Oklahoma is famous for its love affair with sports. People “Thunder Up” for basketball, get in fights for hockey and curse as loud as they can at football. But one sport is moving its way quickly up the Oklahoma River to stake its claim as one of Oklahoma’s next premier sports. Rowing teams from Northwest […]
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Curling, the ice sport that involves chucking smooth stones for points, is gaining steam in Oklahoma
It’s hard to decide what is more common in curling: bruised bodies or bruised egos. Amid the thundering of stones rolling down the ice and teammates shouting instructions at one another stands Jonathan Havercroft, president of the Oklahoma Curling Club. Havercroft was raised in Montreal, Canada, where high school curling teams were as common as […]
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New law requiring medical approval after a student athlete suffers a concussion comes under debate
Justin Barney would be a senior this year. He could have been a captain on the football team, a shoo-in for homecoming king or the star pitcher for Rush Springs, just waiting to play college baseball for his beloved Rice University Owls. These were the dreams of a 14 year old, and with just 3:52 […]
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The Riversport Challenge is fun to watch and even better to do
Riversport Challenge Noon for children, 6 p.m. for adults Saturday Chesapeake Boathouse 725 S. Lincoln www.riversportokc.org 552-4040 $35 Most Oklahomans would have no clue just a few years ago that the river just south of downtown Oklahoma City would one day be the site of health and prosperity for youth and adults in the state. […]
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Rally planned for state solider accused of leaking classified war info
Oklahomans will rally Thursday to show support for one of their own. Pfc. Bradley Manning is accused of leaking a classified video of American troops in an Apache helicopter firing upon and killing 11 Iraq civilians, including two Reuters employees. Manning, who is from Crescent and was serving as an intelligence analyst in the U.S.-led […]
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Little River Zoo offers kids a chance to learn about animals at night
Being on the lookout for a black bear in the dark is usually a bad thing, but not if you’re staying overnight at the zoo. Kids of all ages are invited to experience the nightlife from 6 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday at the Little River Zoo, 3405 S.E. 120th Ave. in Norman, which […]
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The Boathouse District along the Oklahoma River continues to develop
Life happens quickly on the Oklahoma River. With about three months until the completion of the Devon Boathouse in October, the Boathouse District got vertical last week as the first pieces of Chesapeake’s Finish Line Tower went skyward. The tower, which was designed by Elliott + Associates Architects, was built in honor of Chesapeake Energy’s […]
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Brand new, high-class Armstrong Auditorium hopes to be cultural jewel in Edmond
The Armstrong Auditorium has one main goal for its new $20 million luxury concert hall: Make the experience equally as enjoyable for the patrons coming through the front door, as the performers entering from the back. The 823-seat performing arts center is slated to open Sept. 5 near the intersection of Waterloo Road and Bryant […]
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From a meth habit to Playboy fame, Kendra Wilkinson bares her life in memoir
As Kendra Wilkinson puts it, she is “a real person that comes from real stuff.” That real stuff includes her very public life of being a Playboy Mansion resident and star of reality TV shows like “The Girls Next Door” and “Kendra.” But Wilkinson said she wants her fans to know about her private life […]
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Coburn: Obama wants to remain ‘in majority forever with illegal votes’
As Sen. Tom Coburn started his address to the crowd at Francis Tuttle Technology Center in Oklahoma City, he made two things crystal clear: People would not like his answers, but things will get better. Before Coburn, R-Okla., opened Wednesday’s town hall meeting to questions from the audience, he addressed the crowd by outlining how […]