“I want to go to the Oscars,” said graduate student gymnast Sam Phillips with a laugh. “Be nominated for an Oscar and then host the Oscars after party.” For a gymnast in their seventh year of ...

When Sam Phillips first shared his story, he was shunned at his school. Being the only out athlete at the University of Nebraska was an isolating experience, with coaches insistent on downplaying his ...

Before Phillips started his own record label, he produced the first records of bluesmen B.B. King and Howlin' Wolf. As Peter Guralnick, the author of a biography of Sam Phillips and a two-volume ...

When wide receiver Sam Phillips transferred to Iowa in January, not many Hawkeye fans truly knew about him until he appeared as the No. 1 wideout on Iowa’s Week 1 depth chart. The move by the Iowa ...

After a few years of the quarterback room turning over and lacking much depth, the Iowa Hawkeyes have reloaded their depth chart and infused more talent into that room than in years before. Tim Lester ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today, we continue our archive series - R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll. We start today's show with Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records. That's the ...

We start today's show with Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records. That's the Memphis-based label that launched the careers of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison ...