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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Turnabout’s fair play in the NBA
Credit: Brad Gregg Four years after the SuperSonics departed the city to become the Oklahoma City Thunder, Seattle’s city council appears poised to spend some money to secure a proper venue to entice an NBA franchise. With huge backing from a hedge fund manager named Chris Hansen, Rain City has agreed to build a $490 […]
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Durant’s delayed
Jim Tolbert OCURA voted Sept. 19 to table a vote on plans by developer Randy Hogan for a restaurant along the Bricktown canal just west of Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill and east of Earl’s Rib Palace after board members expressed concern about the restaurant’s entrance not facing the canal. During the […]
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Maybe I’m corn-mazed
Credit: Brad Gregg The 35-acre corn maze at Reding Farm, which opens Sept. 28, is the largest in the state. This year it honors the OKC Thunder with images of the NBA Jumpman and Thunder logos, Durant’s No. 35 jersey, Rumble the Bison, a basketball and a hoop — just about everything except James Harden’s […]
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Thunder-yuck
Credit: Brad Gregg The Thunder’s former public address announcer, Jim Miller, is facing multiple counts of child sex abuse and committing lewd acts in front of a child. The Thunder organization immediately booted Miller when the allegations surfaced, but the dismissal didn’t come early enough to avoid his brief role in Thunderstruck. In one of […]
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Privaledge — JoeWorld
Having listened to Priv’s first two projects, Itz a Privaledge and The Playbook, I could immediately tell from JoeWorld that he’s grown as an artist. He seems more mature and much more comfortable on each track. He is able to match his smooth, laid-back flow with each beat, regardless of the sound. His lyrical technique […]
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Thunderstruck
I am a huge Oklahoma City Thunder fan. Kevin Durant is my favorite athlete. I went to his basketball summer camp a couple of years ago and got to meet him. He was chilled — a real nice guy. When I heard he was going to star in his own movie, Thunderstruck, I was interested. After […]
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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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Tattoo you
For the sake of this unidentified Thunder fan and tattoo enthusiast, let’s hope James Harden doesn’t shave his beard anytime soon.
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Attention, campers
Becky Clinton, director of Artworks, said it was Helen’s idea to visit the kids. “She called and asked me if she could come and bring some Thunder Girls,” said Clinton, who has been with Artworks since its beginning 25 years ago. The Artworks staff kept the visit a secret from the kids, who range in […]