Nimble mastermind. Staunch iconoclast. 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.
Stardate 04-20101111 - The Filter
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- In late August, when I was doing research for the New York City chapter of "One Beautiful Season," I dropped by the New York Public Library to look at old newspapers from the 1930s. The game stories were so descriptive, so loaded with juicy adjectives and allegories, that I felt like they were specifically written as time capsules for me to find.
Roadblog - SWAC Country
GRAMBLING, La. — There is no greater mystery in Division I college basketball than the great old historically black SWAC.
The Anti-UMPFN
There's a white sign that greets you when you drive onto their campus, a lush green acreage dotted by vermillion-brick buildings. "Welcome toBucknell" it says in capital letters, with two slide-lines between - presumably for event announcements or topical messages.
MMBOD Mar 05 - Randal Falker - Southern Illinois
After winning the Metro Atlantic regular season title last Sunday with a dramatic win against archrivals Iona, Manhattan earned the regular-season championship, an automatic NIT berth, and a “do not pass go” card into the MAAC’s final four. Waiting there was No. Despite the long hours, SPC survived.
Flight 1947 · Kapurthala
In the first part of the 20th Century's first decade, India was coming apart at the seams. Not only was violence between the two major religious groups rapidly increasing, there was a fissure forming in the Hindu-dominated Indian National Congress. One side wanted to work within the system to change it. The other wanted nothing less than bloody and final revolution.