Thunder fan Beverly Cope, Midwest City

 
BY JENNI CARLSON, STAFF WRITER, JCARLSON@OPUBCO.COM | Modified: May 10, 2010 at 12:06 am | Published: May 10, 2010   

Beverly Cope

Midwest City

"As a 60-something grandmother and almost life-long OU football fan, I never cared much at all about pro sports. They seemed to be over-paid whiners, and I never wasted an evening or Sunday afternoon watching them.

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"The Thunder has convinced me otherwise.

"I was only fortunate enough to attend one of the home games, and I was hooked. We sat way up high, about four rows from the top....
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