If you haven’t read the harrowing magnum opus Royce Young wrote about his daughter, you really should. The TLDR version is that Royce, ESPN’s beat writer for the Thunder, and his wife, Kerri...
I’m back, snitches! Clark Matthews, I’m back. I helped found this site. Clark Matthews? Trust me, I used to be a big deal. Also, I’m not really back. Patrick just asked me to write the college...
After doing nothing but watch basketball over the last weekend, I pretty much hate the sport right now. I want to think about basically anything else. But my mind doesn’t work that way. The low...
William Blake wrote a book of poetry called The Songs of Innocence and of Experience in which he explored the loss of childhood. Through poems written from the point of view of identical characters...
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! According to Jenni Carlson, who as we know wants James Harden to remain with the Thunder for his own good, James Harden is as good as...
Everything comes to an end. Today, my journey with TheLostOgle reaches its conclusion. Surely, some of you will be curious about what happened, and the truth is nothing happened. It just is. My...
The Summer of 1992 was a great Summer for a pre-adolescent boy. Kathy Ireland was on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The Minnesota Twins were the defending champions. And most importantly, the...
When I was a young Clark still at home with my parents, my mother hated basketball. Not the sport, really, but the fact that it never seemed to end, so I was always watching it. Of course, back then...
Potential is Spanish Fly for basketball fans. It as an aphrodisiac that lures those who love to game to believe that great things are on the horizon for a player. Like Spanish Fly, potential rarely...
By all accounts, James Harden is a perfect fit for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Despite all-star caliber talent and a knack for marketing that makes him the second most popular player on the team...
I was going to write a re-cap of the game, but realizing it might end the way it did, I went with a real time diary. Here is what was going through my head as the Thunder blew a great season by (with...
There is a code in the dugout that can be summarized like this, “Never summon the Jinx.” It is the reason that you see pitchers tossing no hitters sitting in solitude on the bench while the rest...
Did you know the song “Happy Birthday to You” is copyrighted? That crappy little song that everyone sings to their niece while she contemplates jamming her fist into the cake is actually...
I love when Kobe Bryant is upset. Even better, I love it when the Thunder cause his meltdown. So, while Kobe killed his team by becoming Shot Volume Hulk and then talked to the press about how...
Quick quiz: What one person is most responsible for the Oklahoma City Thunder existing today? Is it former mayor Ron Norick for laying the groundwork for the MAPS program that built what is now...
One of the benefits of being a blogger is that it’s easy to participate in “Take Your Child to Work Day.” Of course, when I take the ClarkPupp to Lost Ogle Worldwide Headquarters, all he does...
“He’s been making such great strides…” ~ Every pundit in response to Metta World Peace’s flagrant foul that gave James Harden a concussion The man currently known as Metta World Peace sets...
During the month of April, thunder has dominated the skies, but the Thunder has not emulated that on the basketball court. A team that was winning approximately three-quarters of their games coming...
The NBA season that almost wasn’t will soon be the NBA season that just ended. Oklahoma City has played 57 of the scheduled 66 games (86%) and has already clinched the Northwest Division along the...
As far as teams that Thunder fans probably already know to hate, the Memphis Grizzlies are pretty high on the list. The epic seven game Western Conference semi-final from last season cemented them as...
As Patrick pointed out in August, the Oklahoma legislature is determined to imitate the state of Florida by implementing a program that requires welfare recipients to submit to drug testing...
(Note: About an hour after I finished writing this, Marc Stein at ESPN reported that the Thunder were the destination for Derek Fisher assuming he clears waivers at 6:00 pm today.) Just two weeks...
The legend of Big Roy took place when I was in school at Oklahoma State. During the reign of Eddie Sutton, many of his teams started three, sometimes four players who should be labeled as guards...
With the NBA trade deadline rapidly approaching, the whole league is…well, they’re doing nothing. Ordinarily, this is a time of the year where rumors run rampant and superstars are linked to...
The sun is rapidly setting on spritely Keiton Page’s career as an OSU Cowboy. It has been a, surprisingly, good career. It has been a career for which he should take great pride. It has been a...
