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Get ready for a playoff system

Keltin Wiens May 1, 2012

For you true college football fans out there, what I’m going to tell you will sound like sweet music to your ears. College football is considering a playoff system. The most influential people among...

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Pat Summitt: 38 years later

Keltin Wiens April 24, 2012

Pat Summitt, the head coach for the Tennessee Lady Vols Women’s Basketball team, called it a career on April 19. For fans of women’s basketball in the NCAA Division I ranks, Pat Summitt is a household...

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Ozzie Guillen in Cold War trouble

Keltin Wiens April 17, 2012

Ozzie Guillen, the new manager of the new Miami Marlins, is in some Cold War trouble. Guillen was recently quoted in an interview with Time magazine that he loves and respects Fidel Castro because he has...

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One and done

Keltin Wiens April 10, 2012

First of all, congratulations to the Kentucky Wildcats for winning the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. There is something that can be said for a team that best navigates the 69-team tournament...

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Pure Hypocrisy

Keltin Wiens April 3, 2012

I wrote only a few weeks ago about the excitement and the heartbreak of the NCAA Championship Tournament. Let’s be clear: I love March Madness, I don’t like the NCAA. The case of Jamar Samuels is the...

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Saints no more

Keltin Wiens March 27, 2012

I love the New Orleans Saints. To be honest, the Saints are not my favorite team, but it is hard not to love the Saints and their story: winning the franchise’s first Super Bowl just two seasons ago...

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NCAA brings March Madness

Keltin Wiens March 20, 2012

March is here, finally. There are not too many months that bring back memories of such excitement and frustration as the third month of the year. This year is no different. This year may be just a little...

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Making room for one more

Keltin Wiens March 6, 2012

Major League Baseball and the players’ union announced March 2 that the two sides are closer to a deal to implement another wild card team in the MLB playoffs. Good for you Major League Baseball, good...

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Collegiate Darwinism

Keltin Wiens February 21, 2012

For shame, college sports, for shame. Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference announced last week the two conferences will form a brand new “super conference,” although it is hardly composed...

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Eli Manning: a QB for all time

Keltin Wiens February 14, 2012

The forty-sixth installment of the NFL Super Bowl was no disappointment. The Super Bowl between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots on Feb. 5 was the epitome of how a championship game should...

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Peyton’s Future: Stay with Indy

Keltin Wiens February 7, 2012

Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, is trying to rebuild his team from the top down. So far, it’s not going too well. Vice chairman Bill Polian, general manager Chris Polian, head coach...

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Ask Bucky: Marriage on the mind

Stephanie Williams September 28, 2010

Hey Bucky! I have a question. What kind of benefits does WT offer married students? Any? Does it pay more to be married or single at this school? Thanks, Marriage on the Mind Dear Marriage on the...

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