Stars & Stripes River Festival 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday Riversport OKC 800 Riversport Drive riversportokc.org 405-552-4040 Free Riversport Adventures hosts its annual Stars & River Stripes Festival full of action, adventure and a day of water fun you won’t find anywhere but Oklahoma City. The event starts 8 a.m. Saturday and is a celebration of […]
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Paddling proponent
Abowitz wasn’t the first person to try to share rowing with Oklahoma, but he did help the sport gain its footing in Oklahoma City long before it was a well-known phenomenon. “Oklahoma comes late to these things,” Abowitz said of rowing. The sport hooked Abowitz at the University of Pennsylvania, but when he came to […]