F1 Racing is Fast, But is it Swift?

This weekend Formula One (F1) racing makes its only US stop of the year in Austin, TX for the 2016 US Grand Prix.  This marks the 5th year in a row of the US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) track, which opened in 2012 after a 5-year absence of F1 in…

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How to Tailgate Like a Southern Football Fanatic (Using Mutual Affinities)

As a southerner, I spend a disproportionate amount of my life thinking about college football and eating.  As any reader of Garden & Gun knows, the two of these come together each Saturday in the fall via the time-honored “tailgate” tradition1.  During my undergrad at NC State, no game experience was complete without pregame spicy…

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Top Affinities of US Swimming Stars

Though the sport does not receive broad attention in non-Olympic years, swimming is consistently one of the most viewed sports during the competition.  And this year, as in the last three Olympic Games, Michael Phelps is the big story on the men’s side.  Yesterday’s victory in the 4x100m relay increased Phelps’ record for the most…

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