A real sports animal
Love him or hate him, Jim Traber just wants you to have an opinion.
Speculation on the Durant/ Westbrook situation in OKC
Are they competing? Are they not?
Texas 4000 charity ride stops in OKC
Bike event raises cancer awareness
Get physical
Ten OKC-area CrossFits offer community and challenge
Rasslin’s Ross
Pro wrestling announcer and native son Jim Ross will be honored at Monday’s WWE event.
OU unveils football schedule for 2011
Begins Sept. 3 at home
Thunder finalizes pre-season schedule
Kicks off Oct. 12 in Salt Lake City
Brawl in Bricktown
Who let the Dawgz out? Doesn’t matter, because the Bricktown Brawlers promise a better indoor football experience.
Foes may fear Thunder’s new X factor, ‘The Beard’
Harden needs to strengthen his game for Thunder to excel
PALing around
A black-tie boxing event raises funds for the Police Athletic League, a mentoring program for at-risk youth
Thursday 20 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Sports
Lockout could be apocalyptic event for Thunder
Impending work stoppage dangerous for fledgling OKC team
Sports
Clark Matthews
Things could not be going much better for the Thunder organization. It has two of the brightest stars in the league, just acquired the big man it has coveted for years, and is lauded as a potential dynasty. Most importantly, the market is absolutely in love with the franchise.
Tips to avoid the anxiety of getting bumped
Because the nosebleeds are way up there.
Sports
Royce Young
It’s the sports fan’s mirage, the oasis in the desert: You’re upper level, looking down on the action and wondering, “What would this game look like from down there?”
Thoughts on ‘boombastic’ Thunder trades
A step or two in the right direction.
Some midseason awards for the OKC Thunder
LVP! LVP! LVP!
Sports
Clark Matthews
With the All-Star break currently under way, the 2010-11 NBA season has reached the midpoint.
With trade winds blowing, Thunder have some options
Which players should the Thunder storm?
Sports
Clark Matthews
Between now and Feb. 24, most discussion about the NBA will revolve around trade rumors. As that date gets closer, followers of the league will pontificate about which players are on the market. Some teams will throw in the towel for the season and shed high salaried players while other teams will seek to add one final piece that can help them.
Amazing haul turned Thunder into contender
Sometimes sucking is the best thing to do.
Sports
Clark Matthews
The news of the Thunder’s 112-107 loss to the Denver Nuggets Jan. 19 was lost in the wake of surprise headlines when Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov announced that afternoon that his team, the New Jersey Nets, was no longer interested in acquiring Denver star Carmelo Anthony.
Everything matters when it comes to charity stripe
The Thunder get free throws right
Sports
Clark Matthews
If football is a game of inches, basketball is a game of millimeters. The difference in swishing a perfect jump shot and having the same shot swatted into press row is predicated on any number of small things.
PALing around
A black-tie boxing event raises funds for the Police Athletic League, a mentoring program for at-risk youth
Sports
Charles Martin
OKC Charity Fight Night
6:30 p.m. Thursday
Coca-cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 E. California
706-7484, okcfightnight.com
Random thoughts on the Oklahoma City Thunder
Sports
Royce Young
What’s the best way to riff on different things you’ve been thinking about but don’t really have a reason or hook to write about them? Rank them, that’s what.
It’s a Thunderful life for OKC hoops fans
Sports
Royce Young
It’s Friday night in Oklahoma City. Sheridan Avenue is dark. Sidewalks down Reno are mostly empty. Traffic is light all over.
Five New Year’s resolutions for the OKC Thunder
Sports
Royce Young
What’s a guy to do when the year turns over and he’s got a commentary due soon? Why write a New Year’s resolution piece over the topic he covers, that’s what!
Growing rowing
Sports
Luke Atkinson
USRowing will consolidate its lightweight training center operations at the Oklahoma City National High Performance Center on the Oklahoma River.
Champions in the NBA feed on doubt, criticism
Sports
Clark Matthews
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.
Aldrich might already be a draft bust
Sports
Clark Matthews
The rationale for Thunder GM Sam Presti to select University of Kansas center Cole Aldrich was simple: He was NBA-ready.
With dunk contest, NBA is grooming Ibaka for stardom
