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As Go the Freshmen, So Goes UK

November 29th, 2006 · No Comments

It says here that if Bradley is still starting at the point in March, UK will be sitting on another 13-loss season and early exit from the NCAA tournament.

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Tags: Basketball · Miscellaneous · Sports · University of Kentucky

Digging in at the Louisville Arena Site

November 28th, 2006 · 4 Comments

To this day, Jurich and U of L president James Ramsey have failed to provide a plausible answer to the question of why they took the position that U of L would play anywhere except the old Water Company site.

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Tags: Basketball · Miscellaneous · Politics · Sports · University of Louisville

Big Blue Blew It Again (Sigh)

November 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Would Cardinal fans turn out in large numbers to support a loser, as UK football fans have for years? Or would the program lose the front-runners and casual fans who come to games mainly for the social aspects?

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Tags: Football · Sports · University of Kentucky · University of Louisville

In the name of all that’s good and decent…

November 21st, 2006 · No Comments

Lucky for Richards that O.J. wasn’t his heckler. But you know what? Had Simpson been in the audience, had he come on stage and stabbed Richards, he probably could have gotten away with murder

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Tags: Entertainment · History · Miscellaneous · Sports

Psst! Here’s a Final Four Longshot

November 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Yet there’s no question Smith must do the coaching job of his life. His comfort zone has shrunk to almost nothing. Another so-so season will be unacceptable in Lexington, as well it should be.

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Tags: Basketball · Sports · University of Kentucky

Let’s Hope for A Rematch

November 20th, 2006 · No Comments

These are the two best teams in America. They have separated themselves from the pack. The gap between them and the next level — all those Floridas and Southern Cals and Notre Dames — has become the Grand Canyon.

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Tags: Football · Miscellaneous · Sports

Knight Has Never Really Left West Point

November 20th, 2006 · No Comments

The only fair way to measure Knight is look at the men who have played for him. What have they done with their lives? Are they better or worse for their time with him?

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Tags: Basketball · Indiana University · Miscellaneous · Sports

Opportunity for UK Football

November 20th, 2006 · No Comments

What Barnhart does with Brooks will be his defining moment as UK’s athletics director.

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Tags: Football · Miscellaneous · Sports · University of Kentucky

The Angels of Our Better Nature

November 6th, 2006 · No Comments

And we let them turn us into a nation of bleating sheep, following meekly as they led us down roads, here and abroad, that our history and good sense and common decency tell us we should not travel.

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Tags: History · Miscellaneous · Politics

Here’s to My New Pals from England

November 6th, 2006 · No Comments

But I especially appreciated the one who said, good-naturedly, “Ah, you Americans. You’re always building up your horses. When will you ever learn?”

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Tags: Horse Racing · Sports