I. Genesis “By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.” -Voltaire Everybody in Oklahoma knows a college football fan they despise. How about the person who’s a die-hard fan of a school nowhere near Oklahoma geographically that makes sure everyone knows they’re the biggest Buckeyes or Gators fan around? Or, [...]
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The Olympic Village comes to Oklahoma City during the Oklahoma Regatta Festival
The Oklahoma Regatta Festival kicked off this past Thursday Night at the Chesapeake Boathouse with sumptuous food/drinks, fireworks, and music that serenaded ‘World Class Athletes’ from Germany, Italy, Canada and the United States as well as many Oklahoma VIP’s. It was a beautiful evening for a meet and greet with world athletes and their [...]
Why I Love Football
I never cared for football when I was younger. The appeal was a complete mystery to me. Football seemed to lack the finesse and grace of basketball, the americana and “anyone can do it” charm of baseball, and even the pure, violent appeal of martial arts and boxing. It looked to my uncomprehending eyes like [...]
An open letter to Seattle basketball fans
Dear Seattle: Hey, I know this is awkward, but I feel like we need to sort some things out… You’re angry. I get that. I would be angry too. Yeah, some of the shit that went down, I’m not proud of. It. We could have been more straightforward, more above board. I know [...]
April 9th Bellator Preview: Q and A with Ben Askren and Nick Thompson
Bellator Fighting Championships, coming off its first Oklahoma event of the year, looks to make another splash April 9th with what could be one of their best matchups to date. Broadcasting live on MTV 2, Bellator heads to First Council Casino in Newkirk with Olympic wrestler/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner Ben Askren and MMA journeyman Nick [...]
Bellator Preview
Bellator Fighting Championships, what many fans consider the United States’ third largest mixed martial arts promotion, announced earlier this month that they are visiting Oklahoma four times in 2011. And they’re bringing MTV2 with them. “We are happy to be working with Howard Pollack and his team at C3 Fights to bring our MTV2 MMA [...]
Boxing and Romance: Sharing the Love of the Fight
Carlos Torres knows there’s more to boxing than violence. “There’s the will and drive of the fighters,” he said. It was the drive for victory not violence that compelled Torres to rush into the eye of 1100-person sellout crowd at Oklahoma City’s Remington Park Casino, chasing his dream into a virtual lion’s den. And it [...]
Kevin Durant Vs. (Volume 1) … Spider Man
It was a strange way to start the summer. Lebron’s Darth Vader-like turn from golden boy to villain sent tidal waves through the basketball universe like a hurricane to a city. Cleveland was in ruin, its king gone, abandoning the Cavs to face the lions of the Eastern Conference without a leader. As for the [...]
City of the Future: Screeching Halt
When my wife and I first moved in together in an upstairs apartment in the Reed Park neighborhood just north of the fairgrounds, one of the first things we noticed was the Friday night buzzing. It was a mystery to us for a couple of weeks (we’re not really into motorsports) but we eventually figured [...]
