Sports
Clark Matthews
Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant receives a lot of accolades. Coming into the season, NBA pundits bent over backwards to proclaim Durant as the “odds-on favorite” to win the MVP.

Letters to the Editor
E. Frank Gilson
Regarding Clark Matthews’ Commentary (Sports, “With dunk contest, NBA is grooming Ibaka for stardom”) in the Jan. 12 Gazette promoting Serge Ibaka of the Thunder over Blake Griffin to win the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest:

News
Clifton Adcock
Candidates for the four City Council seats up for grabs are entering the final round of campaigning prior to the March 1 primary election.

CFN
Gazette staff
I feel that there should be absolutely no campaign funding. When you bring in money, you bring corruption.

Visual Arts
Rod Lott
A Century of Magic: The Animation of the Walt Disney Studios
through Sept. 16
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
555 Elm, Norman
ou.edu/fjjma
325-3272
$3-$5

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Fresh from its Academy Award win for Best Foreign Language Film, Austria’s feel-bad hit Amour tells a powerful story of a longtime married couple and one unpredictable pigeon. The drama unspools at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch. Tickets are $5-$8. Call 236-3100 or visit okcmoa.com.

Thursday-Sunday

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