Sun Belt Preview 2006-07
After the 2006 NCAA brackets were revealed this past March, pundits and Packers took up the timeless tradition of sorting out the snubs from the suspicious selections. Given the available data, how on earth could the committee admit Air Force and Bradley and yet deny Maryland or Cincinnati? And hey, what about Hofstra?

18. Serebro - Not You (Мало тебя) (2013)
The current controversy over anti-gay rights legislation in Russia is somewhat difficult to fathom when you take into account that just four years ago, softcore faux-lesbian teenage singing duo t.A.T.u performed “Not Gonna Get Us” at Eurovision 2009 in Moscow, backed by the Red Army’s Alexandrov Ensemble Choir and a giant pink tank.

The Radio On
My birth year is within two years of the most earnest love letter to this area, written by local native Jonathan Richman when he was in his early twenties. “Roadrunner” was a simple late-night tour of Route 128, the ring road around Boston. Her account ended up as so much unfulfilled tourism, a list of disconnected suburban vignettes.

Rodney Stuckey Ponders the Future
CHENEY, Wash. — One hour before the tipoff of Eastern Washington’s final home game of the season last Saturday, there was an unsettling quiet that shrouded the Reese Court exterior. The twilight sky, thick and metal-colored, was heavy with moisture and pensive indecision.

MMBOD Mar 07 - Ken Tutt - Oral Roberts
The scenario seemed so familiar: a hungry low-seeded opponent readying to upset the regular-season champs in the title game and go on to the Tournament. Much like last season's shock loss to No. 7 Oakland, No. 6 Chicago State hung around and led into the second half on No. 1 Oral Roberts' home floor. But not this time - Oral Roberts is going to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 22 years.