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Spared From the Ashes: Kansas State’s Wabash Cannonball
In 1968, arsonists set fire to the building housing the Kansas State Music Department. The inferno destroyed every bit of sheet music for the K-State band … except for one. A lone arrangement of a song called “The Wabash Cannonball” had been taken home by the band director on the night of the fire, saving…
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Evie Mae’s BBQ (Lubbock)
Every 4 years — much like the Olympics and the World Cup — Texas Monthly magazine releases its list of the “50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas.” In 2017, it boastfully proclaimed the dawning of the “Golden Age of Barbecue,” with exemplary new restaurants sprouting up across the state to give patrons the kind of…
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Texas Tech Tortilla Tossin’
Deep in the vast expanse of West Texas — a place known for tumbleweeds, oil fields, livestock, and outlaws — sits the “Hub City” of Lubbock. Home to Texas Tech University, the town is known to experience a fairly rare weather phenomenon called a haboob, an intense dust storm often created by a thunderstorm stirring…
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Moment of Silence? How About a Moment of Loudness
On Christmas Day 2020, tragedy struck the University of Utah football program. Only one day after being named Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, Utes running back Ty Jordan was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Utah athletics department founded a memorial scholarship in Jordan’s honor, with the award going to a…
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South Carolina Baseball: Cocky & Proud
At 6’6″, 247 lbs. and flashing a 100+ mph fastball that carries into late innings, Paul Skenes is undoubtedly the biggest thing in college baseball right now. On this night in Columbia, South Carolina, he was taking the mound against the Gamecocks, a team that has surprised its SEC foes and appears to be a…
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J&W Grill (Chickasha, OK)
One of the finest tastes available is Gracie Market, a no-frills deli, cafe, and market offering breakfast items, sandwiches, smash burgers, and a variety of beverages ranging from Japanese matcha to various coffees and soft drinks. The market prides itself on fresh ingredients, including a variety of organic and non-GMO products.
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OU Basketball: Sooners Squeak By
After Loyola-Chicago’s first March Madness upset, she was a story. After the second, she was a sensation. By the time Loyola-Chicago’s Cinderella run to the 2018 Final Four ended, the 98-year-old hoops-lovin’ nun was a certified icon. Sister Jean became so popular during March Madness that someone created a cheesy song about her set to…
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Baylor Basketball: Rebuild After the Reign
Baylor basketball was on its deathbed. Rocked by a multi-layer scandal involving murder and illicit payments, one player was dead, a former player was in prison for his murder, their coach was forced to resign, and the program was hammered with the stiffest sanctions short of the “death penalty” by the NCAA.
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Big Grove Brewery (Iowa City)
The Big Grove Brewery Taproom in Iowa City, just a few miles from Downtown and the University of Iowa, seems like a modern-day evolution of the hospitality house of old. There are no rollercoasters or Cyldesdales, and the drinks aren’t free, but instead a huge multi-room festhaus adorned with massive TVs, and garage doors opening…
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UVA Basketball: The Best Is Yet To Come?
On March 16, 2018, the college basketball world was rocked when the unthinkable happened: a 16-seed defeated a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament. After 135 victories and 0 losses by the 1-seed in 1 vs. 16 matchups, Virginia became the first top-seeded team to lose in the first round of March Madness. It was embarrassing.…
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Philadelphia 76ers: Trust the Process
“Bryan Colangelo’s collars” is not a phrase I had ever considered until it became my favorite thing on the internet. Last year, speculation among fans grew that Colangelo, the much maligned Philadelphia 76ers’ President of Basketball Operations, was operating a series of anonymous Twitter accounts for the purpose of defending his own actions from online…
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Ohio St. Basketball: Hot Schott
I arrived at the Schottenstein Center — home of Ohio State basketball — about a half-hour before tip-off and parked in the Lane Avenue Garage, which happened to have a malfunctioning card reader and ended up being free. I walked across the Olentangy (via bridge, not miracle) and entered through the southeast entrance of the…
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