Roadblog - Swagfest
NEW ORLEANS — When I went through my list of favorite truck stop chains a few weeks ago, I didn’t mention Love’s. It’s a company (apparently) based out of Oklahoma, with around 200 locations nationwide. I generally passed by them on the road before, but now I consider Love’s my greatest travel discovery of the year.

Game! Of! The! Night! Jan 08 - Bradley at Southern Illinois
A lot of ink's been spilled about the Valley in the past month or so: Indiana State's 8-0 start, Northern Iowa and Mo-State and Creighton and three four five bids and blabbity-blabbity.

The Austin Bracket
Key Players: You won't find a more unselfish crew in the Tournament. Guards Darrin Shine and Aaron Williams, swingman Jahsha Bluntt, and forwards Troy Roundtree and Terrance Hunter are all players who have stepped up at different times this season.

Passion and Patience
As alums, Atlantic-10 fanatics and trivia buffs can tell you, Fordham's Rose Hill Gymnasium is the oldest facility in Division I college basketball. Its beauty is undeniable - upon approach, you wonder if the stone and glass structure is really the university chapel, until you see the word "Gymnasium" in old-English letters lightly stenciled into the rockface.

Stardate 67-20110113 - The Season of Ideas
CHICAGO -- Whenever I am standing in a long line at a bank, holding a check and a deposit slip in a limp right hand attached to a limp right arm, my mind wanders. I know the others in line are experiencing the same in-between feeling too, that it's a state we share. These days, most people occupy themselves during the wait by looking at their phones, checking their messages and playing games.