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Oklahoma City NBA team to get name next week
Oklahoma City's new NBA franchise has finally set a date to announce its name and team colors.
The team said Wednesday it would unveil the name and colors simultaneously on its Web site and at a downtown event Sept. 3.
Clay Bennett's ownership group has applied for trademarks for six names: Thunder, Energy, Wind, Marshalls, Barons and Bison.
Oklahoma City television station KOCO has reported the choice will be Thunder, but Bennett has refused to comment on what the name will be.
The former Seattle SuperSonics announced on July 2 that they would be moving to Oklahoma City.
Mariotti, Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist, resigns
Longtime Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti has resigned "to pursue other opportunities," the paper says.
Mariotti joined the Sun-Times in 1991 and has been a regular panelist on ESPN, the Sun-Times said in a post Tuesday evening on its Web site in which it called for Chicago Sports fans' take on his departure.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Mariotti, whom it called "controversial," says he quit because the future of sports journalism "sadly is not in newspapers," but online.
Mariotti made headlines in 2006 when Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen launched a profanity-laced tirade against him before a game against St. Louis.
— The Associated Press
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