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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 markets in the USA; the Dodgers have a flat $280 […]

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Exclusive Tyler Beede interview Tonight!

The hosts from the Sports ReVU will be interviewing Vandy Baseball ace Tyler Beede tonight at 8 pm.  Beede was a first-round draft pick for the Major Leagues in 2011, but turned down the Toronto Blue Jays in favor of studying (and playing) at Vanderbilt.   Check out his official bio here. Remember to tune in here on vandyradio.com tonight at 8 pm as Vivek, Thomas, and Dan talk with Beede about how the Commodores are beginning the 2014 season. […]

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“Just a Beautiful Liar”: Not Your ‘Modern Harem’

In a recent InsideVandy op-ed, Danny Lee outlined the problems that the recently uploaded music video of Shakira and Rhianna ("Can't Remember to Forget You" pose-- that their portrayal of causal lesbian action because they'd "do anything for the boy" plays into a certain type of male-dominated-lesbian-homoeroticism. I'd like to draw attention to another Shakira collaboration: "Beautiful Liar" with Beyonce from 2009. Once again, we have two beautiful dancer-songstresses singing about-- you guessed it-- loving the same man. Instead of […]

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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 to argue that John Mayer is in fact one of […]

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