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OKC Thunder guard James Harden poses in Olympic formal wear

RJ Young — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:11:33 +0000

General James Harden salutes you. The Thunder and Team USA men’s basketball player posted this photo on his Instagram feed Friday afternoon.

His feed is filled with awesomeness caught in the form of photographs. You can take a gander at what Thunder hoop star Kevin Durant wore yesterday here.

– @RJ_Young

NBA Finals: Intern picks

RJ Young — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:36:20 +0000

RJ Young

Staff Writer

ryoung@opubco.com

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoman/NewsOK.com interns made their picks for the 2012 NBA Finals:

Bryce Arens: Thunder in seven.

Andrea Gicalone: Thunder in six.

Olivia Ingle: Thunder in five.

Arielle Retting: Thunder in seven.

Nasreen Iqbal: Thunder in six.

Celia Ampel: Thunder in six.

Li Lin: Thunder in five.

Joey Stipek: Heat in seven.

Carmen Forman: Thunder in five.

Kyle Fredrickson: Heat in six.

Taylor Eldridge: Heat in seven.

RJ Young: Heat in six.

Anthony Slater: Heat in six.

Connor Rohwer: Thunder in seven.

(This post will be updated as more interns weigh in.)

What say you?

– That Intern, RJ Young

Have you had a brush with a Thunder Player?

barens — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:56:09 +0000

Hey Thunder fans intern Bryce here. The staff at The Oklahoman wants to know if you have interacted with any Thunder players away from the court and have a story to share. Thunder coverage is making its way into all parts of the paper and with your help we can tell personal stories of how Thunder players are involved in OKC and the state of Oklahoma. You can send your stories or photos to myself at barens@opubco.com. Check out http://newsok.com/ for continued Thunder coverage throughout the finals.

Nebraska Boy Gets Oklahoma Education

barens — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:00:40 +0000

Hey intern Bryce here eating some stuffed crust pizza via the wonderful employees at The Oklahoman. Reward for 31 days in a row without an error on the front page. I didn’t want to eat the pizza since we haven’t been here long, but when your editors tell you to eat free pizza, you eat pizza. I wrote those last few sentences one-handed while I stuffed my face with the other. Greasy keyboard for the win.

So how did I end up at the free pizza place aka The Oklahoman? Took a nice drive down I-35 from my home of Omaha, NE. I’m a Husker living in the Sooner state. Due to the Nebraska-Oklahoma football rivalry that heated up over many decades, I thought I would take my fair share of ribbing from my OU colleagues. Truth is I have seen nothing but respect for Nebraska down here and in two short weeks I have developed a lot of respect for the state of Oklahoma and its people.

Oklahoma has a very similar make-up to Nebraska. The metro area of Oklahoma City is comparable to Omaha with it’s surrounding suburbs, a vibrant downtown area, and most noticeably fanatical sports fans. OU and OSU fans are diehards just like back home with NU. But there is one team that is solely OKC’s: the Thunder.

I jumped on the Thunder bandwagon when I got this internship and it has been a great ride. A spot in the NBA finals has seemed like a dream to fans here and it has been great to see a city unite behind a young, exciting team like the Thunder. I’m on the prowl for a Nick Collison T-shirt/jersey, because he is a Iowa farmboy who can dunk. Check out a young Collison at the McDonald’s All-American Dunk contest: Collison with a Cartwheel Dunk. Tried that dunk on a 5 foot rim once and totally nailed it. I’ll try it again if I get the jersey with a video of the results.

I’ve been Thundering Up with four intern girls that live in the same building as me. We are all out of staters and have enjoyed watching the games together. One is the really loud Westbrook lover girl, one is the Steve Kerrrr/O-K-C girl, one is the softball lover/my questions at work answer girl, and one is the too nice, but horrible with directions girl. They know who they are. I’m glad that we have formed an out-of-state Oklahoma family. They even invited me over for girls night once, an experience that answered the question guys have of what girl’s actually do on”girl’s night”. It was perhaps the most illuminating event of my life.

I’ll keep updating my journey as a Husker in Oklahoma and as the Jets Bart Scott so eloquently put I Can’t Wait to see what the rest of the summer brings.