OK. What everybody is talking about is the new general manager of the city's basketball team, the Lawton Fort Sill Cavalry -- Stacy Johnson-Klein. If you read the sports pages, you're up on the PR of it all. But, even ladies who are non-sports followers have taken notice, and recall SJK's first go 'round in our fair city, when she was the coach of the women round-ballers at Cameron University, and a general manager of sorts.
Now I'm not one to chatter on the mound with the Junior League, but could SJK have had a press conference wearing a bigger diamond ring, or arrived in a longer white stretch limo, or found an attorney to herald her arrival with more celebrity than Gloria Allred, or had anymore bleach in her hair?!
I don't think so.
Media reports are, that after her stint coaching in Fresno, which went sour and wound up in a Cali court, SJK was awarded $9+ million. Some would say, that's why you get a mouthpiece like Gloria Allred (you may have seen her on CNN and various news shows when she was involved in the OJ Simpson case, Scott Peterson case, and other high-profile legalities).
In this case, from those who witnessed the proceedings, and reported on it, well, let's just say it sounded like a bad TV soap opera.
The Cavalry had a title-winning debut in 2007-2008. SJK's addition puts an even brighter spotlight on the team. We'll have to see how it goes after the first tip-off, just how bright it shines for the Cavs' second season.
Will SJK and husband Chuck Klein stay -- and keep buying investment properties -- in Lawton?
Will SJK be able to fill the whopping 3,000-seat Great Plains Coliseum at Cavs' home games?
Will the Cavs' owners be ordering extra champagne for celebrations at season's end, or trying to fill extra prescriptions for pain medication?
Will SJK reveal the true color of her hair?
Stay tuned for more episodes of "As the Ball Dribbles."