It really happened in just a half-hour or so of watching some of the week's Sunbelt Classic. The downside of being in the office for most of my job is missing some good baseball. The upside is that it's quite a bit cooler in here.

Big praise to these young men, not just for being picked to represent their respective states, and not just for putting up with a hotter-than-usual mid-June in Oklahoma, but for playing a pretty high level of baseball in the process.

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It wasn't much of a shock to see former Oklahoma superstar Blake Griffin taken with the first pick of Thursday's NBA Draft. Griffin becomes the first OU player ever selected with the first pick of the professional draft.

But credit is due to his older brother Taylor, not just for a solid career at OU and countless hours working with and pushing Blake to great heights. He will have his NBA shot, too, as the Phoenix Suns took the older Griffin with the 48th pick of the draft.

Taylor Griffin had already gotten some interesting news earlier in the week when the Harlem Globetrotters announced they were interested in having him come try out if things didn't work out in the NBA.

No offense to the Globetrotters, but let's hope Taylor will be busy in Phoenix in the fall.

Christian Potts 366-3531 cpotts@normantranscript.com