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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Pretty amazing — and still a little surreal — to officially announce that I’ve joined the Lexington Herald-Leader as sports editor.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Naked Gun is dumb as hell in all the ways you want it to be. Four stars, no notes.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I quite liked but didn’t love Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four and think that often in recent years Marvel has been better at teasers and trailers than movies. And yet, they still lured me in with a 23-second clip of a new Spider-Man costume.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Cued up the new Tyler Childers for the morning commute, and I have to say I expected to learn less about which venereal diseases koala bears carry.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Was not so much a Superman guy growing up, but I liked the early movies as a kid. Decided to rewatch everything in advance of seeing the new one, and I’m almost there but boy do you have to power through some slop to do this.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Maybe you're not a prospective student journalist attending or heading to Oklahoma State. But just in case you are, check out the fun thing we did about why you should come join us at The O'Colly.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

This is so good. Really cool for an athlete to be this candid and pull back the curtain so thoroughly.

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WRIST INJURY EXPLANATION VIDEO !!! (FULL DETAIL)

YouTube video by Jalen Williams

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Marvel take: “Ironheart” is… kinda good? (Shrugs)

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

My parents are downsizing to a condo, so I’m on a “sift through stuff and take want you want trip” to their house and, yeah, I want this.

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Tom Green @tomasverde.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

An undeniably beautiful shot from today’s Thunder parade that captures the growth of the city and what it has overcome over the last 30 years to get to this moment — and just how much that title means to OKC. (via the OKC National Memorial IG story; taken — I believe — by Thunder photog Jimmy Do)

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Shouts to Elemental, the best coffee shop in Oklahoma, for what based on the current crowd in here seems poised to make more money today than any coffee joint in the history of the world.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Have seen more than one person suggest that the Pacers will be the truly memorable team from these NBA Playoffs, and I guess I just wonder, are y'all not capable of remembering two teams? It's only two!

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

(Kinda wish I had a game story to write.)

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Thunder were the best team all season. By most any statistical measure they were an elite team. But there was always the youth thing. Remarkable feat for a team set up for so much more down the road.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The Pacers in the fourth quarter just found out what it’s like to play the Pacers in the fourth quarter.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Things I did not expect in the Finals include the Thunder losing a game in which they made more 3s than the Pacers. Also didn’t expect OKC to be outscored in the paint, by 7 (!) off turnovers and by 31 (!!) off the bench.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The Thunder are finding out what it’s like to play the Thunder.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Just want to state for the record that the Knicks have permission to speak with me.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Thunder FGs in the paint vs. Pacers Game 1: 23-54 (42.6%) Game 2: 21-36 (58.3%)

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Nothing gets your morning going like sitting in the most interior room of your house watching storm coverage tell you how close a tornado is to your neighborhood. Passed on by here. All good. Stay safe everybody.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Caught up on The Last of Us over the weekend, and my takeaway was that this season was... OK? I never played the games, but it definitely feels like the TV show would have benefited from letting us get to know that other set of characters this season as opposed to waiting two years for that.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Of all the seasons in all the years, this is the one Apple thinks I want to revisit?

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Honestly, this feels so much more comfortable and familiar than the Celtics series. These things happen *to* the Knicks, not *for* the Knicks.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

If you go on to win NBA MVP after being ranked 35th in your high school class, you were underrated in hindsight, even if 35 is still pretty high. But this list of guys is wild.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I somehow never got around to Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning. Will I be totally lost if I see Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning this weekend? If it helps, I have seen all the other Mission: Impossible movies and don’t remember anything about the plot of any of them.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Stan Van Gundy: “So are they chanting ‘MVP’ at Brunson or at Jon Hamm right now?’” At @jonhamm.bsky.social, obviously.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I'm one of at least two Kentucky alumni in Oklahoma to find out about a cool award today at work.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Fun thing to learn at work today. The top 10 finishers in the Hearst Intercollegiate Journalism Awards writing category:

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

"These early conference finals tip times are amazing. I won't have to stay up late and be tired at work." (Goes to bed at 1 a.m. anyway. Yawn.)

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

It’s very Oklahoma at playoff time that Damon Lane is coming on live every few commercial breaks and before he says anything about the weather he reassures “You’re not missing any of the Thunder game.”

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Playoff time: I am six episodes behind on Andor and two on The Last of Us. Haven’t started the new season of Poker Face, and this new JJ Abrams show that starts tomorrow looks super cool. Might need a vacation just to watch TV.

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Law Murray 📘 @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Alex Caruso once again outscoring the entire Nuggets bench by himself This time, 13-10 in Game 5 at OKC He outscored Nuggets bench 10-8 in Game 4 at Denver

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Basketball is good, y’all. I feel sometimes like everything else is getting worse, but basketball just keeps on being good.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

What a monster fourth. Hardly perfect execution from the Thunder, but staring down the Nuggets in a close game and winning could be huge for this group.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

At some point, I will have another word for a playoff game than “unbelievable,” but it’s holding strong for now.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

So, after a few days, some (not at all important) thoughts on Thunderbolts*. Is it a great movie? It is not. A great Marvel movie? Not quite. But it’s interesting. It takes a swing. Way more than we can say about recent Marvel stuff. It has a theme, and the theme is relatable to lots of us.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Sovereignty overJournalism is a bit on the nose, guys.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Having a once-familiar but long since forgotten sensation. It's hard to wrap my head around it, but I think I'm... genuinely excited? For a new Marvel movie? Weird.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

What a fun basketball game where the focus is on basketball.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Genuinely had no idea you could challenge on someone else’s timeout.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

NBA has been fantastic today. Instant classic for the Nuggets and Clippers. Ugly game in Memphis, but the Thunder got a good push. And I had to be on campus early and really needed that nap during Cavs-Heat.

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Brett Dawson @brettdawson.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Thunder today hit 27 of 45 FGs in the paint (60%) and 14 of 49 FGs everywhere else (28.5%). Gross.

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