How Elvin Hayes' turnaround jumper first put University of Houston on the basketball map
If you trace the roots of the annual craze, eventually you’ll get to Elvin Hayes. It was the University of Houston legend who captivated the country in 1968 by dominating Lew Alcindor, later known as ...
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Pilgrimage to St. Patrick’s Purgatory
On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small Station Island is home to one of the toughest pilgrimages in the world ...
The Long and Relentless Arc of Chuck Schumer
All of the anger and inchoate rage that has been swelling up in the Democratic Party since losing the White House suddenly seems channeled toward Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after his vote to ...
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2025 Triumph TF 450-RC Review | Motorcycle Test
Triumph TF 450-RC Review | Motorcycle Test - Aaron throws a leg over the new Triumph open class motocrosser and comes away ...
What was the first thing scientists discovered? A historian makes the case for Babylonian astronomy
Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built ...
From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase ‘pride and prejudice’
“When all Pride and Prejudice, all Interests and Designs, being submitted to the Honour of God, and the Discharge of our Duty,” an anonymous clergyman wrote in 1734, “the Holy Scriptures shall again ...
St. Patrick's Day brings boisterous parades and celebrations to New York and other cities
St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish, is being marked in cities across the country on Monday with ...