Thunder majority owner Clay Bennett Credit: Shannon Cornman Home games at the Chesapeake Energy Arena routinely sell out. Signs of Thunder mania, from car flags to T-shirts, are everywhere. Lengthy, glowing profiles about the team and its relationship to OKC have appeared everywhere from The New York Times to USA Today. The team’s devoted following […]
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‘Tik Tok,’ Russell
But Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook definitely tunes into her. The point guard not too long ago was caught jamming out before a game to the music of Ke$ha, who performed in Houston last night as part of the NBA All-Star Game festivities. “It was the cutest, hottest thing ever to see a basketball […]
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School board bucks
Unofficial results from the Oklahoma County Election Board show that Hardin, a former development officer for the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, received 51 percent of the vote, or 3,376 total votes. An entrepreneur and founder of Friends of Northwest Classen High School Foundation, Hardin had outraised Monson by a nearly 5-to-1 margin in […]
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Hot or not
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that McClendon will likely remain in place as CEO after an internal investigation of his financial dealings is completed later this month. McClendon, you might remember, survived a shareholder revolt after revelations that he used his stake in oil and gas wells as collateral for more than $800 million […]
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Off-court courting
Credit: Brad Gregg But drama and rivalry appear to surround the minxy R&B songstress. In fact, hoopsvibe.com goes as far as to call her the Yoko Ono of the NBA, obliquely suggesting that James Harden’s departure from the Thunder prior to the season had something to do with a love triangle between him, Ibaka and […]
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The role model
Credit: Brad Gregg So we couldn’t believe our ears when we heard that the L.A. Lakers superstar had praised OKC’s own Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. He admires their poise, their work ethic and their ability to keep their cool. The five-time NBA champion told the Los Angeles Times that the Thunder pair are so […]
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Young at heart
Just today, in fact, the city commandeered the front page of USA Today, earning praise for its urban renaissance and active effort to keep millennials from up and moving elsewhere. That’s right, baby boomers, there’s a new generation to fawn over. The millennials are the 20-something generation, or what a recent Gawker story referred to […]
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Fear the … K-Mart?
Kevin Martin Credit: Shannon Cornman If Thunder fans’ affections for Kevin Martin and James Harden are still divided, tonight’s game between Oklahoma City and the Houston Rockets could be a good bellwether. Through 11 games this season, Martin averaged 17.6 points per game, more than the 16.8 points per game that Harden averaged over 64 […]
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‘Thunderstruck”s strike two
Credit: Brad Gregg In the case of the Aug. 24 release, however, “theatrical experience” was nearly nonexistent. On an unreported production budget, its total domestic gross was a paltry $587,211, showing in only 250 theaters nationwide at its peak. At Rotten Tomatoes, the online barometer of critical favor (or lack thereof, as the case may […]
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Quality costs
The Chesapeake campus Energy companies comprised the bulk of the 10 companies receiving the most in state Quality Jobs funds. Chesapeake Energy Corp. received the most, at nearly $7.2 million, followed by SandRidge at around $6.6 million and ConocoPhillips at $4.8 million. Only three non-energy companies are on the top-10 list: Dell, Spirit AeroSystems and […]