Stage Steele: Faith, Motherhood, & Resilience

Sage Steele is one of the most recognized faces in sports broadcasting, a trailblazer who spent nearly two decades at ESPN bringing us all closer to the games and the athletes we love. She’s a journalist, a mom, a podcaster, a self-proclaimed “Army brat”, and a champion for staying true to yourself, even in the face of adversity.

In today’s episode of The Resilient Life, Sage opens up to host Ryan Manion about recently becoming an empty nester, divorcing her college sweetheart, growing up in a mixed race family, being proud of her faith, navigating the highs and lows of her career in sports media — including her decision to speak up during the pandemic — and all of the lessons she learned about resilience and authenticity along the way.

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Sen. Deevers on OK First Energy Policy

Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, issued the following statement today regarding Oklahoma energy policy reaffirming his commitment to an Oklahoma First agenda of low energy costs and government efficiency.

“Oklahomans have been very clear on their desire for an Oklahoma First energy policy, which means: (1) Prioritizing Oklahoma-based companies and local reinvestment, not foreign-controlled entities; (2) Focusing on proven energy sources under Oklahomans’ feet—oil and gas—rather than speculative technologies; (3) Rejecting climate alarmism which has been proven false on almost every prediction for 20 years; (4) Protecting Oklahoma’s natural beauty; (5) Protecting resources from ‘green’ energy scams that are resource-intensive and strain local utilities and water supplies; (6) Rejecting companies who embrace woke, globalist ESG/DEI ideologies; (7) Rejecting the waste of taxpayer dollars and redistribution of wealth through subsidizing ‘green’ energy in any way.

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Dr. Jay Bhattachrya for NIH Praised

Today, the Organization for Competitive Markets, and Competitive Markets Action, released the following statement in response to President Donald J. Trump and future HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s selection of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as head of the National Institutes of Health:

“We applaud President Trump and future Secretary Kennedy’s courageous and decisive move to Make America Healthy Again with the nomination of Dr. Bhattacharya as head of NIH and believe his confirmation will uncover the truth behind COVID, Dr. Fauci, and the Chinese enemies who created the pandemic intended to oust President Trump from office in 2020,” said Marty Irby, president at Competitive Markets Action and secretary at the Organization for Competitive Markets.

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Thunder Hosts Tulsa Youth Camps

The Oklahoma City Thunder announced in a release today the opening of registrations for its winter Thunder Youth Basketball camps, presented by Simple Modern.  

Two camps will take place in Tulsa and include one Crossover Camp for kids ages 12–16, and one Hustle Camp for kids ages 6-14. Crossover Camps are 4-hour sessions that focus on sharpening intermediate to advanced dribbling, defense, and shooting skills. Hustle Camps focus on technical fundamentals and development drills to improve skill sets within defense, ball-handling, shooting, layups, and more.  Each participant will receive a jersey (Crossover Camp) or T-shirt (Hustle Camp), basketball, Simple Modern water bottle, and a ticket to a select 24-25 Thunder home game. 

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Proposals could cut red tape in OK

Analysis: Despite being a conservative electorate, Oklahomans still face more state regulations than citizens in most other states. The accumulation of those rules impedes economic growth and job creation.

Fortunately, legislative leaders are preparing to tackle this problem.

At a recent meeting jointly led by state Rep. Gerrid Kendrix and state Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, who each chair their respective chamber’s administrative rules committee, lawmakers reviewed initiatives that have pared down regulations elsewhere.

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