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The Ladies... love the Olympics (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
This past Wednesday, the not-really-that-secret new name for the former Seattle Supersonics was officially revealed, along with the team logo and colors (sky blue, yellow, and the shade exactly between Sooner crimson and Cowboy orange. No, seriously.) Back in July, when “Thunder” first became the strongly rumored front-runner for the new name, I happened to be [...]
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Six weeks after the name first surfaced, team officials officially announced Wednesday that the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics would be known as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
The Seattle SuperSonics are officially dead: welcome to the NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder. Thunder ? Really? Daunting. Scary. Intimidating. And there is thunder in Seattle, too. And in Miami. And in just abut every fucking city that has weather or the sky. What's even more humorous than actually referring to a professional basketball team (that does not contain women on it) as the Thunder is the other...
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faith in honest doubt (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
I was dreading the name that would be affixed to the erstwhile Seattle Supersonics after their removal to the flat, plainsy, oily climes of Oklahoma City: Sooners? Cattlemen? Cowboys? Derricks? Oilspills? Slicks? Plainsmen? Wildcats? Drunk Drivers? Not that I devoted much mental exertion to it, but I fully expected the chosen name to suck. It is Oklahoma, after all, the state in which Ponca City is...
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TrueHoop (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Shortly, in Oklahoma City, there will be a news conference to announce the name and logo of the former Seattle SuperSonics. The only problem is that there have already been countless leaks of these very same things. The latest one is really one of the most impressive yet. The NBA's online store is selling OKC Thunder merchandise , with that same logo that was leaked yesterday. I'll say this: If we...
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The Biz of Basketball (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
The former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics has dropped his lawsuit against the current owner of the team, thus ending an attempt to keep them in Seattle. Howard Schult z, the CEO of Starbucks Corp., and the former owner of the Sonics who sold the team to Clay Bennett has dropped his suit. As reported by The AP : "As a result of these developments, our legal team and I no longer believe we can be...
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Atlantic Yards Report (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Last month, I reported, based on press accounts in Seattle, that expert witness Andrew Zimbalist cost the city of Seattle $17,753 in its effort to hold the new owners of the Seattle SuperSonics to their local lease. Actually, as the Post-Intelligencer reported yesterday, the total was $61,296, including $59,540 on time spent preparing his report and his 50 minutes of testimony, with the rest
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SeaTown Sports (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Thanks for giving into those heartless threats from David Stern. We all know the whole lawsuit was a publicity stunt. You should have tried. But no. Forever you will be known as the man that gave the Seattle Supersonics away. Worthless piece of coffee. You make me sick.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Former Seattle SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz says he's dropping his lawsuit against new team owner Clay Bennett, ending an attempt to regain ownership of the team that has moved to Oklahoma City. The Starbucks Corp. CEO filed a motion for dismissal Friday in federal court in Seattle. In a letter to former members of his ownership group. Schultz says two recent rulings in his lawsuit have convinced...
