Thanks to a tip via the Ogle Mole Network, we’ve learned that famed Oklahoman sports columnists Berry Tramel and Jenni Carlson are apparently leaving The Oklahoman to join a new local sports media startup that, like most new local media startups, will probably go out of business in a few years.
Outside of that, details of the endeavor – which I’m going to call Wimgo 2.0 – are kind of murky. We don’t know what type of content they’re going to produce, how they plan to make money, or even if they’re going to sell banned Young Jenni Carlson T-Shirt Coffee Mugs!
I’m also hearing that Mike Sherman – the paper’s former sports editor who’s been collecting dust at Oklahoma Watch – and Mike Koehler – another former Oklahoman sports editor whose claim to fame is inventing a weather hashtag and launching the career of Stephanie Bice – are also involved in the project.
But who cares about those old white men – BERRY “NEXT QUESTION” TRAMEL and JENNI “MOTHER OF CHILDREN” CARLSON are leaving The Oklahoman! That’s crazy! What’s next??? Steve Lackmayer selling off his Bricktown classic brick collection?
If what my Ogle Moles are telling me is true, and I don’t know why they would lie, it officially marks the end of an era in Oklahoma City sports journalism.