Ktaylor

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Name: Keith Taylor
Date registered: September 10, 2008
URL: http://www.winchestersun.com/

Latest posts

  1. Calipari: Last year a learning curve — May 16, 2013
  2. Calipari likes Hawkins’ ‘will to win’ — May 15, 2013
  3. SEC, ESPN reach new TV deal — May 2, 2013
  4. Burkhead happy to be a Bengal — April 28, 2013
  5. College Basketball: Midnight Madness could start earlier this season — April 19, 2013

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  1. Cats get 63 of 65 votes in AP poll — 3 comments
  2. Rogers to join Cousins — 3 comments
  3. UK Basketball: Timing is everything — 3 comments
  4. Cool nicknames — 2 comments
  5. NCAA Tournament times, dates and sites — 2 comments

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May 16

Calipari: Last year a learning curve

Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari considered last season a learning curve. Even though Calipari won his first national title as a coach two years ago, he experienced more growing pains as a coach last season. What did he learn? “First of all, you have to have more than eight scholarship players. You may ask …

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May 15

Calipari likes Hawkins’ ‘will to win’

Kentucky coach John Calipari talked about Madiso Central senior Dominique Hawkins during his press conference Wednesday. Calipari watched three of four games during Madison Central’s successful run in the boys state tournament in March. Hawkins was named Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball after leading the Indians to a 32-5 record and the school’s first state title last …

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May 02

SEC, ESPN reach new TV deal

ATLANTA (AP) — The Southeastern Conference and ESPN have announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said Thursday the SEC network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally. Slive says the …

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Apr 28

Burkhead happy to be a Bengal

Cincinnati Bengals photo

Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead was drafted as the 190th overall pick in the sixth round of the NFL Draft Saturday. Burkhead, son of former George Rogers Clark and Eastern Kentucky University standout Rick Burkhead, has ties to Winchester. His mom Robyn, also is a graduate of GRCHS and his grandparents still reside in Winchester. …

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Apr 19

College Basketball: Midnight Madness could start earlier this season

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Midnight Madness could begin earlier than usual this fall after the NCAA’s Legislative Council approved a new rule. One change would allow teams to hold up to 30 days of practice in the six weeks leading up to their first regular-season game. Previously, teams had only four weeks to get those practices …

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Apr 08

Pitino reflects on decision to take job at Louisville

Before he decided to take the men’s basketball job at Louisville in 2000, he had accepted the Michigan job, which also was vacant at the time. Pitino revisited the path that led him back to Kentucky during a press conference at the Georgia Dome Sunday. The Cardinals will take on Michigan for the NCAA title …

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Apr 01

Pitino: Louisville survived ‘death bracket’ to reach Final Four

Rick Pitino/AP photo

Louisville is the only No. 1 seed to advance to this week’s Final Four. The Cardinals defeated N.C A&T and Colorado State, followed by wins over Oregon and Duke to make a return trip to the national semifinals in the NCAA Tournament. Louisville coach Rick Pitino, whose team lost to eventual national champion Kentucky in …

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Mar 11

Verizon delivers during first phase of March Madness

Whether I’m covering a game at Rupp Arena or in tiny Carlisle, Kentucky, sometimes I need a wireless connection to help deliver the scores and news to our readers. That’s where the Verizon Lumia 822 came in handy during the past three weeks. Whether it be by posting scores to twitter or writing a story …

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Mar 05

Finalists for Mr and Miss Basketball named

Finalists for Kentucky Mr. and Miss Basketball were announced this morning. The boys’ list includes: Dominique Hawkins (Madison Central), Omar Prewitt (Montgomery County), Darryl Hicks (Trinity), Rusty Troutman (Bullitt East) and Derek Willis (Bullitt East). The girls’ list features: Larryn Brooks (Madison Central), Chiina Dow (Christian Academy of Louisville), Makayla Eps (Marion County), Kyvin Goodin-Rogers …

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Mar 04

Boys Sweet Sixteen tidbits

Received this tidbit from reader John Lovell after the Madison Central Indians defeated Lexington Catholic to win the school’s fourth 11th Region title last weekend at Eastern Kentucky’s McBrayer Arena. “Ken-Jah Bosley is the grandson of the first African-American to play basketball on an integrated high school team in Richmond. Kenard Bosley was a junior …

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