Brandon Chatmon’s Bio
Brandon Chatmon
Brandon Chatmon joined the Oklahoman in 2004 as a part-time sports writer. He covered small colleges and assisted on the high school beat until he moved up to high school beat full-time in 2005. Chatmon remained on the high school beat until 2009 when he began covering Oklahoma State football.
He attended the University of Colorado for two years before finishing his education at the University of Central Oklahoma. He has lived in Oklahoma since 2002.
An avid football and basketball fan, Chatmon was born and raised in Aurora, Colo. The Denver Broncos, Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers are among his favorite pro teams.
Chatmon, 31, is single and lives in Stillwater.
John Helsley’s Bio
John Helsley grew up in Del City, reading all the newspapers and sports magazines he could get his hands on. And Saturday afternoons, when the Major League Game of the Week was on, he’d keep a scorecard for the game. So the sports appeal was was deep-rooted at an early age.
Mrs. Jackson, an English/Journalism teacher at Del City High, plucked him for the school paper, The Eagle Beacon, and John was hooked. While he detoured through a brief accounting career, John returned to college (Central Oklahoma) for a second degree and a second career that has seen him cover everything from the preps to the pros at The Oklahoman.
John lives in Edmond with his wife Roberta and two daughters, Sarah and Jillian, who are keeping the family tradition of cheering for the baseball team with the birds on the bat.
