If we’re to use the “squeaky wheel gets the grease” adage as an example for this story, Carl Perkins would be the “convicted, little, old skinny-arm” wheel, and a shiny new record deal courtesy of Sam ...

“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 ...

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 ...

IOWA CITY — Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz had one play by wide receiver Sam Phillips stuck in his mind. “One play in particular he made in the red zone probably about 10 days ago or eight days ago, ...

IOWA CITY -- Iowa fans were caught off guard at the initial release of the 2025 depth chart. Given the outstanding freshman season of wide receiver Reece Vander Zee that included 14 receptions for 176 ...

Entering the 2025 season, the question for the Iowa Hawkeyes offense, after how their quarterback situation would look, was who they could count on to step up at wide receiver. The offensive line and ...

Sam Scott Phillips, 70, of Columbia, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at University Hospital in Columbia, Mo. Sam was born on November 14, 1955, in Boonville, Mo., to James Phillips, a ...

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 ...