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Sunday Sound Off: The Full Manti & Much More

January 20, 2013 – 2:52 pm

Here’s some perspective, Louisville Cardinal faithful, on yesterday’s home L to Syracuse. Fourteen teams in the Top 25 lost last week. And that doesn’t include not-in-Top-25 Wisconsin, who gave a Top 10 performance in Bloomington before going Bottom 150 in a loss to Iowa. It’s conference play time. So much fun it is. * * [...]

By c d kaplan | Also posted in Baseball, Fandom, Hockey, Hoops, NCAA Tournament, NFL, NHL, Personalities, Soccer, U of L, UK | Comments (1)

Sports Sunday: Clearing Off The Desk Before Kickoff

August 26, 2012 – 10:29 am

Yes, friends, we are but days away from that time of year that SEC commish Mike Slive likes to call Moneyball. College football, and soon thereafter the game played by the play for more pay guys, are bout to kickoff. Not soon enough if you ask me. (Though my Tigers are neck and neck with [...]

By c d kaplan | Also posted in Baseball, College Pigskin, Fandom, Golf, IU, NFL, TV, U of L | Comments (2)

Sports Sunday: British Edition + Bonus Stateside Stuff

July 22, 2012 – 3:00 pm

As if to desensitize us to the plethora of shots of Big Ben we’ll be seeing in the weeks to come during coverage of the London Olympics, we were “treated” to an all Brit all the time weekend of sports. Two of the world’s great sporting events wound up today, one dominated by Brits, the [...]

By c d kaplan | Also posted in College Sports, Golf, NCAA, Personalities, TV, U of L | Comments (3)

Monday’s Sports Musings

July 16, 2012 – 9:06 pm

There’s a note sitting on my desk. It’s been here for several days. I’ve ignored it while frolicking at Forecastle. It reads “Death Penalty @ Penn State?” And, of course, while I procrastinated, the ever professional, more vigilant than myself, Rick Bozich weighed in this afternoon on the topic. With essentially the same thoughts that [...]

By c d kaplan | Also posted in Announcing, College Pigskin, College Sports, Hoops, Personalities, TV | Comments (4)

Sunday’s Sports Slog with a Stiff Upper Lip

July 8, 2012 – 12:19 pm

Riddle me this, ye poobahs who run Wimbledon. How come you keep the roof you built for just such instances open when it’s going to rain on center court? Or, like now when it is, uh, raining as I write with the Men’s Championship tied at a set a piece between Roger Federer and homie [...]

By c d kaplan | Also posted in Calipari, Tennis | Comments (1)