America's Best Sports Colleges: 11–100|magazine=Sports Illustrated| url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2002/10/01/11_100/| access-date = August 5, 2007}}</ref> Two private institutions in Tulsa, the [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane|University of Tulsa]] and [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|Oral Roberts University]]; are also Division I members. Tulsa competes in FBS football and other sports in the [[American Athletic Conference]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulsahurricane.com/sports/2015/5/21/GEN_0521151506_AboutTU.aspx |title=About TU |publisher=[[Tulsa Golden Hurricane]] |access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref> while Oral Roberts, which does not sponsor football,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oruathletics.com/landing/index |title=Home Page |publisher=[[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles]] |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-date=November 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114232454/http://www.oruathletics.com/landing/index }} Move the cursor over "Sports" on the menu to see a list of varsity sports; football is not listed.</ref> is a member of the [[Summit League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesummitleague.org/members/oralroberts/index |title=Oral Roberts |publisher=The Summit League |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908042248/http://thesummitleague.org/members/oralroberts/index }}</ref> In addition, 12 of the state's smaller colleges and universities compete in [[NCAA Division II]] as members of three different conferences,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatamericanconference.com/ |title=Home Page |publisher=[[Great American Conference]] |access-date=November 9, 2015}} Move the cursor over "The GAC" on the menu to see a list of members; six members are from Oklahoma.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lonestarconference.org/sports/2009/12/16/information_history_index.aspx? |title=Lone Star Conference History |publisher=[[Lone Star Conference]] |access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themiaa.com/sports/2012/5/18/about.aspx?|title=About the MIAA |publisher=[[Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association]] |access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref> and eight other Oklahoma institutions participate in the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], mostly within the [[Sooner Athletic Conference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=205322922 |title=NAIA Member Schools: Oklahoma |publisher=National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics |access-date=November 10, 2015}}</ref> Regular [[LPGA]] tournaments are held at Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa, and [[Men's major golf championships|major championships]] for the [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA]] or LPGA have been played at [[Southern Hills Country Club]] in Tulsa, Oak Tree Country Club in Oklahoma City, and Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa.<ref>{{cite web| title = Oklahoma's Top 10 Private Golf Courses| publisher = Tulsaweb| url = http://www.tulsaweb.com/Golf/Private.htm| access-date = August 5, 2007| archive-date = August 6, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070806060137/http://tulsaweb.com/Golf/Private.htm}}</ref> Rated one of the top golf courses in the nation, Southern Hills has hosted five [[PGA Championship]]s, including one in 2022, and three [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Opens]], the most recent in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2007/news/20060228_history.html| title= Southern Hills Country Club is rich in History | publisher=[[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA]] | access-date=August 5, 2007}}</ref> [[Rodeo]]s are popular throughout the state, and [[Guymon, Oklahoma|Guymon]], in the state's panhandle, hosts one of the largest in the nation.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guymonrodeo.com/rodeohistory.htm | publisher=Guymon Rodeo Foundation | title=Rodeo History | access-date=May 2, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070525105057/http://www.guymonrodeo.com/rodeohistory.htm|archive-date=May 25, 2007 }}</ref> [[ESPN]] called Oklahoma City "the center of the [[softball]] universe", specifically referring to the fast-pitch version, in a 2020 story. [[Oklahoma City]] is home to the governing body of the sport in the United States, [[USA Softball]], which has its headquarters in a complex that also includes the [[USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium]]. It annually hosts the [[Women's College World Series]], the eight-team final round of the [[NCAA Division I softball tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/29224143/how-oklahoma-city-home-women-college-world-series-became-center-softball-universe |title=How Oklahoma City, home of the Women's College World Series, became the center of the softball universe |first=Graham |last=Hays |website=ESPN.com |date=May 28, 2020 |access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref> [[Wrestling]] is a sport with a strong tradition in Oklahoma. [[Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling|Oklahoma State]] has the most [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA]] national championships of any [[Collegiate wrestling|collegiate team]] with 34, with the Oklahoma Sooners having 7 NCAA wrestling titles. The [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum]] is headquartered in [[Stillwater, Oklahoma]].<ref>[https://nwhof.org/news/exhibit-highlights-oklahomas-strong-wrestling-history-tradition Exhibit highlights Oklahoma's strong wrestling history, tradition]. ''nwhof.org''. Retrieved January 22, 2022.</ref> A [[teqball]] competition will be held in [[Tulsa]] from June 14 to 16.<ref>[https://www.fiteq.org/news/754 "Major Teqball extravaganza descends upon Tulsa"], [[FITEQ]] (April 4, 2024)</ref> ====Current professional teams==== {| class="wikitable" |+Basketball |- " ! Club !! Type !! League !! Venue !! City !! Area (Metro/Region) |- | [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] | [[Basketball|Men's Basketball]] | [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] | [[Paycom Center]] | [[Oklahoma City]] | [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area|OKC Metro]] |- | [[Oklahoma City Blue]] | [[Basketball|Men's Basketball]] | [[NBA G League]] | [[Paycom Center]] | [[Oklahoma City]] | [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area|OKC Metro]] |} {| class="wikitable" |+Baseball |- " ! Club !! Type !! League !! Venue !! City !! Area (Metro/Region) |- | [[Oklahoma City Dodgers]] | [[Baseball]] | [[Pacific Coast League|PCL]] ([[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]]) | [[Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark]] | [[Oklahoma City]] | [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area|OKC Metro]] |- | [[Tulsa Drillers]] | [[Baseball]] | [[Double-A Central|DAC]] ([[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]]) | [[ONEOK Field]] | [[Tulsa]] | [[Tulsa metropolitan area|Tulsa Metro]] |} {| class="wikitable" |+Hockey |- " ! Club !! Type !! League !! Venue !! City !! Area (Metro/Region) |- | [[Tulsa Oilers]] | [[Ice hockey|Hockey]] | [[ECHL]] | [[BOK Center]] | [[Tulsa]] | [[Tulsa metropolitan area|Tulsa Metro]] |} {| class="wikitable" |+Football |- " ! Club !! Type !! League !! Venue !! City !! Area (Metro/Region) |- | [[Oklahoma Flying Aces]] | [[Indoor American football|Indoor Football]] | [[Champions Indoor Football|CIF]] | [[Stride Bank Center]] | [[Enid, Oklahoma|Enid]] | |- | [[Oklahoma Thunder]] | [[American football|Football]] | [[Gridiron Developmental Football League|GDFL]] | Bixby High School | [[Bixby, Oklahoma|Bixby]] | [[Tulsa metropolitan area|Tulsa Metro]] |- | [[Oklahoma City Bounty Hunters]] | [[American football|Football]] | [[Gridiron Developmental Football League|GDFL]] | Putnam City Stadium | [[Warr Acres, Oklahoma|Warr Acres]] | [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area|OKC Metro]] |} {| class="wikitable" |+Soccer |- " ! Club !! Type !! League !! Venue !! City !! Area (Metro/Region) |- | [[FC Tulsa]] | [[Association football|Men's Soccer]] | [[United Soccer League|USL]] | [[ONEOK Field]] | [[Tulsa]] | [[Tulsa metropolitan area|Tulsa Metro]] |- | [[Tulsa Spirit]] | [[Association football|Women's Soccer]] | [[Women's Premier Soccer League|WPSL]] | Union 8th | [[Broken Arrow, Oklahoma|Broken Arrow]] | [[Tulsa metropolitan area|Tulsa Metro]] |- | [[Oklahoma City FC (WPSL)|Oklahoma City FC]] | [[Association football|Women's Soccer]] | [[Women's Premier Soccer League|WPSL]] | [[Yukon High School|Miller Stadium]] | [[Oklahoma City]] | [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area|OKC Metro]] |- | [[Oklahoma City Energy]] | [[Association football|Men's Soccer]] | [[United Soccer League|USL]] | [[Taft Stadium]] | [[Oklahoma City]] | [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area|OKC Metro]] |} {| class="wikitable" |+Rugby |- " ! Club !! Type !! League !! Venue !! City !! Area (Metro/Region) |- | [[Tulsa Rugby Club]] | [[Rugby union|Men's Rugby]] | [[Division II Rugby]] | [[Riverside Pitch]] | [[Tulsa]] | [[Tulsa metropolitan area|Tulsa Metro]] |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page