About
Hopefully it’s obvious – Daily Thunder is for Oklahoma City Thunder basketball fans and fans of the NBA in general. Daily Thunder was founded in 2008 and owned, edited and operated by me (Royce Young).
From interviews with Sam Presti to the significance of tattoos on the roster to long-winded columns about other very important things, Daily Thunder covers pretty much everything there is to cover about Oklahoma’s first professional sports franchise, the Oklahoma City Thunder. One of the most popular things about the website is a daily post called “ThunderBolts“ that wraps up pretty much every media mention of the Thunder throughout the deepest stretches of the Internet.
Daily Thunder’s mission is to provide Thunder fans another outlet to follow their favorite team and also a barstool to pull up on and talk to like-minded folks. Hopefully, Daily Thunder can be just part of the full fan experience of having an NBA team in Oklahoma. If you love the team, it’s the place to be. At least it’s where all the cool kids hang out.
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About Royce: I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2008 with a degree in journalism, where in my time there I was a three-year staff writer for the Oklahoma Daily (OU’s student paper). Among other things, I covered the 2007-08 OU football team where I shook Adrian Peterson’s hand and Kevin Wilson once called me by name – easily the highlights of my journalism career. I had over 250 published articles and won two awards (first place, column writing, SPJ Region 8 Awards and first place, podcasting, Columbia Scholastic Press Association). I also had the pleasure of covering the 2005 Hornets team as well.
If you want to get in touch with me directly email me at royceyoung41@gmail.com
