Charlie Strong and Joker Phillips have a friendship that still will be tight after their coaching careers are done. Yes, they will each be trying to win when Strong’s Louisville Cardinals and Phillips’ Kentucky Wildcats meet on Sept. 4 in the head-coaching debut for both. But they will never, ever be enemies. That’s a media […]

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My longtime friend David Kindred, best wordsmith of my newspaper generation, has a new book out about one of his former employers, The Washington Post, and how it has coped with the swift and startling changes in the communications business. Those who know Dave’s work will not be suprised to learn that it’s beautifully written […]

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I’m going to be interested to see how the HullabaLOU mega-concert is supported at Churchill Downs. The cheapest ticket costs $75, which pretty much eliminates the high-school and college kids who were attracted by the night racing programs (or could it possibly have been the ease with which underage drinkers could get beer?)
In addition, parking […]

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I am not ready to think about ordering playoff tickets, but I’m cautiously optimistic about what I’ve seen from the Cincinnati Reds so far this season. I love their young starting pitchers. I think they have the best infield in the National League. And in Dusty Baker, they have a veteran manager who has to […]

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It must be the heat. That’s the only possible reason so many screwy things are happening in the world of sports. We are on the cusp of Global Warming, which was invented by Al Gore, along with the internet, and everybody’s brains are getting deep-fried.
How else to explain what ESPN is doing to show us […]

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