Dean "The Stream" Blevins has finally run dry.
After 40+ years chasing big stories, inside scoops, and nubile interns across the OKC sports television landscape, Dean Blevins officially signed off as sports director for KWTV News 9 during last night’s Oklahoma Sports Blitz.
For the most part, the entire episode was a bittersweet send-off to Dean—the type reserved only for legends, royalty, and handsome guys who live in Oak Tree and played football for OU.
Naturally, his final broadcast included several fitting tribute segments, featuring former OU basketball coaches, sports radio personalities, and News 9 underlings who left heartfelt messages about Dean’s influence on both them and the world’s red-light districts:
I don’t know who this Chris Williams kid is, or how many Amsterdam street drugs you have to take to say something like that, but that was hysterical! It nearly made me pee my pants…on a drive-time radio show as tens of thousands of people listened.
Out of all my favorite Dean Blevins moments over the years, that has to be number one. It’s just a shade ahead of the time he said Bob Stoops would take the Florida coaching job, Kevin Durant would be staying in OKC, or the time he launched an inquisition to find out who was eating his SmartOnes:
Plus, he was decent in front of a teleprompter and—even though today’s coaches and players don’t know who he is—he was still well-connected in the OU football good ol’ boy network. In the mid-to-late 1990s, way, way, way before the internet and social media provided an infinite supply of sports content, Dean was required viewing for his OU football news, analysis, and insights, even if he was wrong 40% of the time.
Anyway, if you’re a big Dean Blevins fan and his departure has you feeling sad and blue, don’t worry, Mr. Switzer—I’ve got some good news for you.
Although Dean’s no longer on News 9, he’s still keeping his 30-minute segment on The Sports Animal’s “Total Dominance Hour,” so I guess that’s cool if you enjoy listening to old men talk about Seinfeld, play Name That Tune, and share Thai tourism tips.
In addition to that, we may finally get to see an unchained, unshackled, and uncensored Dean on X!
That may be bad news for the random people, ethnic groups, and adverbs he hashtags and @-replies, but it’ll be fun and cool for all the rest of us! Seriously, just think of all the political commentary and Bourbon Street flashers that'll appear on our screens now that Dean doesn't have to worry about being suspended!
Overall, we’d like to congratulate Dean on his 40+ year broadcasting career and thank him for all the pageviews, reader engagement, and laughs he’s brought our way. We wish him the best of luck playing golf, mentoring Interurban waitresses, and keeping his hair well-maintained deep into retirement.
Stay with The Lost Ogle. We’ll keep you advised.
