Romantic radical. Nimble mastermind. Erotic idealogue.

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.

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Champ Week preview II
Championship Week games continue with many mid-majors beginning play on Friday. Kyle Whelliston takes a look at the whys, whos and whats of those tournaments.

Game! Of! The! Night! 11/17/2008 - Maryland-Baltimore County at Morgan State
The Beltway area enjoyed a mid-major hoops renaissance last season.

Good Morning Hoops Nation January 21
On Monday afternoon, during the 73rd and final edition of these, a gentle and loyal reader from Michigan reminded me of a different song. I realized that evening on the Washington Metro, with my beautiful iPod, that this is in many ways a reverse bookend to "Once In A Lifetime," written three long decades later.

Stardate 11-20101118 - Because The Dead Do Not Improve
RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. -- Some of you are closer to 18 than I am, and can more vividly recall that moment you received your first college acceptance letter. It might not have been the school you ended up attending, or your top choice, but what a sense of profound relief that was. Remember?

Flight 1229 · JED to GIG
"This airport is my blood enemy," she said. "I fight it as best I can. But one day it will finally win. I will die here in Terminal 2E, my flesh will be unceremoniously stripped from my bones, then they will grind me up and serve me on a baguette."