It has been a turbulent offseason for Oklahoma City Thunder fans, but a man claiming to be from Virginia left a pair of unhinged voicemails on the team’s main answering service, threatening violence against members of the organization and that he might bomb the entire city — as if that doesn’t strike enough of a […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Rolling thunder
While most of Oklahoma City was sleeping, the shocking news that changed the course of beloved National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise Oklahoma City Thunder blared across notification screens. Not only was reigning NBA finals MVP Kawhi Leonard spurning the team with whom he won a title, he was signing with the Los Angeles Clippers and […]
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Cover: Tech boom
For its 19th annual celebration of local, regional, national and world film June 6-9 in downtown Oklahoma City, deadCenter Film Festival selected 140 features and short films. Among the final films announced for this year’s event include director Danny Boyle’s musical fantasy Yesterday, about a world in which the Beatles never existed, and Growing Up […]
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Chicken-Fried News: 2018 takeout
Fallin away The queen is dead; long live the king. Mary Fallin’s eight-year reign of terror over the state is over, and her successor Kevin Stitt is a political outsider who campaigned on his version of “drain the swamp” but has surrounded himself with insiders during his transition to the Governor’s Mansion. Oh, Gov. Fallin, […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Party that cried ‘George’
The connection between a GOP fundraiser and the biggest fish in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s offseason was too much to ignore, but the party might’ve overexaggerated Paul George’s involvement. The state Republican Party sent out an invitation for its One Enchanted Evening August fundraiser saying that it would be held “in the beautiful showhome of […]
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Commentary: Transcendent moment
There’s not anyone more loved or influential in Oklahoma City right now than Russell Westbrook. His impact on our city is mind-blowing, especially for someone who has grown up witnessing OKC go from complete uncertainty to a confident, thriving and developing city on the rise. So when the man himself personally invites you to a […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Breaking the NBA bank
Although it was only a select few in attendance for the July 1 party where Paul George announced that he was returning to Oklahoma City Thunder, most of the city might’ve said they were there to see George and Russell Westbrook smoke cigars and watch Nas perform. Gamble Thunder general manager Sam Presti’s trade for […]
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Cover Story: Chicken-Fried News predictions for 2018
CFN looks back on 2017 and makes predictions about what Okies will get up to in 2018.
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Chicken-Fried News: Court of couture
Someone at Midtown YMCA gave a recent Oklahoma Gazette cover a makeover, and we definitely don’t hate it.