Thursday 23 May
OKG Newsletter
Andrew Gilman
Get your kicks
Attention, fútbol heads: Pro soccer is here!
Sports
Andrew Gilman
Oklahoma City FC vs. Austin Aztex
7:30 p.m. Saturday
Oklahoma City University,
2501 N. Blackwelder
OklahomaCItyFC.com
232-7223
$10-$30
The windup
Strong pitching is expected to be key for the OKC RedHawks this season.
Sports
Andrew Gilman
OKC RedHawks vs. Memphis Redbirds
7:05 p.m. Friday
Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
2 S. Mickey Mantle
okcredhawks.com
218-1000
$7-$17
Merv verve
Longtime OU color announcer Merv Johnson is honored for his work in the broadcast booth.
Sports
Andrew Gilman
Warren Spahn Award Gala
6-9 p.m. Thursday
Jim Thorpe Museum and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
4040 N. Lincoln
okcspahnawards.com
605-2375
$150-$2,000
Sooner scoop
Fueled by more media choices, covering OU football has become a cottage industry.
Sports
Andrew Gilman
Used to be, getting Sooner football news was a matter of waiting to pick up the newspaper or turn on the local TV news.
A real sports animal
Love him or hate him, Jim Traber just wants you to have an opinion.
Tweet fleet
Which Oklahoma celebs on Twitter are worth following or forgetting?
Features
Andrew Gilman
The Twitterverse is a great, big place filled with possibilities. We looked at a few Twitter-happy celebrities from Oklahoma, and whether they’re worth your precious time.
Bud light
A collection of letters shows the softer side of legendary OU coach Bud Wilkinson.
Nonfiction
Andrew Gilman
Jay Wilkinson
6:30 p.m. Thursday
Full Circle Bookstore
1900 Northwest Expressway
fullcirclebooks.com
842-2900
2 p.m. Saturday
Barnes & Noble
540 Ed Noble Parkway
bn.com
579-8800
Up top
A Norman company covers the heads of collegiate sports fans across the country. Just don’t expect to find its logo.
Features
Andrew Gilman
There are aisles of hats. Thousands of them, maybe more. Uncountable and stacked on shelves, floor to ceiling.
Fans should prepare to pucker up and smooch for big screen at Thunder games
News
Andrew Gilman
You have to have some serious pull. You have to be celebrity-big. A Ford Truck Man. A movie star. You gotta be known.If you're not, and most folks interested in going to an Oklahoma City Thunder baske...
Thunder players tell what they really think of new home
News
Andrew Gilman
Maybe when you're from Fort Madison, Iowa, and you travel down the road to Iowa City to go to college, maybe, just possibly, you're not the best barometer to decide if a city is "cool" or not. ...
Athletes on Twitter pull back the curtain
Commentary
Andrew Gilman
Just for a second, before thinking about the fact that some athlete's civil liberties are getting trampled, and before we get the American Civil Liberties Union on speed dial, maybe we should be grate...
Talented OU recruiter Stoops has never been to Sooner football game
News
Andrew Gilman
He's from Ohio, went to school at the University of Iowa and now is at the University of Oklahoma. Nationally known. Locally admired. A name synonymous with the university. ...
Fat' Jack Ross considers himself stockbroker for sports bettors
News
Andrew Gilman
Golf shirt, flip-flops, a cell phone, and "Fat" Jack Ross is ready for work. A quick meeting at the casino, then off to Vegas in the afternoon before heading to Florida next week to meet wi...
Lemma's formula is little Quiz Bowl, all rock 'n' roll
Music
Andrew Gilman
Lemma is two full-time musicians, a doctoral student and an abstract geometry researcher. It's a mathematical formula " a puzzle worth solving. Together, the band " Blake Lennon, Jeff Wesner,...
