Staunch iconoclast. Provocative utopian. Saucy wanderer.
Kyle Whelliston was all of these things and so much more. Over the course of thirty-one years, he wrote 2,373 articles and essays for various online and print publications, as well as some books. As per his last will and testament, all 2,928,166 of his life's words have been collected here, in one place, for eternal posterity. Keep his flame alive. This is the Whelliston Memorial Library.
Game! Of! The! Night! 12/16/2008 - Cal State Bakersfield at South Dakota State
Tonight I will be covering North Florida at Clemson, one of those ultra-rare instances when the No. 1 RPI team plays the last-place RPI team. To include that here would break the only two rules of the G!O!T!N! (recently enacted), which are a.) it can't be the game I'm actually at, and b.) no power conference teams.
Winthrop’s Carpet Bagger
“Feel this carpet,” said the Winthrop head coach, as he pawed at the floor in the Eagles’ brand-new locker room, located underneath Winthrop Coliseum. “I got this donated. This is the the highest-quality carpet Milliken makes. It’s in Kentucky’s locker room, it’s in the Carolina Panthers’ locker room. It’s got all kinds of absorption stuff underneath.”
Dribblings 12/7/2004 (Bizarro World Edition)
Northwestern State 85, Tulane 72 (story) - Northwestern (Louisiana) State is the answer to a trivia question - who won the first NCAA Tournament 65-vs.-64 play-in game? (against Winthrop, 2001). They also beat Kentucky 16 years ago. Not known for their long-range accuracy, the Southland Conference's Demons sank 10 three-pointers on this night.
Me, The Internet and UC Irvine
LOS ANGELES -- This one's for the old-timers, the folks who have been following the journey from its humble beginnings two and a half years ago. You know who you are.
Roadblog - Very Suspicious
VALPARAISO, Ind. — There’s an unwritten rule about travel, and it has to do with Wal-Mart. Say what you will about its politics and procedures, it’s a place where you can get anything you want, 24 hours a day. It’s also a place where you can catch a few z’s if you need them.