Barry Lewis

It’s the end of an era. After 4+ years & 1,330 articles covering @TCU_Athletics, my final article for #TCUOnSI has published. I’m stepping away from my role as Managing Editor/Publisher. To my amazing team, it’s been a great honor to work with you! si.com/college/tcu/fo…

If you’re visiting for a very large sporting event & you happen to discover RANCH while you’re here… pls pack it in your CHECKED BAG on the way home. Thank you.

The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world. And they are not handling it well. In the best possible way. Here is what they are discovering: Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time. Free water at every restaurant. Just appears. Free refills. Coffee. Sodas. Iced tea. Unlimited. Free chips and salsa before you even order. Free warm bread with dinner. Ice in drinks like civilized people. Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact. Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going. Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it. Ranch dressing by the gallon. Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced. Dental care that actually works. Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s. Then they found the grocery stores. Five of them within one mile. Each one the size of an aircraft hangar. Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday. The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes. In silence. Processing. They finally understand why we do not have trains. We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive. Parking lots the size of small European countries. Airports in every city worth visiting. Why would we need trains. The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle. The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak. The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre. The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas. Welcome to America. Everything is free, enormous, air conditioned, comes with chips, and has five grocery stores within a mile that will sell you any cut of any animal you have ever imagined. Write that down. 🦋

@FreddyLA7 When you get to OKC, try a burger at Johnnie’s. The onion rings are the best

First stop on the road to Oklahoma City. Best burgers of the trip so far. Btw we‘ve been driving for two hours and we’re still in the Houston area lol

Former @WakeBaseball stars continue to shine in the MLB, the newest being Sean Sullivan. Who is your favorite Deac in the big league? si.com/college/wake-f…

@tillemans_derek @FreddyLA7 I love Lucerne!

@FreddyLA7 Wow! I'm going to Garmish and Munich next week after seeing Lucerne and Zurich. Maybe I'll get something like this treatment? Pretty cool!

This is all so insane. We found this when we got back to our room. And then someone even sent cupcakes to our room. I genuinely don’t understand how it got to this point. We’re just normal World Cup tourists.😭😭

Through every heartbreak. Through every season. This one’s for the Day Ones 💙🧡

If you haven’t discovered @FreddyLA7 yet, he’s got the best content right now I didn’t know I needed. He and his two buds are visiting the US from Germany for the World Cup. From Ella Langley to Buc-ee’s to Waffle House, they sure our experiencing this country!

Two @WakeMSoccer alums are set to represent their home counties as the #FIFA_World_Cup_2026 begins si.com/college/wake-f…

@nonrevgod please help! Last night: I was #8 on a flight with 21 open Now: I am #19 on a flight with 8 open

@FreddyLA7 So you’ve become Ella Fellas!

The best discovery of our road trip has been a musician called Ella Langley. We had never heard of her before, but after hearing her on pretty much every country radio station, we’ve become big fans. She’s basically the soundtrack of our trip.

Jake Dickert and @WakeFB get commitment from an OL from Wisconsin for the class of 2027 si.com/college/wake-f…

There really aren’t any rules. You just go to court. If it fails, go to court again until a judge says you’re all set. Want a 7th year? Sure Broke rules? Ahhhh, it’s fine. There AREN’T any rules.

We are getting a fuller picture of the road ahead for @WakeMBB when it comes to the 2026-27 schedule si.com/college/wake-f…

Aside from football, the 2025-26 Wake Forest athletic year was rather underwhelming. Here's to hoping 2026-27 goes better.

UCLA was dominant all year and trash in regionals. Now the WV Kentucky winner will be sitting pretty. As always, what could’ve been…

College Baseball: The People’s Sport.

@GirimonteNicky UMBC vs UVA 2018

What is Saint Mary’s beating UCLA twice in college basketball terms?

UCLA was the first team ever to be ranked #1 wire-to-wire in the regular season. The Bruins did not lose a series all year. They end up not even making it to their own regional final. College Baseball.

@roadtocfb Agreed!

📍Having fun watching the Morgantown Regional

As most Regional Finals are underway, here’s your tracker of all of Sunday’s NCAA Baseball Tournament games si.com/college/wake-f…