The oft-troubled rapper announced a slew of dates that includes an August 21 stint in Oklahoma City – a place in which he claimed he felt “unwelcome” and “unwanted.” In case you forgot, here’s a refresher: Wayne had requested courtside seats to an OKC Thunder-San Antonio Spurs playoff game last year but was denied entry […]
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Nothing but net
The crowd erupted with cheers and applause as Kufahl became only the fourth fan in Thunder history to execute the MidFirst Bank Half-Court Shot. A teacher and coach at Christian Heritage Academy in Del City, Kufahl held MidFirst’s oversized $20,000 check in the air, hardly able to contain his excitement. “It felt good from the […]
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The biebz knees
Credit: Brad Gregg Given that the 18-year-old pop star is single now — there, there, Selena Gomez, let us dry your tears — hopeful Mrs. Biebers in the 405 already may be enacting grand plans for ornate “MARRY ME” placards. (Attention, Hobby Lobby stores: Double, if not triple, your stock of glitter and pink paint […]
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Flea circus
Credit: Brad Gregg First it was Lil Wayne, who took his “I didn’t get a courtside seat” rants to Twitter during last season’s NBA playoffs. Now the anti-Thunder grousing comes from Michael Balzary, better known as Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and an adamant L.A. Lakers fan. Evidently, Flea was denied access to […]
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‘Blown Away,’ indeed
Credit: Brad Gregg Rather than a quick peck, however, he demanded “lip to lip.” She obliged. Now that the American Idol winner and country superstar is returning home for a Thursday concert at Chesapeake Arena, Chicken-Fried News suspects that throngs of metro boys are now shaving their wispy-thin mustaches and working on signs in hopes […]
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Movin’ on up
Chesapeake Energy Arena Credit: Mark Hancock Just outside the new entrance, crews are chipping and chopping away to disassemble the old Interstate 40 bridges piece by piece. Inside, crews rush to complete the 86,241-square-foot addition that will include the mezzanine, a rooftop patio and expanded restaurant space — all before the Oklahoma City Thunder’s first […]
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Squeaky wheel
Credit: Brad Gregg Heck, we even indulge the naysayers who believe we’re nothing but slow-thinking rubes who shun secondary education and them newfangled horseless carriages we keep hearin’ so much about. We aren’t sure who makes all these rules, but we are sure it’s a little odd how Charles Barkley-crazy everyone went in Oklahoma City […]
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Lil’ unprepared
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 […]
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Junk ball
It evidently wasn’t enough that eight people were shot in Bricktown shortly after the May 21 NBA game in which the Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers from the Western Conference playoffs. Now, a sports columnist for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune has told his readers that, while the Minnesota Timberwolves aren’t in the playoffs, […]
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Supply and demand
OKC Thunder officials approve of the new ordinance. Shannon Cornman The process to revise the city’s ticket-scalping ordinance was initiated several months ago when a measure came before the council to raise the ticket-scalping cap from its previous level of 50 cents, as well as put a scalping-free zone around the arena. That proposal was […]