myespn.go.com - 9/4/2008
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The Oklahoma City team finally has a name. It's, can you believe it, the Thunder, which eliminates any thought that the people who run the team might have mounted a brilliant campaign of subterfuge, but were instead leaking and delaying like crazy pretty much all summer. And they actually played the song "Thunderstruck" at the press conference as predicted . Clay Bennett made a very ...
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Henry Abbott for Mayor!!
SonicsCentral.com - Massive Monkeys Representing —
Ahh, well we needed a new thread anyways!
Henry’s Goodbye Sonics Post
“At some point, after the funeral, you stop putting so much energy into being mad that someone died, and start going about the business of making life as good as it can be without them. This is, I guess, that day.”
Yes indeed. I need to hear this advice as much as anyone.
Henry goes on to say he’s thrilled for OKC fans, a feeling which I will probably never be able to share. But we should not blame the citizens of OKC for what happened to us ...
How things should have happened
Basketbawful —
As Henry Abbott point out the other day, the official (though completely unsurprising) announcement of the Oklahoma City franchise name -- which, regrettably, ...
The Oklahoma City Thunder Logo Continues To Get Hated On
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
The Internet seems to be having a lot of fun with the Oklahoma City Thunder. There was the merchandise and the dance tryouts around these parts, while Ball Don’t Lie had some Photoshop fun with the logo. (Truehoop has had their jollies as well.)
It’s just, well, kind of easy. Eschewing the fact that Seattle fans sort of got completely worked over, let’s be honest: the logo belongs adhered to an MLS franchise, or perhaps a WNBA squad. But thanks to the Denver Egoist (via TH), the ...
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NBA.com: News 9/4/2008
In THE OKLAHOMAN, Mike Baldwin writes "with ‘thunderstruck' blaring over speakers inside Leadership Square, NBA players Desmond Mason and Damien Wilkins and a group of kids unveiled the Thunder logo Wednesday afternoon. While there was little suspense ...
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Bleacher Report - NBA 9/4/2008
Well, this is it. This is the day of for everyone that gave a crap about the Seattle SuperSonics to start rooting for the Blazers.
Clay Bennett and King Stern have officially taken our team. The OKC Thunder will replace the Supes as the last-place ...
