Romantic radical. Nimble mastermind. Saucy wanderer.
Kyle Whelliston was all of these things and so much more. Over the course of thirty-one years, he wrote 2,346 articles and essays for various online and print publications, as well as some books. As per his last will and testament, all 2,883,638 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 12/10/2004 (100, Not The Loneliest Number Edition)
Massachusetts 61, Connecticut 59 (story) - There were "Fire Lappas" T-shirts here in Philly too, back when Steve coached Villanova.. but the folks in Amherst can put theirs in the closet for a while. Last night saw the best thing to happen to UMass since the Pixies reunion - a squeak win over the defending national champs in the sleepy west of the woody east. It's educational.
Rollout
It begins simply enough: a messenger delivers a long white tube from floor level, he bounds up the short and wide stairs. The folks in the upper left corner know exactly what to do with it - they grab the edge of the paper, slowly unroll the tube above the back end of the student section, handing the fat end along down the back row. "What's it say?" people whisper to each other.
Great Mohawks in History
Always good when you can get a game in December that pits two mid-major conference favorites against each other, acts as a guage of relative league strength. Pacific was short-sold in the preseason polls due to graduation losses, but people who saw how well they played big, tough Nevada, or what they did to San Jose State the other night, know that they're not to be slept on.
Stardate 64-20110110 - Family Business
VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Now that January has reached double-digits, the slow transition is, in full essence, complete. It's conference season, and even the teams in the Ivy League are starting to play each other. This is definitely the second part of the beautiful season, the third best of the four. No more Red Line Upsets this and body-bag game that.
The Mid-Majority Interview - Rick Scruggs
Sure, interesting mid-major things are happening back on those other coasts and in the middle there, so let's give it all a cursory mention. Cleveland State beat Butler, and the 6-0 Vikings are quickly becoming into the Wright State of the 2007-08 Horizon season. App-State made all its free throws and gave Chattanooga its first SoCon loss. ORU nipped IUPUI in the G!O!T!N!.