Credit: Brad Gregg But the problem, according to a Thunder spokesman, was pretty simple: Lil Wayne didn’t have a ticket. The Thunder contended that the rapper only wanted to sit in the front row, but that no tickets — least of all the Nicholson seats — were still available. Did Lil Wayne have a special […]
basketball
Posted inNews
Jump, shot
Brad Gregg On May 21, you might recall, Bricktown turned into the OK Corral shortly after the Thunder eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers from the NBA Western Conference playoffs. Eight people were shot just a few blocks west of “Thunder Alley,” the area in front of the arena that began as pre-game entertainment, but over […]
Posted inNews
Thunder has transformed city’s image
Some days you just think, “This can’t be happening!” We’ve become accustomed to seeing Oklahoma City on national telecasts. We’re used to seeing the dramatically lit shots of Bricktown and downtown Oklahoma City that play in and out of commercials during Thunder games. We’re even getting used to Charles Barkley saying there’s nothing to do […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Thunder-drunk
Brad Gregg Wait, that came out wrong. After the Oklahoma City Thunder ran roughshod over those poor Mavericks, the team’s become the toast of the town. And with everyone thundering up, it’s only natural that you will be throwing playoff parties or drinking yourself silly at a local alehouse as the team now takes on […]
Posted inNews
Agent of Shields
Brad Gregg Michael Payne, an instructor of Classen School for Advanced Studies, earned his bid at cinematic immortality by entering a 100-word essay contest. As part of earning an appearance (as a teacher — typecast!) in The Hot Flashes, he gets a trip to New Orleans where the basketball comedy is being filmed. Because the […]
Posted inNews
Grievous in seattle
Brad Gregg Now they plan to share their anger fueled conspiracy mongering in a nationwide airing of Sonicsgate:Requiem for a Team, a documentary that purports to blow the lid off that Seattle-to-OKC move. Seattle likes to tout itself as the “Emerald City,” but for the past several years that green has been more of the […]
Posted inNews
Skip the facts
Brad Gregg Well, it could be heard all over the blogosphere last week when self-billed “obscure local social blog” The Lost Ogle uncovered evidence that ESPN commentator and OKC native Skip Bayless had, at best, exaggerated certain facts about his high school basketball career. At worst, said comments could be described as, um, untruths from […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Circuit court
Oklahoma Regional FIRST Robotics Competition Thursday-Saturday Cox Convention Center 1 Myriad Gardens oklahomafirst.org Featuring four basketball goals at each end of the court and seesawing ramps in the middle, the event pits statewide high schools’ hand-built robots against one another, capable of picking up foam basketballs and delivering them to a firing system that will […]
Posted inNews
L.A. not-so-confidential
They’ll help Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook represent the Western Conference in their annual tussle with the east this year, but it looks like things might be a little awkward in the All-Star locker room, as Bryant exchanged a lot of words with James Harden (who out-shot Bryant while defending him) and Durant. Watch for […]
Posted inNews
CFN Headline of the Week
“Kevin Durant is the best combination of talent and personality in sports today.” —the February issue of Esquire