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Talk about meeting his match.

The unluckiest hit-and-run driver in Oklahoma City history made the mistake of trying to flee from sisters Brittany and Brienna Delgado — two members of the Oklahoma City University wrestling team. He didn't get far.

As Brittany, a two-time collegiate champion, told The Oklahoman: "My sister and I are very proficient wrestlers and also played football in high school, so we know about tackling."

Going postal

Hear about the Tex Cobb forever stamp?

It takes hundreds of lickings.

Headlines

• At SportsPickle.com : "Jose Bautista shocked to find out he's not on steroids."

• At TheOnion.com : "Brawl highlights decades of tension between China, Georgetown."

Going clubbing

American golfer Angela Stanford credited her balky putter — which she refers to as "him" — for her opening-round 67 at the CN Canadian Women's Open.

"I have two more days, so I can't fall in love with him just yet," she told the Montreal Gazette. "We're on speaking terms, though, so it's good."

A-Rod of soccer

Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala just made Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o the world's highest-paid soccer player, at $28.8 million a year.

Or as his agent calls it: Goooooooooooooold!

Sports quiz

From Steve Schrader of the Detroit Free Press: "How did medical personnel get that moth out of Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday's right ear?

a) "Tweezers.

b) "They shined a light in his left ear.

c) "They waited for Bat Night.

d) "They told Tony La Russa it was a pitcher, and he went to the mound and removed it."

Talking the talk

• UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub, via Twitter, on fighting in his opponent's hometown of Rio de Janeiro: "Besides the Brazilian chants of 'your gonna die' I thought the weigh-ins went really well.

OK Gazette cover story promotes local food and restaurants « The ...

McDonald’s and Krispy Kreme Donuts are national franchise corporations whose local outlets serve as MONEY PUMPS. Their purpose is to PUMP MONEY out of the local community, back to corporate headquarters for distribution to stockholders.

When you buy a McDonald’s burger, you send money to California. When you buy a SONIC burger, your money stays in Oklahoma. When you buy Krispy Kreme donuts, your money goes to Georgia (or wherever). When you buy confections at locally-owned stores and the money stays here.

PRATT FOODS tries always to buy Oklahoma produce, and hires people who really need work. J.B.Pratt pushes organic foods and health foods too.

Support your local businesses and economy. Buy local whenever possible

“You’re having a relationship with someone who created their own menu, who agonized over what the flavors are and where the product is coming from and what the dining experience is going to be,” Scaramucci said. “It’s not market-researched to death; they’re not having huge test trials with designers and … everything that goes into creating a corporate dining experience.” Chris Branson agrees. He’s the cofounder with Bryce Bandy of the Keep It Local OK card.

“You can get to know the creative mind behind these local restaurants and build relationships with these people,” Branson said. “It’s one thing to be marketed to by a business, but it’s another thing to meet the owner, meet the people behind it and feel like you can give some input.”

And what about the food? There’s no comparison, said Kamala Gamble, co-founder of Slow Food OKC and owner of Guilford Gardens, a 2-acre suburban farm in Oklahoma City.

“Want my three reasons to eat local?” Gamble said. “It tastes better, it’s more nutritious and your money stays here.”

She focuses on food that is sourced locally, but said local restaurants that don’t source locally grown ingredients still have a benefit over chains.

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