Say a Prayer for Bobby Stallings
There was the time in 1979 when I was covering the Super Bowl in Miami and Bobby Stallings was playing host to a bunch of our fellow sports derelicts at his condo in Fort Lauderdale. I can't remember everybody who was there, but I know that Tommy Musselman, Lynn Griffin,
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Feb 23, 10
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UPDATED: Desperately Searching for Boner...Star committed Suicide
UPDATE: It's now been confirmed that the body of Andrew Koenig has been found and his father said in a press conference that his son had committed suicide. Choking back tears Walter Koenig said his son had been depressed. Koenig and his wife walked off the set of Larry King
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Feb 25, 10
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Mixed Martial Arts: a Symptom of America's Decline
There's a cancer on our society, and it's growing. No, I don't mean artificial sweeteners or reality shows, though they do promote brainlessness and societal decay. I mean that mutant "sport" that's sweeping the nation, Mixed Martial Arts. I first became aware of the creeping MMA infection a few yea
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Feb 21, 10
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Did Louisville Invent the 'High Five'?
Nowadays, when someone exclaims "High Five!", there's a very good chance they're making a reference to Borat's famous catchphrase. But it wasn't always so. According to louisville.com: "It will forever be recorded in etymology books that the late University of Louisville basketball player Derek Smit
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Mar 6, 10
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A Pitino Rumor from the Big Apple
Do you really think that, as the New York Daily News is suggesting in a story today, that Rick Pitino wants to leave town and coach the New Jersey Nets? I don't think he likes T-Will that much. U of L, of course, has its denials all ready to go.
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Feb 11, 10
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Cigar-chomping medalists cause scandal?
When Scotty Lago left the Olympics in "shame" over a photo of rather inappropriate celebration with his snowboarding medal, I asked the question: Would it be seen differently if he had been a female athlete?" The latest Olympic celebration scandal may shed light on the answer to that question. The
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Feb 26, 10
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Memo to WKU: Call Derrick Ramsey
As its new athletics director, Western Kentucky University needs a football man who can help new coach Willie Taggert build a program that's competitive in Division I-A or the Bowl Subdivision or whatever pseudo-title the NCAA uses for big-time college football.
It needs somebody who knows the st
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Feb 28, 10
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Lamest sex scandal EVER raises questions
When a bronze-winning snowboarder has to flee the Olympics because of "racy photos" -- well, you expect something pretty racy. It's not like snowboarders are the shy and retiring types, the kind of people easily embarrassed. But the first story I read on the subject didn't show the photos, and
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Feb 22, 10
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Last Dance in Freedom Hall
Now that it is upon us, a lot of people seem surprised by how emotional they feel. After tomorrow afternoon's game against Syracuse, the University of Louisville never again will play a home game in Freedom Hall. Next season the men's and women's teams both will begin playing in the new downtown are
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Mar 5, 10
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Catch a Tiger by the Tail...he's about to talk!
Where to file this? "Sports?" "News?" "Entertainment?" "Train Wreck?" I'll stick with sports. After a Thanksgiving Day wreck that ignited a firestorm of controversy, more porn stars and blonds than you'd find on the strip in Vegas, and rumors of sex rehab, Tiger Woods is going to talk. Friday mornin
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Feb 17, 10
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How About A Cats-Cards Rematch?
Now that it looks as if Louisville will make the NCAA field – the win over Syracuse was a huge step in that direction – you can bet that the selection committee, bless their devilish hearts, will find a way to put the Cardinals somewhere in Kentucky's path to the Final Four.
A rematch between the
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Feb 15, 10
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Support Our Troops? Yep, but NOT at the Olympics...
Here's a head scratcher. There have been several dust ups and embarrassments at the winter games but this one left me divided. What do you think? Here's the deal: United States ice hockey goalie Jonathan Quick had a 'Support Our Troops' slogan on his helmet. While that seems pretty benign
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Feb 22, 10
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Bellarmine's Goal Still Reachable
My most enjoyable basketball experiences of the current season have not come in Freedom Hall, Rupp Arena, or Assembly Hall. They have come in Knights Hall on the campus of Bellarmine University, where everything about Coach Scott Davenport's program reflects college basketball as it was meant to be.
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Feb 26, 10
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C-J Owes Cox An Apology
Shame, shame on The Courier-Journal for not including Earl Cox in its otherwise outstanding special Sunday section about the end of the University of Louisville's reign in Freedom Hall.
For those who have asked, it doesn't bother me that my former employer, which I served as sports editor from 19
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Mar 3, 10
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Security to be Ramped Up for Last Game at Freedom Hall
Officials are beefing up security ahead of Saturday's final regular season U of L basketball game at Freedom Hall, anticipating that some fans might try to steal parts of the iconic arena as souvenirs. It's happened at Yankee and Shea Stadiums recently—fans were arrested for trying to steal pieces o
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Mar 4, 10
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Tiger Tucks Tail And Talks...
"Irresponsible and selfish behavior." That's how Tiger Woods described his actions of the past. Standing in a room of handpicked friends and members of the media Woods gave his mea culpa. He talked about and to the people he says he let down: His wife, his mother, his friends, his colleagues, his
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Feb 19, 10
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No NCAA Joy for My Students
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- At both the campuses where I teach, Indiana University in Bloomington and IUPUI in Indianapolis, there's no building excitement about the NCAA tournament because neither school's name will be called when the 65-team field is announced Sunday evening.
This assumes, of course,
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Mar 11, 10
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Trinity Adds Iroquois to Schedule for Wednesday
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No. 1 Trinity's will host Iroquois on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Steinhauser Gymnasium in a game added to the schedule on Tuesday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. Six senior student-athletes will be honored in a pre-game ceremony prior to their final home game in
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Feb 16, 10
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SEC Tournament: Road to the Northern Border
With the SEC regular season wrapping up and minor conference NCAA tournament tickets being punched left and right, we begin to examine the tournaments before the tournament. Members of the selection committee have stated that performance in conference tournaments don't matter,once a team loses it be
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Mar 8, 10
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Two Louisville Bats make MLB.com's top-50 prospect list
1B Yonder Alonso and 3B Juan Francisco, two players who appeared with the Louisville Bats last season, appeared on MLB.com's list of the top-50 prospects in Major League Baseball. There's a good chance both will playn at least some of the coming season right here in Louisville. Article on Alonso
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Feb 18, 10
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