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Darnell Mayberry | Updated: Fri, Apr 12, 2013
I had a telephone conversation with a Seattle City Councilman for the first time earlier today, and I hung up the phone with a better understanding of just how toxic the situation has become up there. During our 10 minute conversation, Councilmember Richard McIver made it...
Clay Bennett Speaks
Darnell Mayberry | Updated: Fri, Apr 12, 2013
Why am I not surprised that news continues to come out of Seattle surrounding the Sonics’ situation? In Saturday’s editions of The News Tribune, a report citing an unnamed source outlined what Sonics managing partner Clay Bennett apparently told Sonics employees during his trip to Seattle...
Seattle City Council "Window dressing."
Darnell Mayberry | Updated: Fri, Apr 12, 2013
The situation between the Sonics and Seattle has become as ugly in the last few weeks as it’s ever been. You’ve got Mayor Greg Nickels and Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis talking tough about what they will and will not do for the Sonics, mainly how they won’t negotiate on a buyout of the...
Seattle City Council “Window dressing.”
Darnell Mayberry | Updated: Fri, Apr 12, 2013
The situation between the Sonics and Seattle has become as ugly in the last few weeks as it’s ever been. You’ve got Mayor Greg Nickels and Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis talking tough about what they will and will not do for the Sonics, mainly how they won’t negotiate on a buyout of the...
Quest For Gold Begins Tonight
Darnell Mayberry | Updated: Fri, Apr 12, 2013
The FIBA Americas Championship games began today and the USA Men’s Basketball team tips off tonight against Venezuela. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN Classic at 10 p.m. and, according to ESPN’s listings, replayed on ESPN2 at 11. At stake for the boys in Vegas...
Continuous updates from here out
Darnell Mayberry | Updated: Fri, Apr 12, 2013
So the powers that be have spoken. As a result this blog will be constantly updated throughout the year with NBA news and notes, rumblings and rumors. A lot is going on this off-season, be it trades and free agency, dirty refs or the Sonics potential relocation to OKC. This...

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Darnell Mayberry

OKC Thunder Senior Reporter

Darnell Mayberry grew up in Langston, Okla. and is now in his third stint in the Sooner state. After a year and a half at Bishop McGuinness High, he finished his prep years in Falls Church, Va., before graduating from Norfolk State University in 2004.

Mayberry joined The Oklahoman’s sports staff in 2005 after a year at the Akron Beacon Journal, where he covered the University of Akron men’s basketball team, high schools and recruiting. Since arriving at The Oklahoman, Mayberry has become the leading authority on the NBA as the only traveling media member and the only reporter to cover every NBA game ever played in Oklahoma City.

He served as the paper’s beat writer on the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets from 2005-07, broke the news of the Seattle SuperSonics’ settlement negotiations with the City of Seattle in the summer of 2008, a development that allowed the team to relocate to Oklahoma, and has covered the Thunder since the franchise’s inception.

Mayberry and his wife, Courtney, were married in 2010 and live in Oklahoma City.

John Rohde

Sports Senior Reporter

John Rohde joined The Oklahoman staff in January of 1987 as a sports columnist. He has covered all college sports, plus the Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans/OKC Hornets and professional golf. Rohde also has served as a beat writer for OU football and basketball and currently is covering the NBA and the OKC Thunder. Rohde is married, has a son, was raised in Boulder, Colo., and was a 1982 graduate from the University of Arizona.

Anthony Slater

Reporter

Anthony Slater has been NewsOK.com's lead sports blogger since the summer of 2012, covering Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Before that, he covered OSU athletics for The Daily O'Collegian, working as the sports editor and beat writer for football and men's basketball. Originally from Northern California, he has lived in Oklahoma the past three years.

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Jenni Carlson: How will Maurice Cheeks' departure affect OKC?
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The Rush: Monday, June 10 2013
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