UK Is Lucky It Missed Duke
INDIANAPOLIS -- Here on Easter Sunday, it's abundantly clear that Big Blue Nation should be thankful for West Virginia. Had the Mountaineers not eliminated the Kentucky Wildcats in the finals of the NCAA East Regional, it's now obvious that UK would have suffered an even greater humiliation at the h
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Apr 4, 10
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Butler, Duke Are Shaky Picks
INDIANAPOLIS -- The inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, once said that it's a game to be played, not coached. Sadly, however, the game has evolved into something Naismith never could have envisioned. It's dominated by control-freak coaches who do their utmost to wring out the creativity and
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Apr 3, 10
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Final Four Friday, Part 3
INDIANAPOLIS -- I would like to be able to tell you that I was an eye-witness to the wild reception the Butler Bulldogs got from 20,000 or so fans when they took the floor for their Final Four shoot-around yesterday in Lucas Oil Stadium.
But, dear reader, I cannot lie: I was in the press working
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Apr 2, 10
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Final Four Friday, Part 2
INDIANAPOLIS – So now I'm at the Downtown Marriott, the official media headquarters hotel, and I'm waiting to see who wins the Associated Press version of the Coach and Player of the Year awards.
The suspense in the player category ends early when Ohio State's Evan Turner walks in, accompanied by
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Apr 2, 10
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Here's A Toast to Duke
I liked Duke University even before my older daughter enrolled there in 1990. One reason was that Duke was connected, however tenuously, to the Methodist church, in which I was raised. Another was that Jeff Mullins, whom I covered during his senior year (1959-'60)at Lexington Lafayette High, picked
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Mar 26, 10
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Where Are the One-and-Doners?
At no point during this basketball season did I get the feeling that John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, and Eric Bledsoe were playing as much for the University of Kentucky as they were for their careers in the NBA.
They came to Lexington not to get an education and not because they had any kind of dee
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Mar 29, 10
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How I Helped Cornell Beat UK
On the day of the first basketball game between Kentucky and Cornell since Dec. 28, 1966, I might as well tell you about why Adolph Rupp accused me of helping the Ivy League school shock the mighty Wildcats, 92-77, in Memorial Coliseum.
That was the season after the UK team known as “Rupp's Runts
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Mar 25, 10
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Cornell over Kentucky? Un-bear-able to Think
Remember this? Yeah, me niether It has been debated over the course of the entire week, it's the trendiest pick since Murray State raced past Vanderbilt. The match-ups could not be more polar, every aspect of these two teams are different. From the short, slow, and cold reaches of New
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Mar 25, 10
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River City Rappel for SOKY
Many of you know that my oldest child was born with Fragile X Chromosome Syndrome and is mentally disabled as a result. Terrence has been a Special Olympics athlete for more than 25 years now. While I've developed a perpetual case of "bleacher butt", participating in a competitve sports league
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May 16, 10
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Final Four Friday, Part 1
INDIANAPOLIS – The day begins with the U.S. Basketball Writers Awards Breakfast at the Columbia Club. I bought a ticket on the internet, received it in the mail, and put it in a secure place which I couldn't remember when I started looking for it. Growing old is hell.
Fortunately, a nice lady at
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Apr 2, 10
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Wildcat Baseball: Now We're the Only Thing You've Got Left
Basketball season is officially over for the University of Kentucky (and no I don't want to talk about it), and now the huddled masses wait by their twitter feeds for a scrap of information about whether we will face a mass exodus of our most cherished treasures (of the last nine months). But what w
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Apr 1, 10
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Weekly Wildcat Baseball Update
Boy howdy, what a week that was, eh? So full of anticipation and when the moment finally came and the announcement was made public, I nearly jumped for joy. I would like to be the first writer to personally congratulate Chuck Dickerson, who was named the Central Region's Gymnastics Assistant
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Apr 16, 10
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F. A. T. E. ( Females are Thoroughbred Enthusiasts)
If you are a female and a horse-racing enthusiast, there is a group for you. FATE is a group of ladies dedicated to demystifying the sport of horseracing for women. We have occasional get-togethers at Churchill Downs and elsewhere, usually involving good food, good drink, and door prizes. We also
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Jul 1, 10
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Wednesday Wildcat Wood 'n' Leather Update
I've been away for a while, traveling the world and blogging about baseball on Thursdays (which is soooo not worth it this time of year) but now I'm back on the normal day, with a well-tanned and oiled version of your weekly baseball update. I'm excited to show off my
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Apr 22, 10
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Weekly Wildcat Wood 'n' Leather Update
"Good evening sports fans, and welcome to another edition of Tribe Talk." Of course we are not members of the tribe, and that's not the usual weekly picture for the update. It's okay, you'll get your serving of baseball updates, but first I want to give tribute to a great
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Apr 30, 10
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Weekly Wildcat Baseball Update
Welcome back baseball fans, to another edition of your weekly baseball update. Last update Big Blue baseball was hurting after dropping some much needed conference games, and the Harry Doyle coping strategy was about to be put into effect . #4 South Carolina came to town for a three game
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May 12, 10
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Calipari and NBA rumblings
With the elimination of the Cleveland Cavaliers from the NBA playoffs, speculation has run rampant that Coach Calipari will leave UK after one season to potentially have the opportunity to coach Lebron James next season. Friday afternoon, Coach Calipari tweeted the following: "I want to address this
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May 15, 10
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Recovery Suits Launched
Every now and then a new technology is introduced that will significantly improve the way your body recover from strenuous workouts or athletic competition. Effective immediately McDavid Sports Medicine announced that it's unique recovery suit is accessible in the consumer market. Previous recovery
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Jul 21, 10
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A Word on De-commitments
Roy Williams is already on him With the recent de-commitment of Austin Rivers from the fetid swamplands of Florida, the era of early commitments has lost another ounce of credibility. But who are we kidding? Early commitments have never meant anything. There was a time that a young man entering
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Apr 14, 10
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Wobble For Fitness
You may have likely seen various odd looking round boards or maybe plastic disks laying around the gym and wondered "Just what the heck are all those?" Those small flying saucers are known as "Wobble Boards" or simply "Balance Boards". Initially I was thinking they might look like some sort
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Jul 21, 10
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