After Kentucky senior Dicky Lyons Jr. (pictured here) had his college football career abruptly ended by torn knee ligaments against South Carolina, freshman Randall Cobb II asked, and received, permission to honor Lyons the rest of the season by trading his No. 18 jersey for Lyons’ No. 12.
It was a nice thing to do, but […]

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Other than trainer Bob Baffert, who won two races on Saturday, American horsemen did not fare particularly well in the first Breeders Cup held on an artificial track. In fact, after the brilliant Curlin struggled home fourth in the $5 million Classic as the 4-to-5 favorite, trainer Steve Asmussen immediately said, “”It was the track. […]

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The closer we come to a Barack Obama victory on Nov. 4, the more the nation’s ultra-right-wingers are fretting that their monopoly on the radio industry might be in jeopardy. On ABC Sunday morning, Newt Gingrich darkly warned that the Rush Limbaughs and Sean Hannitys of the radio world might be in trouble if Obama […]

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The original intent of the Heisman Trophy was to honor the best all-around player in college football. The first one was given in 1933, a time when players were required to play on both sides of the ball. Today, in the era of specialization, some guys only play on certain downs or in certain situations.
How […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. – Every year the football coaches at Kentucky State University and other historically black colleges face a challenge that doesn’t exist at Texas or Notre Dame or the nation’s other major powers: They must try to be as good as the marching band.
If you don’t understand how big a challenge that is, then […]

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It’s sad that nobody in the media has called out Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie on the shabby way he treated Mark Coury. You remember Coury, right? He was the big, hard-working walk-on who was good enough to start 29 of 31 games last season but not good enough to be given a scholarship.
This sends […]

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I need to call my cable company. My service is screwed up. I tried to tune in the debate between the Vice-Presidential candidates but kept getting “Dancing With the Stars.” Every channel I tried, it was the same thing: Joe Biden and Sarah Palin waltzing each other around the stage at Washington University in St. […]

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