Mar 31
Each year, I speak to fourth-graders at Kingston Elementary School in Madison County. The speaking engagement gives me an opportunity to talk about my job as a sports journalist to children my wife Rhonda teach each and every day. I usually try a different routine each year, but those fourth-graders are always very eager to …
Mar 30
Although Kentucky fell short of reaching the Final Four, it would be hard to argue the Wildcats enjoyed their best season in more than a decade. Kentucky finished the year with a remarkable 35-3 record in coach John Calipari’s first season as coach of the Wildcats. Now, the team faces the possibility of a major …
Mar 28
The past three weeks have been a joy ride. I have covered the George Rogers Clark girls basketball team in the girls Sweet Sixteen, covered the Kentucky Wildcats in the Southeastern Conference Tournament during the same weekend in Nashville and traveled more than 3,000 miles that spans eight states from as far South to the …
Mar 27
I have arrived in Syracuse. Got here 15 minutes ago from Buffalo and in the lobby of the Sheraton. The drive from Buffalo wasn’t bad. Ran some Kentucky fans from Breckenridge County. Also ran into some folks from West Virginia and got a good view of the Carrier Dome from the Interstate – 81 I …
Mar 27
I had never stepped foot in New York. That was until last night when I checked into the Hampton Inn in Buffalo, N.Y. Friday night. I left Richmond at 1:30 p.m. Friday and arrived in Buffalo around 10 p.m. The only stops I made were for gas, restroom and a trek through McDonalds for dinner. …
Mar 25
So much emphasis has been placed on the athletic team (Kentucky) and the academic team (Cornell) heading into the East Regional semifinal game at the Carrier Dome in New York. The past couple of days, national media folk have been touting Cornell’s academic stature and putting down Kentucky’s lack of supposed intellegence, citing the state …
Mar 24
Former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie is rumored to be the next coach at the University of Houston. If Gillispie is hired, he will be given a second chance to succeed at the collegiate level after sitting out this past season. Gillispie sat out this past season after getting fired by the Wildcats last spring. Gillispie …
Mar 23
I admit it. I messed up. In the first NCAA bracket, I overlooked Northern Iowa, Butler, Cornell, Baylor and Saint Mary’s. If you picked all of those five teams to reach the Sweet Sixteen, you are in the wrong profession. Despite not picking five of the remaining 16 teams correctly, three of my original Final …
Mar 22
We all know Cornell is an Ivy League school. They also know how to mix athletics and academics. The Big Red will take on the Big Blue from Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen Thursday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. The school’s name isn’t among the traditional elite names in college basketball, but for …
Mar 21
Arrived home sweet home at 7 p.m. Sunday night. In the past 24 hours, we’ve drove through five states – Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee – before hitting the Kentucky border again. Spent the night at Hampton Inn in Miss. before heading out early Sunday morning. It was a long, but interesting drive. Enjoyed …
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