I respectfully disagree with the source or sources close to Kevin Durant who believe Durant “carries himself like someone from Middle America.”
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Diverse honors
Kevin Durant Photo by Shannon Cornman Kevin Durant will be among honorees at Dialogue Institute Oklahoma City’s friendship dinner and awards ceremony on April 1. It is a nonprofit organization that was founded with the express purpose of furthering interfaith dialogue, especially in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. The award […]
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Boo-rant
Credit: Brad Gregg Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant recently attended an L.A. Dodger home game with his new agent, Jay-Z, when the crowd broke into a chorus of boos. A stadium cameraman had spotted Durant and slapped his mug on the jumbotron, prompting the cacophony of jeers. Poor Laker fans. Evidently they’re still feeling […]
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Hoops love
Apparently, the pair — both 24 years old — have been friends since high school. But the situation got hot and heavy a few months ago when the two basketball elites hooked up and eventually elevated their relationship from friends to fiancé status. Wright, a member of the Minnesota Lynx and an All-Rookie selection in 2010, […]
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KD to the Izzo
Credit: Brad Gregg Not impressed yet? OK, how about a sports-management agency on the cusp of signing one of the NBA’s elite superstars? Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant is leaving Landmark Sports, his representation for the last year or so, to join Mr. Z’s Roc Nation Sports. The move would come as quite the […]
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Act mature
Credit: Brad Gregg The tattoo features an angel clutching a basketball hovering over a portrait of Jesus. Accompanying it is a lengthy Bible verse that reads, “Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and […]
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MAPS for trauma
It was joy and grieving and defiance. I was screaming at Timothy McVeigh and for that baby carried by the firefighter as much as I was yelling for our young team that was making our city proud much sooner than expected. In OKC, it is all wrapped up together, the joy and pain. Now, unfortunately, […]
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Kevin Durant reacts to Jason Collins’ coming out: ‘It’s cool with me’
Add Thunder superstar Kevin Durant to that chorus of voices. “If he’s happy, that’s cool. Nobody has the right to judge,” Durant said earlier today in Houston, where the Thunder is preparing for tonight’s Game 4 first-round playoff game against the Rockets. “He’s his own man. He makes his own decisions. As NBA players, it’s […]
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No more Mr. Nice Guy?
So why, we ask, does the NBA decide to fine Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant for making a throat-slicing gesture in connection with a big-time poster dunk against the Golden State Warriors a week ago? Heck, he wasn’t really threatening anyone; the gesture was an antic, a move designed to agitate the Golden State […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
Credit: Brad Gregg —Thunder superstar Kevin Durant, on the fashion sense of teammate Russell Westrbook, in the April 15 edition of ESPN the Magazine