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When I think of watermelon, I think of Pollyanna at the Town’s Bazaar. In the 1960 Disney film she eats the largest slice of watermelon (and cake for that matter) that I have ever seen. For only a penny a slice you could have the sort of watermelon that dreams are made of.

The perfect watermelon is a precious summer treasure. It hits a hot parched mouth in a way that f...


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July 4-10

1. Lots of great articles to choose from this week, so I’ll jump right in.

In FIFA World Cup news, Norway is having their moment in the sun. Led by Erling Haaland, aka the world’s best player, the smallest country left in the tournament is punching well above its weight class. You might think the secret to their success is a finely tuned youth soccer p...


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Welcome back to Mockingbird’s Spooky Summer series! Blaine Grimes, Blake Collier, Caleb Stallings, and I are so glad you’re here to hang with us and watch Matango, otherwise known as Attack of the Mushroom People, Ishirō Honda’s 1963 dread-inducing gem of a cautionary tale. You might not have woken up today knowing you were afraid of turning int...


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It’s been forty years since instant replay review first entered American professional sports. Adopted by the NFL in 1986, a designated replay official would watch the game and buzz in if there was “clear and obvious” evidence that the call on the field had been incorrect.

At the time, instant replay clips had been a feature of TV broadcasts for decades. With the benefi...


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