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The Supergroup

A few days ago, the great classic rock band Queen announced a North American tour set for this summer. However, die hard Queen fans had mixed feelings when Queen also announced that former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert would be joining them on vocals to replace the legendary Freddie Mercury, who passed away in 1991. This got me thinking, why do old bands still tour? More times than not, they […]

todayMarch 10, 2014

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The Beauty of Match Play

Golf features two prominent tournament formats: stroke play and match play.  Stroke play is generally highlighted throughout the season, as it is the format for all 4 majors and for the majority of the other tournaments.  However, the Ryder Cup and the President’s Cup, biennial tournaments that feature the United States vs. Europe and the United States vs. the rest of world excluding Europe, respectively, are conducted in match play […]

todayFebruary 28, 2014 2

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The Best & Worst Music Collaborations

One of my favorite things about music is when two seemingly different artists combine to make one killer song. And I’m not talking Eminem and Rihanna here. I’m talking about the crazy, the wacky, the original. Without further ado, I present to you my list of the best and worst music collaborations (Click the songs for the hyperlinks). Best Coldplay ft. Rihanna, Princess of China: Let’s start it off with […]

todayFebruary 24, 2014 25

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30 shades of Green

$1.7 billion, $2.5 billion, $3.2  billion, $6 billion; these are the TV deal sizes of the Angels, the Phillies, the Astros, and the Dodgers. This is all additional income that is tacked on to the money that is allocated to each team by the MLB. In some cases, teams are getting north of 75 million dollars per year. Notably, the highlights among these absurd figures center on the two biggest […]

todayFebruary 20, 2014 8

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John Mayer- A Once in a Generation Talent

Jennifer Aniston. White supremacy. Taylor Swift. Heroin. These are all things that may come to mind upon hearing the name John Mayer (if you are unfamiliar with any of these, google them). To the casual observer, Mayer is a guy who has put together a pretty successful pop career while providing the tabloids with plenty of material. However, in my first ever VandyRadio blog post (woot woot!), I would like […]

todayFebruary 17, 2014 9

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New Head Coach Derek Mason Excites Vanderbilt Football Fans

By Poulumi Banerjee Poulumi is the News Director and Executive Website Director for Vandy Radio. She is also the Lead Anchor of her weekly VandyRadio show ‘Poulumi’s Picks’, which integrates current news topics with top 40 music. One of the biggest news stories of the month around campus has been the announcement that Vanderbilt football coach James Franklin, has decided to leave and become the new coach at Penn State. Campus saw […]

todayJanuary 22, 2014 2

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The Pros and Cons of “Tanking”

By Vivek Hansalia and Thomas Dowling In Defense of Tanking Tanking. For too long it has lurked in the shadows, a “what if?” scenario that beleaguered fans of crappy sports teams have thought about as they were hunched over the counter of their weekend haunts, cheap beer in hand, looking back up at the framed Bernie Kosar jersey hanging on the walls, remembering “Red Right 88” as the day everything […]

todayJanuary 21, 2014 12

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