Keeping Score on Sports Radio

Trying to keep up with the world of sports talk on radio and TV around here is something only crazed, die-hard fans would even attempt to do. But now that the EZ and Bo Show has returned to the airwaves at 1450 AM, let's re-set the playing field.
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Nov 5, 09
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Today in Sports

It's a busy sports day here in Possibility City.
The U of L men's basketball team plays an exhibition against Bellarmine in Freedom Hall at 7 p.m. (televised on WHAS-11). The Rick is still juggling his lineup in this tune-up against the Knights, ran
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Nov 4, 09
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Spooky and Sparse at Papa John's

The announced crowd at Saturday's spectacle at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium was 21,497. Even that seemed a stretch. At the end of a game that wasn't safely tucked away until just 22 seconds remained, you couldn't have found a tenth of the number.
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Nov 2, 09
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Calvin Borel for SI's Sportsman of the Year?

I don't envy the editors at Sports Illustrated, who already are working to decide who will win the magazine's prestigious “Sportsman of the Year” award for 2009.
I don't get a vote, but I've come up with a Final Five and I can make a strong case fo
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Nov 2, 09
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Do The Right Thing, Coach K.
I can't find anybody, even those who like Steve Kragthorpe personally, who can make the case that he should be given another season as the University of Louisville's head football coach. The record is 2-5 heading into Saturday's home game against Ark
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Oct 28, 09
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An Endorsement: Bionic Racquetball Glove

If there's one thing I'm passionate about, it's racquetball. I've been at it for almost 30 years, so when I learned my good friends down at Louisville Slugger were developing a new racquetball glove, I knew I had to have one.
So I got in touch with
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Oct 28, 09
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UK Coal Lodge Living Down to Stereotype?

Whenever somebody from the national media goes up into Eastern Kentucky and does a documentary about coal and poverty, which are inextricably linked, you can bet that the elected representatives of the folks who live there will howl like scalded cats
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Oct 28, 09
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Don't Sleep on Arky State

The Arkansas State Red Wolves (2-4, 1-2 Sun Belt) took undefeated and currently seventh-ranked Iowa to the wire, losing by only 3 points in Iowa City on Oct. 3rd.
So for those U of L fans who are thinking maybe the Cards (2-5, 0-3) can get an easy w
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Oct 27, 09
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Give Arena an A in Media

Every month, the Arena Authority has its meeting downtown to talk about progress on the building site. U of L will be playing basketball there in a year.
But today it seems the Authority ran out of things to talk about -- no naming rights updates, n
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Oct 26, 09
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UofL Cardinals vs. Cincy Bearcats
Oct 23, 2009
Here are my predictions for a few games this week starting with:
Cincy 84 - UofL 10
...and no I am not being facetious
My predictions on the rest of the UofL season can be seen here
Rutgers 31 - Army 22
Alabama 29 - Tennessee 26
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Oct 23, 09
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Calipari already Hitting the Wall?

Well, that didn't take long, did it?
Even before the University of Kentucky basketball team has lined up for its first exhibition game, we already have questions about prized recruit John Wall's academic eligibility.
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Oct 23, 09
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Recruiting Coup: Draper to Boston

WHAS-TV sports guy Kyle Draper has landed a job in Boston, working for Comcast. His last day at the station is Nov. 27.
Draper's built a reputation as a real pro at WHAS-TV, tackling some tough stories and asking tough questions when necessary. I re
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Oct 22, 09
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The New UofL Head Football Coach is Announced
Oct 22, 2009
2:00 pm est
An announcement is coming that a coaching change will be made at the University of Louisville. The change will not only include the firing of Head Coach Steve Kragthorpe, but a complete overhaul of the entire staff. You wi
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Oct 22, 09
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Beware a Highly Motivated Ricky P.

The incredible hype that John Calipari has inspired in Lexington and throughout the basketball world has totally overshadowed the fact that there's a pretty darned good coach in Louisville who's licking his wounds, keeping his counsel, and working wi
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Oct 20, 09
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A Time for Hope in Card Nation
For much of the time I spent watching the Louisville football team on TV Saturday afternoon, I was thinking that maybe Steve Kragthorpe had actually managed to turn things around.
The offense was moving the ball up and down the field. The Cards were
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Oct 19, 09
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Lessons Learned by U of L Pair

So you probably heard that U of L ballers Terrence Jennings and Jerry Smith had their day in court, each pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest. The incident occurred at a Homecoming party after a U of L football game two weeks a
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Oct 19, 09
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Oh My God, What if Coach K Wins Saturday?!?!

Jeez Louise, I just had the most horrifying thought: What if Coach K actually pulls off the upset this weekend?
I mean, sure, there's like a snowball's chance in heck of that actually happening when the Cardinals go up the road to play the fifth-ran
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Oct 19, 09
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