Nathan Gunter

God, but it's been an awful summer in Oklahoma. The grass has yellowed and gone brittle under the raging heat. For five weeks the daytime high temperature sat in the triple digits. We were teased with a short cold spell - mid nineties! BREAK OUT THE SWEATERS! - and then zoom! Back into the hundreds it went. The esteemed Senator Inhofe, him of the winter-ice-storm smirk - haw haw, there can't be climate change if it's a record-breaking snowstorm! - was probably having fits. At least, I like to think so.

Oklahoma City native David Plummer had swimfans around the country scratching their heads and asking, “Who?”

With a month and a half left until the official kickoff of football season, the NBA finals and the World Cup over and two more years before any Olympics, I…

I try to avoid Bricktown. “It’s for tourists,” I tell people. “If you really want fun in Oklahoma City, go to the Plaza District. Go to Paseo. Crown Heights. Hell,…

One of the most gratifying moments of my life as a sports fan came when I was 20 years old, and Oklahoma beat Nebraska to take over the #1 spot…

I hated playing sports. I hated having to pay close attention to something I was terrible at. I was small, allergic, and would rather read or draw than chase around after some ball...

It’s a running joke in my family: if you want to know what Nathan’s brother is like, just picture his exact opposite. And you’ve nailed it. I’m bookish, small, unathletic,…

The night the Oklahoma City Thunder lost for the final time this season to the Los Angeles Lakers I was sitting in a dark theatre in the MGM Grand in…

I know the Oklahoma Land Runs inspire memories of Manifest Destiny and broken treaties; Oklahoma City singer-songwriter K.C. Clifford wrote a whole song about it, titled "Redman." But whatever the implications, the team name, The 89ers, was reminiscent of something very specific to Oklahoma City

I love watching the drafts every year, for the same reason other people like watching American Idol; you are watching the moment that someone’s dream comes true...