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The Oklahoma City Thundercats Are Loose
deuceofdavenport.com 7/9/2008 — Fans of the team formerly known as the Seattle Supersonics must be going through the different stages of grief. All other NBA fans are going to wet themselves if the rumors about the Oklahoma City team are true. Monica Guzman of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports (via Yahoo Answers ) that the Oklahoma City team might be named the Thundercats . Oh sweet baby Jesus, let this be true. Screw ...
A Shot to the Gut of Seattle Fans
myespn.go.com 7/2/2008 — It's official. The City of Seattle has settled its case with the Seattle Supersonics. The Sonics have been released from their lease, and will be on their way Oklahoma City, in exchange for $45 million in immediate payments to the city. In addition, ...
Poll: What should Oklahoma City's team name be?
sports.yahoo.com 7/10/2008 — Recently, there's been a lot of talk about what the NBA and Clay Bennett will rename the un-Sonics of Oklahoma City — OKC Marshalls? Seriously? — so I decided we should put it to a vote. Below are five random OKC team name ideas to ...
No NBA Guarantee, No Expansion Plans: Seattle Sonics Fans Got Screwed
sports.aol.com 7/3/2008 — So the Sonics will play home games in Oklahoma City next year . Actually, this collection of players employed by the Sonics will be play home games in Oklahoma City next year, but with a different mascot and a different moniker. The 'Sonics' brand ...
Clay Bennett Gladly Forks Over 75$ Mil to Leave Seattle
slamonline.com 7/3/2008 — by Marcel Mutoni
Clay Bennett’s master plan has been fulfilled. The Seattle Sonics will play in Oklahoma starting next season, and Bennett was only too happy to pay the price to make it happen yesterday.
In Oklahoma City, Bennett ...
KeyArena Loses Sonics Dates, Sponsorship Next?
sportsbybrooks.com 7/8/2008 — When Sonics ownership reached a settlement with the city of Seattle, it paved the way for the team to finally move to Oklahoma City. As a result, KeyArena now has a whole bunch of open dates to fill - 100, to be exact .
The SEATTLE TIMES ...
No Longer Supersonic
myespn.go.com 7/10/2008 — They took the word "Seattle" away back in March. But now it doesn't say "Supersonics" on what used to be the Supersonics website either. (Via NewsOK.com's Tony Mejia .) The Seattle Supersonics really are no more. Until further notice, it's the ...
TOP 10 NAME CANDIDATES FOR THE NEW OKLAHOMA CITY NBA TEAM
epiccarnival.com 7/11/2008 — by DMtShooter , Five Tool Tool According to the World Wide Lemur's Bad Tooth podcast, the current leading candidates for the new name are the Barons, Thunderbirds, Thunder and Outlaws. I'd go into why all of these suck canal water, but that should ...
Team Leaving
supersonicsoul.com 7/3/2008 — Well, it appears that $75 million is the magic number. The City of Seattle accepted a cash payout of $75 million from the PBC to allow the Sonics to leave their home of 41 years and move to Oklahoma City. That amount may or may not be repaid by Clay Bennett, et al if the city were to receive another team in the Sonics' stead. As you would imagine, more to come.
What Could Make It Change?
freedarko.blogspot.com 7/3/2008 — What a bummer of an afternoon on here, and then the Sonics settlement. I come here not to moan, or bang my fist anymore. I will not curse Stern because sorry, I like him more than the city I call home, flawed as he is. I still don't like Oklahoma ...
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE SONICS' MOVE TO OKLAHOMA CITY
epiccarnival.com 7/3/2008 — By: Jarrett Carter, Stet Sports Blog It's official: the Seattle SuperSonics are no longer in Seattle . With my only experience of a local team leaving being the Baltimore Colts in the 80's, I can only imagine how much it sucks. Despite how much the ...
The Internets are alive: Goodbye, sweet Sonics
sports.yahoo.com 7/4/2008 — The city of Seattle will be paid $45 million in exchange for letting the Sonics move to Oklahoma City . (Ugh. This is not the news you want to hear after returning from a trip out West.) Here's what they're saying out in the ether about the ...
Why I am a College Sports Fan
gate21.net 7/7/2008 — In case you missed it, after forty-one years in the “City Which is Never Dry,” the Seattle Supersonics are pulling up stakes and heading to Oklahoma City to be known as the Oklahoma Clod-kickers, or something along those lines.
The era of the Supersonics is over…
Oklahoma City Thundercats A Potential Name For Incoming Sonics
faniq.com 7/10/2008 —
You don't have to search very hard on this site to find posts of me ripping Oklahoma City for stealing the Sonics from Seattle. I've done everything from call Oklahoma City a "dust bowl" to saying no free agents would ever go there.
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Orlando Magic Summer League Announcers Responsible For Crazy Rumor
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 7/10/2008 — Our Summer League friends Dante and Galante have been hard at work this past week bringing you boring Basketball and ridiculous commentary. One of the things they joked about on Day One is even being taken seriously by those in the Basketball ...
The Oklahoma City Thundercats Are Loose —
Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, Videos
Fans of the team formerly known as the Seattle Supersonics must be going through the different stages of grief. All other NBA fans are going to wet themselves if the rumors about the Oklahoma City team are true. Monica Guzman of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports (via Yahoo Answers ) that the Oklahoma City team might be named the Thundercats . Oh sweet baby Jesus, let this be true. Screw ...
Toss the Burner: July 11, 2008 —
Steady Burn
"I'm an otter...I do cute little otter things with my tail. You're free to go." EBAY ITEM OF THE DAY: DAVE ROZEMA KARATE KICK (The World of Issaac) Naked Body Painting Phenomenon Hits NHL, Flyers (Busted Coverage) Derrick Rose: Already On His Way to Bust City (Rumors and Rants) TOP 10 NAME CANDIDATES FOR THE NEW OKLAHOMA CITY NBA TEAM (Epic Carnival) Minor League Manager, Kash ...
God Save The Wheedle! —
Steady Burn
Oklahoma City will inevitably brick when they select the mascot for their as of now unnamed NBA franchise. I have no faith in the mascot moniker selection process. When I was in high school, the school's administration decided it was no longer ( never at any point ) p.c. for our mascot to be the Indians. We came damn close to becoming the yaks as I recall... and then, seemingly overnight, ...
Mission Statement for The Oklahoma City NBA Sports Blog....To The Max!!!! —
Blue Blitz
Dear Reader, This is our mission statement for this new blog. What will the blog be about? The Soon To Be Named Oklahoma City NBA Franchise, formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics. We hope to provide an entertaining and informative blog about this new NBA Franchise. We will now address some inevitable Frequently Asked Questions: 1. Who are you? We are Zebulun Benbrook and Benjamin Luschen, ...
Un-Sonics to Begin Wearing Oklahoma City Gear Today in Orlando Summer League —
FanHouse
It was officially over for the city of Seattle last week. But the pain that the fans will inevitably feel that comes from seeing their former team's players wearing the jerseys of another town begins today. The Un-Sonics will be sporting uniforms which read NBA-OKC in the Orlando Summer League , and will be referred to as Oklahoma City in the official box scores from the games.
The NBA ...
Leave government out of Seattle arena solution —
Assist by The Mitten
Much has been written in this space about the Sonics lease issue, the injustice of it all and then the final blow to the crotchular region as the Oklahoma City carpetbaggers move the team out of town. Bottom line, fans got screwed and the city of Seattle got paid. Pretty simple, really. Now, hoops fans are being called on by governments large and small to help lure a new NBA franchise back to ...
S.O.S. - Sonics outta Seattle —
Dejuiced! Sports News with No Boundaries
The Seattle Supersonics are no more. The organization has announced that the team will be moving to Oklahoma City. It’s really a shame. I hate to hear about teams that have moved cities, especially when you hear stories from diehard fans. Many fans tried to save the team, however, it did not work and now Seattle is without an NBA franchise for the first time in 41 years.
There are ...
Seattle Sonics And Clay Bennett Officially Moving To Oklahoma City —
FanIQ Blog
The Sonics are now officially free to move to Oklahoma, and just to rub it in they're already stating that they're going to Oklahoma next season on their web site .
In case you missed it, Seattle will be paid $45 million up front and Sonics owner Clay Bennet will pay an additional $30 million in five years if the city is unable to secure another NBA team. Dictator Stern released a ...
So long, Seattle. Sonics move to Oklahoma City. —
HoopsAvenue
So yesterday you probably heard that the Sonics are moving to Oklahoma City. At least, they are sort of moving. The team name and colors will actually stay in Seattle while Oklahoma City gets the current team and presumably needs to find a new nickname. I saw NBA.com featuring a pic of a smiling Kevin Durant . I’m not so sure the entire roster will be quite as happy about moving from a ...
Seattle teamless, SuperSonic fans abandoned by Stern and the NBA —
MVN Outsider
Oklahoma - Oklahoma - Oklahoma!?! Are you kidding me, the Sonics are really moving from Seattle to Oklahoma? Another professional sports team’s hometown fans that love and support their team are abandoned by a league that does not respect their loyalty. The NBA Board of Goons…I mean Governors approved Clay Bennett and the Sonics move to Oklahoma City. In return for not holding ...
Sonics Oklahoma City bound —
Sports Business Radio blogs
At the end of the day, the city of Seattle had their price. Just like everyone has their price. And the price to relocate the Sonics from Seattle to Oklahoma City was $75M . The city gets much more than the $26.5M Sonics owner Clay Bennett originally offered, but they lose their NBA team that has played in the Emerald City since 1967.
The only potential good news for Seattle basketball fans ...
Sonics Sooner State Bound After Lawsuit Settled —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
The Supersonics can now move to Oklahoma Sooner than later, as a settlement has been reached with the city of Seattle .
The SEATTLE TIMES reports that city officials have reached an agreement with the NBA club over a lawsuit cocnering the team’s current lease with KeyArena. The city was suing the Sonics to force them to finish out the final two years of the lease, meaning the team ...
Oklahoma City to name their new NBA team after Baron Davis. —
Fear The Beard
“Someone had to do something for the guy” said Clay Bennet, the owner of the former Seattle team now relocated to Oklahoma City.
“I just kind of felt sorry for him. Seriously, George Shinn, Chris Cohan, David Sterling, if no one is going to build a team around this guy, I will…even if he’s not, like, physically here.”
Bennet said that by naming ...
The Chicago Bulls vs the Oklahoma City, Game 5 —
Blue Blitz
Oklahoma City 16 32 20 18 86 Chicago Bulls 19 19 17 18 73 NBA.com recap Box Score Oklahoma City was able to capture a very elusive victory in their last Orlando summer game with both Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook sitting on the bench. D.J. White and Ronald Dupree were able to take over for the resting stars (well, at least by summer league standards) with 37 points and 11 rebounds. ...
Switching Loyalties to the Portland Trailblazers —
SeaTown Sports
Photo Source: [Flickr] Now that the Seattle Supersonics are gone, as a basketball fan I eventually will need another team to follow. Sure, I have my beloved UW basketball team, but I need to follow a professional team. Ignoring the NBA just isn't an option for me, I'm too big of a basketball fan. Ever since Howard Schultz sold the Sonics to a group of Oklahoma City businessmen, I've been ...
The New Jersey Nets vs The Oklahoma City, Summer League Game 3 —
Blue Blitz
NBA.com Recap Box Score New Jersey Nets 28 26 20 21 Oklahoma City 26 25 19 11 Oklahoma City preformed brilliantly the other night. Unfortunately, they weren't so hot tonight. To their credit, it was minus Kevin Durant and they kept it pretty close most of the game. The Nets and their very impressive looking draft picks Brook Lopez and Chris Douglass-Roberts proved too much for the ...
How can Seattle bring NBA team back? —
FOXSports.com News for NBA
As the SuperSonics pack for the move to Oklahoma City, basketball fans and city officials were hopeful about the provisions of the team's departure deal that could lead to a new NBA franchise in Seattle.
But meeting those requirements will be no easy ...
OKC gets ready to rejoin major leagues —
FOXSports.com News for NBA
Mayor Mick Cornett was in a conference room waiting for a meeting to get started when City Manager Jim Couch walked in and handed him a slip of paper with a single word on it: "Done."
Cornett knew exactly what it meant. His city had just been called ...
Seattle hopes to lure NBA back (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News
As the SuperSonics pack for the move to Oklahoma City, basketball fans and city officials were hopeful about the provisions of the team's departure deal that could lead to a new NBA franchise in Seattle. But meeting those requirements will be no easy ...