“Kevin Durant is the best combination of talent and personality in sports today.” —the February issue of Esquire
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Bite Size: 2-1-12
House of fine diningThis Friday, enjoy Speakeasy 2012, the 39th annual Symphony Show House preview party, which offers a peek prior to the redesign by Central Oklahoma’s top designers. The 10,000-square-foot mansion is at 440 N.W. 15th, and will be stuffed full of live music and food from the city’s top chefs. Your $40 ticket […]
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Extra! Extra!
That’s right. Kevin Durant will depict Kevin Durant in said film, previously titled “Switch.” The plotline, from an earlier press release: “A fun and energetic family basketball movie starring Kevin Durant AS HIMSELF, a basketball star who switches talent with a klutzy 14 year old fan. When Brian, a hopelessly uncoordinated young fan magically switches […]
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All-Star-struck
Oklahoma City fans have until Jan. 31 to vote for Kevin Durant, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins and Russell Westbrook via text message or online at nba.com. Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal will be on hand for the starter selection broadcast by TNT on Feb. 2, ostensibly because the network execs figured their viewing […]
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Blog up
His first post focused less on how he keeps Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard from getting too low in the post, and more about the actual profession of a workhorse-type mid-level NBA player. Included were some of the basic mechanics of his financial preparation for the recent NBA lockout and some ruminations on the “should-I-stay-or-should-I-go?” conflict […]
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Let it bleed
And, yes, we mean that literally. You’ll have your chance to show your team spirit — not to mention sense of charity — on Friday for the Thunder’s holiday blood drive. The event, which runs 9 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Cox Convention Center, benefits the Oklahoma Blood Institute. Last year’s event was the biggest one-day […]
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Let it bleed
And, yes, we mean that literally. You’ll have your chance to show your team spirit — not to mention sense of charity — on Friday for the Thunder’s holiday blood drive. The event, which runs 9 a.m.-7 p.m. at the Cox Convention Center, benefits the Oklahoma Blood Institute. Last year’s event was the biggest one-day […]
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Forecast: Thunder
Last season, Oklahoma City Thunder General Manager Sam Presti sent a clear message when he pulled the trigger on a trade that essentially exchanged Jeff Green, the under-performing forward he said he loved like a son, for the Boston Celtics’ defensive juggernaut Kendrick Perkins. That message? “We’re going for it.” The move suddenly shifted the […]
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Forecast: Thunder
Last season, Oklahoma City Thunder General Manager Sam Presti sent a clear message when he pulled the trigger on a trade that essentially exchanged Jeff Green, the under-performing forward he said he loved like a son, for the Boston Celtics’ defensive juggernaut Kendrick Perkins. That message? “We’re going for it.” The move suddenly shifted the […]