Staunch iconoclast. Fearless dreamer. Saucy wanderer.
Kyle Whelliston was all of these things and so much more. Over the course of thirty-one years, he wrote 2,370 articles and essays for various online and print publications, as well as some books. As per his last will and testament, all 2,923,579 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.
Dribblings 12/17/2004 (Op-Ed Edition)
In August 2003, the Connecticut Post printed a story based on an anonymous letter that charged that Fairfield's basketball program was a cesspool of cash, third-party schoolwork and other people's pee. Now, the school appears to be off the hook and will not be sanctioned by the NCAA.
Dribblings 1/2/2005 (Hangover Edition)
WAC: Nevada 58, Hawaii 55 (story) - Anyone in the East who stayed up until 2 in the morning (or owns a TiVo) got to see a thriller from America's favorite high elevated upper mid-major conference, full of 8-0 runs and a back-and-forth finish. Hawaii started out 8-0 with their only roadie against anemic St.
Game! Of! The! Night! 2/11/2008 - Utah State at Nevada
So tonight we have a rare Monday tilt in the Wickity WAC, made possible by an extreme-weather postponement on Jan. 5. (Snow in Nevada? We here at TMM are not exactly shocked about that.) It's Utah State, the 18-6 (8-1) leaders of the conference, traveling to four-in-a-row NCAA participant Nevada hanging in at 7-3 (15-8 overall), the latest in a four-year series of Pack-Aggie G!O!T!N! selections.
Game! Of! The! Night! 2/9/2009 - Stetson at East Tennessee State
The Atlantic Sun is providing many of these mid-major hot-shot conferences a clinic on how to organize its standings. You want three teams up top with gaudy records, a strong .500 midsection, and a couple of low-rent stragglers that lose to everybody. You hear that, CAA, Bizarro Valley, MAC? This is the way to put yourself in two-bid position. But that's cool.
Good Morning Hoops Nation January 23
Speaking the truth is never a mistake, especially when spoken in one's own defense.. or in the defense of one's dreams. The truth will set you free, but it may end up costing you everything.