The pair charge at the goal of success in this market and nationally. It’s a competition neither league really asked for, but it’s also not one that either is willing to back away from. Two well-known local sports operators — Prodigal and Sold Out Strategies — find themselves on opposite sides. Prodigal, led by owner […]
Murray Evans
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Taking a SHINE
SHINE workers clean up graffiti as part of their responsibilities. Credit: Shannon Cornman Facing possible jail time for a drug possession conviction, the 19-year-old Oklahoma City student knew he was lucky to have been sentenced instead to work in a county-run community service program for low-level, nonviolent offenders. “It’s different,” he said. “There’s a lot […]
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Diamonds in the rough
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US” lang=”EN-US”> Adrian Fisher thought he’d rid himself of the football bug. Several years removed from a successful playing career at Langston University, the 31-year-old Fisher had a job and had long since given up the idea of returning to the gridiron. Then he ran into a couple of friends at a gym […]
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Pod people
Brad Gregg When the Oklahoma City Thunder came to town, the 30-year-old Oklahoma Christian University graduate thought it would be neat if he and his co-workers could do something similar — “be the voice of the fan,” he said. That idea morphed into the OKC ThunderCast podcast, which Lightsey and Blayne Cook produce. It focuses […]