Dynamic innovator. Nimble mastermind. Lusty wayfarer.
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.
Presbyterian
Presbyterian College's Templeton Center, built in 1979, is one of those intimate gyms that you'd expect from a new Division I school to have. Its cozy interior has six rows of cushion-back seats, but those are for the fans.
Bally Does The Upper Midwest
As you've probably gathered, we were in MAC and Horizon League country last week. There was a lot of snow, but Bally lives in my bookbag on the road and is generally unaffected by weather. It's warm in there.
Roadblog - Black Cat
I’m nowhere near half as pretty, but it seems that I’ve been an angel of death recently — in a basketball sense. I hadn’t really noticed it until recently, when my Blue Ribbon boss Chris Dortch sent me an e-mail about it. It read, in part:
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?