Mel Bracht

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Mel Bracht is a copy editor on the presentation desk and also covers sports media. A 1978 graduate of Indiana University, Bracht has been a print journalist for 34 years. He started his career as sports editor of the Rensselaer (Ind.) Republican and Marion (Ind.) Chronicle-Tribune, and joined The Tulsa Tribune as assistant sports editor in 1982. After the Tribune folded in 1992, he served as assistant sports editor on the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal-Gazette.
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Bracht joined The Oklahoman in 1994 as a sports copy editor and wrote a weekly sports media column. In 2000, he became a full-time media writer for the features staff. He also has served as a copy editor for the features and Opinion sections and as an editorial writer. He sings on the worship team at Victory Faith Center in Midwest City.

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Media notebook: Fox Sports Oklahoma to air 'Thunder Live' postgame shows in Western Conference Finals Published: Fri, May 25, 2012 Fox Sports Oklahoma, the local television home of the Oklahoma City Thunder, plans to televise “Thunder Live” postgame shows after every game of the Western Conference Finals series against the San Antonio Spurs. The 30-minute programs will air immediately after TNT game broadcasts on Fox Sports Oklahoma or... Read More
OKC Thunder: Game 5 produces local TV ratings record and highest national rating for 2012 playoffs Published: Tue, May 22, 2012 The Oklahoma City Thunder's TV ratings records continue to fall. TNT's Game 5 telecast Monday night received a 34.1 rating (percent of TV households) in the Oklahoma City market to shatter the record from Game 2 (30.3). The 28.3 average for the five-game series also broke the series mark of 23.9 from last year's... Read More
Thunder-Lakers remote patrol: Charles Barkley 'can't wait' to come to Oklahoma City Published: Tue, May 22, 2012 TNT studio analyst Charles Barkley can no longer avoid it. He and the rest of the TNT studio team will be coming to Oklahoma City for Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, and Barkley sounded pleased that he finally was fulfilling his promise. Read More
Thunder-Lakers remote patrol: Charles Barkley right in pregame analysis, talks about possibility of OKC trip Published: Sun, May 20, 2012 TNT studio analyst Charles Barkley was right in his pregame analysis. He said if the Thunder scored 100 points, it would win Game 4. Read More
Remote patrol: Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy shine during Game 3 Updated: Sat, May 19, 2012 ABC/ESPN's top broadcast duo analyze Lakers win over OKC Thunder Read More
OKC Thunder shatters local TV ratings record in Game 2 of Lakers series Published: Thu, May 17, 2012 Media notebook: TNT telecast gets 30.3 rating in Oklahoma City Read More
Remote patrol: TNT's Charles Barkley credits James Harden for helping pull out win Published: Thu, May 17, 2012 The Thunder's composure impressed Shaquille O'Neal, while Barkley pointed out that it's going to be tough for the Lakers to recover from this game. Read More
TNT's Lakers-Thunder telecast breaks Thunder ratings record with 27.1 rating Published: Tue, May 15, 2012 Previous record was 27.0 for Game 4 of 2011 Western Conference finals Read More
Fox Sports Oklahoma to air specials on OU, OSU football teams Updated: Thu, May 10, 2012 As part of its series of spring football specials, Fox Sports Oklahoma looks at Oklahoma at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The 30-minute show includes features on quarterback Landry Jones, wide receiver Kenny Stills and new defensive coordinator Mike Stoops, who returns to OU after a stint as Arizona's head coach. The program... Read More
ESPN2's Skip Bayless: James Harden should be Thunder point guard, defends tweet about Northwest Classen career Published: Wed, May 9, 2012 Bayless stands by his comment that Harden was partially to blame for elbow jab by Metta World Peace. He also discusses his own high school basketball career and playing for Henry Iba disciple Don Van Pool. Read More
Stephen A. Smith to become regular on ESPN's 'First Take' Published: Wed, May 9, 2012 Skip Bayless excited about having Smith as regular debate partner Read More
Ratings for OKC Thunder-Mavericks playoff series up 28 percent over last year's first-round series Published: Tue, May 8, 2012 The Oklahoma City Thunder-Dallas Mavericks playoff series averaged a combined 20.5 rating, a 28 percent increase over the Thunder's first-round series last season against the Denver Nuggets, which averaged 16.0 in five games. Game 3 Thursday night topped the week with a 22.6 combined rating. Sports events May 1-7... Read More
Remote patrol: TNT's Marv Albert, Steve Kerr in top form in Thunder's blowout Published: Fri, May 4, 2012 Steve Kerr, a former NBA guard and general manager, said the young Thunder was just too quick for the Mavericks. Read More
Thunder jumps to No. 3 in NBA local TV ratings Published: Thu, May 3, 2012 Thunder posts 132 percent ratings increase over last season in games on Fox Sports Oklahoma Read More
Thunder playoff ratings up 55 percent from last year Published: Tue, May 1, 2012 Game 2 of Mavs-Thunder series earns combined 22.6 rating on TNT and Fox Sports Oklahoma Read More
OKC Thunder: Charles Barkley says the Thunder has the series in the bag Published: Tue, May 1, 2012 However, ‘Sir Charles' says the Thunder's habit of missing jumpers will be a downfall later in the playoffs. Read More
Kevin Durant's game-winner: How they called the shot that won Game 1 Updated: Sun, Apr 29, 2012 REMOTE PATROL — Kevin Durant's game-winning shot gave ESPN, Fox Sports broadcasters a chance to test their skills. Read More
Sports media notebook: NBA TV to produce up to eight playoff games Published: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 Fox Sports Oklahoma can carry only first-round Thunder telecasts Read More
ESPN analysts Jon Barry, Hubie Brown rate Thunder's playoff chances Published: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 Jon Barry and Hubie Brown give the Thunder a solid shot to win Western Conference Read More
Ratings watch: Thunder-Lakers telecast breaks KOCO-5 ratings record Published: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 ABC's Thunder-Lakers telecast Sunday afternoon broke KOCO-5's record for a Thunder telecast with a 13.7 rating, surpassing a 12.1 for the Bulls-Thunder game April 1. ABC received a 3.8 national overnight rating, well above its 3.3 season average. Sports events April 17-23 1. Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, NBA,... Read More
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