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Music To My Ears: A UNT Roo Tale

Austin College football kicks off its 2023 season under the lights! New lights have been installed at Jerry Apple Stadium; Kangaroo football will be playing its first ever night game on campus in the sport’s long 127-year history. AC hosts Nebraska Wesleyan on Saturday, September 2nd at 7pm. AC Athletic Director David Norman reports that

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Calhoon’s & Keith Whitley

“I know your life on earth was troubled, and only you could know the pain You weren’t afraid to face the devil, you were no stranger to the rain.” – “Go Rest High on that Mountain,” by Vince Gill Vince Gill wrote “Go Rest High on that Mountain” to pay tribute to country singer Keith

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Mad Men & Kangaroo Clifford Grum

I’m a big fan of the corner of 50th & 6thin New York City. You got Radio City Music Hall to the northeast, 30 Rock to the southeast, and the famous Christmas Balls Fountain to the southwest. But the northwest corner is my favorite this week. That’s the site of the Time & Life building.

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Reed Heim: 2023 AC Hall of Honor

I’ll admit it. My brain is a little weird. I saw this recent graphic from a baseball game in California. I quickly realized I could use it as a writing hook to promote Austin College Legends 2023 and give a shout out to a Kangaroo! The ANAHEIM Angels scoreboard operator had a little fun at

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2003 Memorial Day Roo Tale

Kilgore, TX lies right in the heart of the Pine Curtain of East Texas, within 30 miles of Tyler, Longview, Marshall. Kilgore was on its way to ghost town status in 1930 with a population of only 500, until the discovery of the “East Texas Oil Field” changed the fortunes of the town overnight. By

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2023 Memorial Day Roo Tale – Previews

What are my summer plans? Write a Memorial Day Roo Tale of course. This year’s tale will honor Richard Earl (R.E.) St. John (AC ’36), who died in the Atlantic saving his fellow sailors after an attack by a Nazi U-Boat. What are my summer plans? Attend Legends 2023 of course. Gordon Eiland (’79), Matt

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