Here's a little secret. We like the Thunder in Oklahoma City. In fact, we probably like the Thunder a little too much. At first, our town's obsession was kind of cute, but now it's become creepy. It's like the Thunder is our cute little baby, and we've all turned into a crazed parent from Toddlers & Tiaras.
News 9 has definitely picked up on this dangerous obsession we have we Berry's Boomers. They are so desperate for ratings that they try to tie every possible news story back to the team. For example, they recently provided excessive coverage to a shady out-of-state filmmaker just because he chose to shoot his "movie" in Oklahoma as opposed to Miami. They failed to report that he has been charged with fraud and sued by investors involved with his other "filmmaking" projects.
It makes you wonder what's next. Maybe they'll send Jim Gardner to cover a fender bender involving a car with a Thunder flag, or maybe they'll do a report on a guy who had a heart attack during a Thunder game. Oh wait, they already did that...
An Oklahoma City Thunder fan says his brush with death during game five of the NBA Finals should serve as a lesson to others.
Sixty-eight-year-old Paul Pierce, of Taloga, Oklahoma, says he can't wait for the Thunder's next basketball season to start. That's because he nearly died of a heart attack the night the Thunder's last season ended.
Pierce was at home watching the Miami Heat clinch game five of the NBA Finals when he felt sharp pain in his chest. While he initially resisted, his wife of 50 years drove him to Seiling Hospital.
Pierce caught a break that night because his family doctor John Hester was working. Hester stabilized Pierce.
Four days later, a surgeon at St. Anthony's in Oklahoma City performed a quadruple bypass.
"It sure is cheaper and easier and less painful if you go when the pain starts," Pierce said.
Dr. Hester says if Pierce didn't come to the hospital that night, he surely would have died.
I'm happy the guy lived and everything, but how's this news? People have heart attacks all the time. In fact, Oklahoma is second in the country in heart disease deaths per capita. Why not report on any of the over 9,000 people who die from heart disease each year? Oh wait, because they didn't have a heart attack while watching a Thunder game on TV.