Fred Pahlke, an Oklahoma native has viewed over 10,000 sporting events in his 65 years. A season ticket holder of the Oklahoma City Thunder, former season tickect holder for the Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma City University Chiefs/Stars, he is an expert in both professional and college basketball and football. A high school athlete at Classen High School in basketball and tennis, he played amateur tennis after high school in the Missouri Valley Tennis Association. A graduate of Oklahoma City University, he taught in the public schools for 6 years before becoming a building administrator in the Oklahoma City Public Schools for 31 years, 28 as the Principal of various schools in the district. He has guided various high school and college athletes in his time as an educator and coach. Fredsportsextra has recorded 101, 410 article views in its first ten months, from August 2015 through May 2016.
February 27, 2020 • 2
Did Oklahoma City General Manager Sam Presti contemplate that when he put together this 2019-2020 edition, the 12th for the team on Reno Avenue, he might have a better team…
February 16, 2020 • 10
LACK OF BUTTS IN THE SEATS AND FAN INTEREST LACKING IN NORMAN As of the 2019-20 college basketball season, Oklahoma men’s head coach Lon Kruger’s annual salary is $3.25…
February 14, 2020 • 0
In last night’s NBA game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the host New Orleans Pelicans, the Thunder’s big man, Steven Adams, did something that he had not accomplished in…
February 7, 2020 • 0
BOB STOOPS TO THE NFL? I SAY SURE, IN TIME If anyone is wondering why former Sooner head coach Bob Stoops is coaching currently in the XFL, let us…
February 1, 2020 • 0
“Even then, general manager Sam Presti has made it clear that the Thunder is all about building for the future. That might not include moving Paul’s bloated contract. Though, we…
January 26, 2020 • 0
Sad day for me as Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players of all time passed today from a helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA, He was 41. The accident…
January 25, 2020 • 1
COMMENTARY Yes, I would enjoy watching the greatest basketball players in the world playing in an all-star game, not only in the middle of a championship regular season, …
January 18, 2020 • 0
A life long resident of the Oklahoma City metro, I spent my middle childhood years from age ten through my high school time living in the Las Vegas…
January 15, 2020 • 0
If Kendrick Perkins, former NBA basketball player walked up to me, I would grin, extend my right hand, and hopefully shake HIS right hand. If Kevin Durant walked up to…
January 13, 2020 • 6
I grew up in a northwest downtown neighborhood a mile from the center of Oklahoma City. My years in this now mostly commercial area of OKC were from…
