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Charles Martin
Don't let multimillion-dollar training complexes, massive football stadiums and national television exposure fool you: College athletic programs don't come with an endless pool of finances. ...

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Charles Martin
Giving up the dream of rock stardom might seem the logical end to any band, but for one of the metro's most cerebral indie acts, Student Film, that realization marked a new beginning. ...

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Charles Martin
Whenever the stage lights go up and the band walks on stage, all glory goes to the musicians when the show goes off without a hitch. But when things go haywire, all eyes are directed to ...

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Charles Martin
Route 66 is going to be overrun this weekend by hundreds of bikers in tight spandex. This is not some bizarre splinter group of the Hells Angels, but rather participants in the state's largest f...

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Charles Martin
Sherree Chamberlain wowed crowds at April's Norman Music Festival with rich and alluring vocals tinged with the pastoral soulfulness of her Stillwater home. Although she had had just migrated to...

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Charles Martin
Bricktown's newest low-cost, environmentally sound living spaces are conveniently located, high-profile and exclusive. The catch? The ceilings are only 3 feet tall, a full-grown adult can't lie ...

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Charles Martin
NASCAR and Formula One racing are expensive sports, with top cars getting bundles of cash invested into tuning the vehicle into a bullet on wheels. But it all still boils down to the talent of t...

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Charles Martin
Everyone needs community. Even the most morose, dour or individualistic poets need the help of their peers to grow. University of Central Oklahoma poet-in-residence Douglas Goetsch is hoping ...

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Charles Martin
Moore War is the nickname of one of the most contentious rivalries in high school football. It all began about 20 years ago, when Moore High School lost half its student body when Westmoore High...

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Charles Martin
Seth James trudged a long, twisting road on the way to his sophomore album, "That Kind of Man," which was held up by four years of legal wrangling and label turnover, during which the West Texas...

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Charles Martin
Two police detectives stepped from the front door of a house near N.W. 36th Street and May Avenue as I arrived to interview rappers C.B. Dub and Infamous. Before I could ask what was happening i...

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Charles Martin
Marco Enriquez bridled with energy throughout the interview, as would any 7-year-old who just proved he was the best at something. In his case, it was his recent victory over an 8-year-old to wi...

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Charles Martin
Few metro musicians have the rock shtick down better than one-man-band Mickey Reece, known musically as El Paso Hot Button. From exhaustingly energetic and charismatic live shows to the poli...

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Charles Martin
A handful of the metro's best singer/songwriters will convene Saturday for a free, daylong "Bricktown Unplugged" concert at JJ's Alley Bricktown Pub. The small bar will open at 10 a.m. and fi...

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Charles Martin
Higher education's long and storied history of the contentious relationship between college students and cantankerous administrators has been documented in such timeless gems as "National Lampoo...