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Chicken-Fried News: Safety coverage
Barry and Becky Switzer recently announced they are building a search-and-rescue dog training center in Tuttle.
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Barry Switzer and wife help raise money for The Bella Foundation
The Bella Foundation hosts a fundraiser with legendary football coach Barry Switzer.
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Letters to the Editor: April 1, 2015
Free speech Recently, late at night, the University of Oklahoma (OU) released a statement that conflated the SAE story with the Joe Mixon story and announced with a straight face that this was not a double standard. They took great pains to say that Mixon was kicked off the team for a year and also […]
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Chicken-Fried News: “Official” scam
You can all just calm down; Barry Switzer is not hanging out in Kiev, Ukraine, asking you for money.
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Chicken-Fried News: The Shat vs. The Switz
What do Barry Switzer and Captain Kirk have in common? A love for win. William Shatner, the original leader of the starship USS Enterprise, and Switzer, the former Oklahoma football coach, appear set to work together on Shatner’s Hollywood Charity Horse Show. Switzer has agreed to provide the wine for the event from his Switzer […]
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Claim steaked
Dianne Moentnish and Greg Gawey Photo by Mark Hancock That uncle, Jim Elias, was the owner of Jamil’s Steakhouse, 4910 N. Lincoln Blvd. The year was 1976, and wanting to sell the restaurant but keep it in the family, Elias helped his nephew purchase the venue that first opened on June 1, 1964. “My uncle […]
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Dog’s best friend
Credit: Brad Gregg According to news accounts, the Rottweiler pup was in a van with the windows rolled down. Still, Switzer felt sorry for the animal. He plucked the canine from the car, tracked down the owners and purchased the dog from them on the spot. Switzer took the pup, which he named Stella, to […]
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Barry dramatic
According to comingsoon.net, Switzer’s 1990 autobiography, Bootlegger’s Boy, is being shepherded to a theater near you by producer Molly Smith (pro: The Blind Side; con: Something Borrowed) and, possibly, the screenwriting team of Patrick Massett and John Zinman (pro: Friday Night Lights; con: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider). Because it’s never too early to think about […]