July 2020
Boone Pickens Stadium
Stillwater, Oklahoma, is one of the staple college towns set in the middle of Absolutely Nowhere, U.S.A.: 62 miles due west of Tulsa and 64 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Drop a pin anywhere along the route between those two cities on Google Maps and you’ll see how seriously isolated Stillwater is. The city itself, however, […]
Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
Austin, Texas, was my home from mid-2018 through mid-2020 and I got to experience the rabid nature of Texas Longhorn fans (though, as a born and raised Ohio State fan, it wasn’t jarring). Before landing an MLS team in 2021, Austin’s professional team is the Longhorns; the city is doused in burnt orange. The intense […]