Why Not? Comedy Show 7 p.m. Jan. 10 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $40-$1000 Back for its fourth year, the Why Not? Comedy Show returns to Oklahoma City Jan. 10. The show’s co-founder, NBA point guard Russell Westbrook, also returns to OKC that week — in a Houston Rockets uniform. On Jan. […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Convenient narrative
If you, an average person, decided to leave your job without providing two weeks notice, which would give the former employer the ability to adequately find a replacement, would you expect them to roll out the red carpet if you returned on a business meeting as a member of your former company’s biggest competitor? That’s […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Mummas beware
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: 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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Family matters
If Steven Adams can be neatly distilled into just five seconds, then it would absolutely start at the 5:47 mark in the fourth quarter of an Oklahoma City Thunder home game against the Toronto Raptors on December 27, 2017. Coming off a pick and roll, Russell Westbrook passed to the hard-charging, seven-foot Kiwi wrecking machine […]
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Chicken-Fried News: ’Melo Jazz reprise
Oklahoma City Thunder received an early visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past last week when Carmelo Anthony arrived in town for the rival Houston Rockets game, and it gave them a glimpse of how their present might be, if not for a shrewd offseason move by general manager Sam Presti. Oklahoma City fans gave […]
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Court jester
Why Not?? Comedy Show 8 p.m. Oct. 26 Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St. layups2standup.com 405-708-6937 $40-$1,000 Why Not?? Comedy Show returns to Oklahoma City for the third consecutive year Oct. 26, bringing along with it a lineup of celebrities and comedians alike. Hosted by Demetrius “Juice” Deason and his longtime friend, Oklahoma City’s favorite […]
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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 […]