Soon we will be watching the Oklahoma City Thunder compete for an NBA championship. Like the highs and lows of a seven-game playoff series, the story of how major-league professional sports came to Oklahoma City is about tragedy, triumph, plot twists and larger-than-life characters. A new book by Mayor Mick Cornett’s former chief of staff, […]
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CFN tweet of the week
Brad Gregg —actor Rob Lowe, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace (the asshole formerly known as Ron Artest) on April 22 smashing an elbow to the head of Thunder player James Harden
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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 […]
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CFN tweet of the week
Brad Gregg —actor Rob Lowe, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace (the asshole formerly known as Ron Artest) on April 22 smashing an elbow to the head of Thunder player James Harden
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CFN tweet of the week
Brad Gregg —actor Rob Lowe, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace (the asshole formerly known as Ron Artest) on April 22 smashing an elbow to the head of Thunder player James Harden
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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 […]
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The rumor mill
Sadly, no. But spurred on by social media, that tidbit grew last week from idle speculation to Internet rumor to printable fact. The day of President Barack Obama’s arrival in Oklahoma City, StateImpact Oklahoma (a collaboration of local NPR stations and OETA) posted a story that concluded, “Oklahomans who want to see the president in […]
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Agree to disagree
A Nov. 26 story in the paper detailed how the NBA lockout has impacted the Oklahoma City Thunder, but the Gray Lady wasted little time tweaking our town. Illustrating the Thunder’s uniting influence, writer Tom Spousta quoted Oklahoma City resident T.J. Nance: “It’s the only thing we can agree on, other than conservative politics.” Huh? […]
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Agree to disagree
A Nov. 26 story in the paper detailed how the NBA lockout has impacted the Oklahoma City Thunder, but the Gray Lady wasted little time tweaking our town. Illustrating the Thunder’s uniting influence, writer Tom Spousta quoted Oklahoma City resident T.J. Nance: “It’s the only thing we can agree on, other than conservative politics.” Huh? […]
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Vick not Durant’s pick
KD communicated how he rated the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback via the wonderful World Wide Web. Starting on Aug. 24, Durantula tweeted that Vick didn’t count among the top 5 National Football League QBs, which he listed as New England Patriot Tom Brady, Indianapolis Colt Peyton Manning, San Diego Charger Philip Rivers, Green Bay Packer Aaron […]