LEXINGTON – The Southeastern Conference released the 2012 football schedule Wednesday, including updates for Kentucky’s slate featuring the addition of Missouri and the deletion of LSU. Along with the two adjustments of opponents, six of Kentucky’s eight SEC games have a change of date from UK’s previously announced schedule. In addition, UK will play host …
Monthly Archive: December 2011
Dec 21
An NCAA violation? Are you serious?
Georgia football coach Mark Richt violated NCAA rules when he provided a few of his assistant coaches with supplemental pay out of his own pocket. The school cited economic concerns as a reason for holding back pay increases to several members of Richt’s staff and the Georgia coach took matters into his own hands. Richt …
Dec 19
Lamb stepping up
Kentucky sophomore guard Doron Lamb is stepping it up. Lamb has led the Cats in scoring four times this season and has been the team’s top scorer in the past two games. Lamb scored 19 points in the Cats’ loss to Indiana and followed that up with 24 points in last Saturday’s easy win over …
Dec 17
Have laptop, Droid, will travel
Friday was just one of those days. I have a calendar that lists games that need to be covered and where I will be during the week, sometimes, the unexpected makes an appearance every once in a while. Such was the case Friday. Around 3:30 p.m., my phone started ringing and the texts started flowing. …
Dec 12
Brawls have no place in college basketball
I covered a basketball game that included a brawl. It was no fun. It happened on Feb. 10, 2003 at Eastern Kentucky University in a game between the Colonels and Tennessee State. This incident came to my remembrance after the Cincinnati-Xavier incident Saturday. At latest report from the Associated Press, a southwest Ohio prosecutor will …
Dec 07
UK Basketball: Duke atop rivalry wish list
The landscape of college basketball is changing with conferences changing from smaller cells into larger ones. The addition of Missouri and Texas A&M in the Southeastern Conference, presents potential scheduling conflicts, endangering traditional rivalries in favor of more conference games in the future. Kentucky currently has rivalry games with North Carolina, Indiana and Louisville. One …
Dec 06
EKU’s Hood named top coach
No surprise here: Eastern Kentucky University football coach Dean Hood was honored as one of five NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Regional Coaches of the Year Tuesday by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Under Hood’s guidance, the Colonels (7-5) won six of their final seven regular season games to earn a share …
Dec 05
Barnes: Jury is out on Cal’s Cats
LEXINGTON – North Carolina standout Harrison Barnes isn’t sure if this year’s Kentucky team is as good as last year’s squad. Barnes and the Tar Heels defeated the last year’s version during the regular season, but lost to Kentucky in the regional finals last March. Although the top-ranked Wildcats defeated Barnes and the Tar Heels …
Dec 01
Build a new Rupp Arena or renovate? Here’s my take
While driving around Richmond Wednesday night, my wife Rhonda and I circled around a former car lot that housed two major car dealerships in the past 20 years. The Richmond Mall sits nearly vacant, with plenty of room for tenants. I hate wasted space and dislike letting a building sit empty after an establishment has …
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