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Oklahoma Sooners Hot Links: Women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale issues apology following allegations of racially insensitive comments

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Oklahoma Sooners women’s basketball head coach Sherri Coale issued a public apology on Sunday after several former OU student-athletes alleged she made racially insensitive remarks toward them during their time with the program. The Norman Transcript’s Joe Buettner has more details.

Several former OU women's basketball players accused Sherri Coale of making racially insensitive comments over the weekend.

The coach issued an apology Sunday night. https://t.co/Q0vEn2jnCZ | #Sooners pic.twitter.com/EcqdibFzuE— Transcript Sports (@transcript) August 31, 2020

Here is the apology in full from Coale, as well as a statement from Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione.