“Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And s even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.”
On that riveting afternoon of Aug. 28, 1963, I watched the Rev. Martin […]

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If you believe coaching has anything to do with the outcome of football games, then you have to pick Kentucky to beat Louisville on Sunday afternoon in Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. The Wildcats have a proven head coach in Rich Brooks and a solid staff who knows how to prepare for big games. The Cardinals…well, […]

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) – At a press conference held in his imagination, the coach of the Louisville Media All-Stars announced today that the members of the U.S. Olympic gold-medal team all have declined invitations to suit up against the Metro Council Deliberators at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Hoops basketball […]

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My previous coaching experience is limited to a public intrasquad scrimmage by the Morehead State University basketball team in 1980. It was a publicity gimmick dreamed up by Wayne Martin, then the Eagles’ head coach, and I was happy to participate because it gave me the chance to do my imitations of Joe B. Hall, […]

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The Courier-Journal’s current series about the thoroughbred industry is a triumph of packaging over substance. It’s largely a rehashing of old material done up nicely with dramatic color photos, graphs, and charts. It will play nicely with the judges when it comes to contest time, which, of course, is the point.
But this isn’t to dismiss […]

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Every basketball writer and columnist who covered the mens’ NCAA tournament from the mid-1970s through the mid-‘90s probably has a story about Dave Cawood, who died in Louisville on July 20 after coming home from a morning jog. He was the guy you had to go through to get a tournament credential, and he got […]

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The freefalling Cincinnati Reds have just achieved a feat previously thought to be impossible: Getting swept in a three-game series by the Washington Nationals. I don’t need to tell you how bad the Nationals are. Suffice it to say the U.S. Congress is having a good year compared with the Washington baseball team.
Now 10 games […]

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