Sam Paxton

Every time I come to Codfish Hollow, I love it more than I did the time before.

Every single day since Oct. 6, I’ve listened to nothing but Van Halen. I mean that quite literally. Because that’s …

Strangely, while thinking about the very real possibility of no football in the fall, all I can think about is …

Editor’s note: The Gazette sports staff has compiled lists of its top 15 favorite sports movies. Each day, a different …

Note: This article was originally published on April 9, 2014, the week after Cedar Rapids police officer Sarah Lacina was …

(Note: Sam Paxton is a Marshalltown native, a University of Iowa graduate and copy editor at The Gazette) Requiem for …

Note: This article was originally published on December 12, 2012, following the penultimate episode of ‘Survivor: Philippines,’ the flagship CBS reality …

This season on “Survivor: Philippines,” Denise Stapley, the sex therapist from Cedar Rapids, has continued a little known but proven …