By JIMMIE TRAMEL Sports Writer on May 21, 2012, at 10:49 AM Updated on 5/21 at 10:51 AM
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I was asked a question, but I don't have the answer. Help?
The Oklahoma City Thunder has sold out 60 consecutive home games. The Tulsa World's Bill Haisten wrote a piece last week about how interest in the down-the-turnpike NBA team seems to have grown in Tulsa.
People seem to be "Thundered up" not just in Tulsa, but across the state. One of my aunts who lives near Kenwood (good luck finding that with your GPS) was ready to get medievel on Metta World Peace after the artist formerly known as Ron Artest elbowed James Harden's skull.
Until she broached the subject, I didn't know if she could name an NBA player. In fact, a lot of people in this state were probably like her until the NBA dropped an orphan (Hornets) on the doorstep and, thanks to Oklahoma City's parenting skills, the city was rewarded with a child of its own.
Now comes the question: Someone with out-of-state roots asked me if the Thunder has rivaled or surpassed interest in OU football in this state. Only Sooner fans are on the schooner. But the Thunder is a bandwagon that fans of all schools -- OU, OSU, TU, ORU -- in this state can ride together. So I thought about the question some more. And I'm really not sure what the answer is.
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