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Reliving, recreating and remembering

Keltin Wiens April 30, 2013

About 160 miles from the hallowed ground of Bryant-Denney Stadium, home of University of Alabama football, sits the intersection of College and Magnolia in Auburn, Alabama. Here, at this place,...

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Boston Stronger: Renewing the Legacy

Keltin Wiens April 23, 2013

It’s been a tough week for all of us. At around 2:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time last Monday, two explosions rattled the Boston Marathon, injuring more than 170 spectators and killing three people....

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Love, Loss and some softball at an end

Keltin Wiens April 16, 2013

I love sports. There, I said it. It occurred to me, some time ago, that if I want to work in sports I couldn’t be a fan of teams. I just can’t. It would violate the whole fairness thing that...

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Mercedes Garcia prepares to field a groundball. Photo courtesy of Dameon Myers/WT Athletic Media Relations.

Love, loss and a little bit of softball

Keltin Wiens February 28, 2013

This is part one of a seven part series. The meeting room of the softball clubhouse at West Texas A&M University is adorned with all kinds of photographs. These 8 x 10 frozen memories have captured...

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LeBron versus Jordan

Keltin Wiens February 19, 2013

Ever since LeBron James left Cleveland for the sunny waters of Miami, I haven’t really been his biggest fan. To posterize the city that built the man, the “chosen one,” into “The King” on...

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Signing day overreaction

Keltin Wiens February 12, 2013

Let me ask you something. Were there cameras trained on you when you decided what college you were going to? Were there syndicated television personalities watching your every move when you announced...

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Ravens win Super Bowl

Keltin Wiens February 5, 2013

Well that would have been cool, wouldn’t it? Early in the third quarter in Super Bowl XLVII, the San Francisco 49ers were down 28-6 to the Baltimore Ravens. Then, out of nowhere and on the biggest...

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The grand ole show down

Keltin Wiens January 28, 2013

Here we are again; another Super Bowl is upon us. This year, it’s Super Bowl XLVII. (That’s 47 for those of you whose Roman numeral knowledge may be a little rusty.) The previous 46 Super Bowls...

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A war without the nukes

Keltin Wiens January 22, 2013

It’s certainly no secret that the NCAA has made millions of dollars just off of television contracts in recent years, and they hope to make more in the coming seasons. Universities are bolting from...

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So, do we call this magic?

Keltin Wiens December 3, 2012

I have often wondered what it must be like to be on a campus where a football team is doing something it isn’t supposed to. Utah and Boise State are the schools that come to mind when I think about...

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MLB MVP: A no brainer

Keltin Wiens November 27, 2012

Web Editor's Note: This story was dated wrong and has been corrected. It was published on Nov. 27, 2012. It was announced October 15 that San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey and Detroit Tigers...

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After the election, it’s business as usual

Keltin Wiens November 13, 2012

The election is over. Can we get an amen? It was certainly an exciting, and at times ridiculous, election season. In the end, President Barack Obama has been re-elected, securing 303 electoral votes...

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