Credit: Brad Gregg On Aug. 25, Fallin made the comment that it would be “a nice gesture” if President Obama reached out to the family of an Australian college student who was gunned down in Duncan. Christopher Lane, a baseball player at East Central University in Ada, was jogging near his girlfriend’s house when three […]
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Side job
Workers at Funny Or Die would be wise not to tell Griffin if he gets their coffee orders wrong because the 6-foot 10-inch and 251 pound basketball player could wad them into a ball-shaped figure and dunk them into the nearest garbage can. All-Star forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, Griffin took the internship position […]
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Video Game Reviews
Mortal Kombat WB Games Xbox 360, Playstation 3 “Mortal Kombat” is a throwback to the early/mid- ’90s when people flooded into arcades to fight as their favorite characters. All of the established characters appear in this new version, and the player controls them similarly to their classic versions. As a fighting game, “Kombat” is easy […]
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Foes may fear Thunder’s new X factor, ‘The Beard’
Thabo Sefolosha will always frustrate the opposing team’s best perimeter scorer with his relentless defense, and Kendrick Perkins will do the same to a post player. Off the bench, Nick Collison is going to take a charge. This routine has worked wonderfully for the team through 70 games of the regular season. Yet, with the […]
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Aldrich might already be a draft bust
After winning an NCAA national championship as a sophomore and being an All-American as a junior, several NBA teams were salivating at the skill set he could bring to the table. Unlike college scoring averages and steals, which may or may not pan out at the next level, rebounding averages and blocks per game translate […]
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Champions in the NBA feed on doubt, criticism
Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant receives a lot of accolades. Coming into the season, NBA pundits bent over backwards to proclaim Durant as the “odds-on favorite” to win the MVP. Opposing players fawn over his abilities. His performance in the FIBA World Championship tournament had journalists across the globe proclaiming him as the best […]
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5 Films by Dario Argento
2008 As it should, the blood flows bright red in the Italian giallo movies that comprise Anchor Bay’s box set “5 Films by Dario Argento.” Known for his stylish eye behind the camera —? not to mention the oft-traumatized eyes in front of the camera —? Argento is one of the few directors worthy of […]