April 24, 2012 – 12:48 pm
A little of this and a little of that: I don’t care that Terrence Jones had a flotilla of media types following along. I thought it kinda neat that he kept his promise and brought flowers to the U of L cheerleader he pummeled while chasing a loose ball in the NCAA semis. Maybe it [...]
It’s a rhetorical question, that title that has lured you into my lair. But a legitimate one nonetheless. Among the happenings this fine week: Final Four Weekend. Now there are those college hoops fans who believe the start of practice in October is bigger. For others it’s that national signing day when we see John [...]
January 29, 2012 – 2:44 pm
Here’s an old saw I haven’t talked about for awhile. Too many of the “elite” college referees are doing too many games. I just turned on the telly and caught the last couple seconds of Notre Dame’s impressive road W at UConn, which started at noon today (Sunday). And whom did I see under the [...]
January 12, 2012 – 9:44 am
State of the Cardinals. It is comforting to know that I’m not the only Louisville Cardinal fan thinking big picture after the Tuesday thrashing at Providence. More than a few U of L faithful have also gone apocalyptic. Another commitment kept me from the women’s scintillating comeback W last night over South Florida. I am [...]
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October 10, 2011 – 10:29 am
Show Me, Missouri. All eyes, at least those of the college sports world, are looking toward Columbia, Missouri. Is the domino teetering, ready to fall in a southeasterly direction? Or, are they shoring up their midwestern foundation? I know Cardinal fans have out their binoculars, hoping for a better view. So too, West Virginia Mountaineer [...]
August 15, 2011 – 10:12 am
I suppose in this day of incessant bloggery — Guilty, Your Honor — it’s hard for any public entity to keep a secret. Still, you’d think Texas A & M would have been a little more evasive about their plans to begin to try to jump into the SEC’s arms. The school obviously pissed off [...]
August 11, 2011 – 8:40 am
Okay, it’s true. As I plunder inexorably into my dotage, my memory isn’t what it was. The latest reminder came yesterday when a reader commented on a blog I’d posted in December, 2008. I guess he got to it through Google, since the subject is the insufferable Stevie Williams. You know, The Caddie Who Thinks [...]
August 8, 2011 – 10:20 am
A baby boomer, reared in the 50s, high schooled in the 60s, I have an American Graffiti take on celebrity. The romanticized era was one of delineation. There were Greasers. There were Socs. (Soft c, pronounced soshs, short for Socials.) Haves and Have Nots. Those who were “popular” and those not so. The captain of [...]
All those who took Tiger by the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in the office pool, raise your hand. You folks are just a days away from winning the pot over those that took Tiger by the PGA or Brett by, oh, whenever. And, because personality journalism reigns more than we’d like to admit, Tiger and Stevie are [...]
Revised 7/19. 6:58 am. The Claret is Darren’s. Good for Darren Clarke. We love when one of these old farts, a guy who has always been on the verge, but no higher, succeeds. Don’t we? He stayed steady. Dustin Johnson gagged. Phil Mickelson did, well, a Phil Mickelson. But, oh my, did Lefty toy with [...]
