An Oklahoma youth baseball coach who allegedly instructed his 12-year-old son to throw into the opposing dugout has received a lifetime ban from the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA), which sanctioned the tournament in which the incident occurred. Tensions flared between the 11-and-under teams from Oklahoma and Nebraska during a game in Kansas City over […]
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Jimmy Kimmel believes his days on late-night are numbered and that the late-night talk show format is coming to an end.
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May was another amazing month for country music. In just the past few weeks, there have been so many amazing album and single releases, and it’s impossible for us at Whiskey Riff to cover every single song that deserves to be heard upon its release. But in my opinion, that is a great problem to have, and it speaks to the strength of the country music scene today as opposed to a decade ago or so. So, in an effort […]
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This should be interesting. Love or hate her, there’s simply no denying that Taylor Swift has a special and unique place in country music history. Before she became the pop megastar that she is today, she had a LOT of success in the genre. Simply put, she took the genre by storm as a teenager with the release of her self-titled debut album in 2006. Throughout her limited time in the genre, which mainly spanned four albums and six years in […]
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Who all are we going to see in Myrtle Beach this week? It’s hard to believe summer’s already here, but with Memorial Day weekend behind us it’s finally time to start gearing up for days on the water, festival season, fun and the sun, and everything else that makes this the best time of year. To kick off summer the right way, we’re headed to beautiful Myrtle Beach, South Carolina later this week for Carolina Country Music Fest, four days […]
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Giving fans a sneak preview of what’s to come in September. After years of being one of the most underrated artists in the mainstream, the last two years have been nothing short of a whirlwind for Riley Green. Though you can attribute some of that to Ella Langley, thanks to the success of their monster collaborations, “you look like you love me” and “Don’t Mind If I Do,” the Alabama native has launched himself into superstardom pretty handily on his […]
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One of the most astounding, moving collaborations in 2026 traverses the unexpected path between Europe’s finest opera halls and America’s deepest hollers. Star soprano and actress Renée Fleming and banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck teamed up to release The Fiddle and The Drum,