October 22, 2009 – 6:57 pm
Not much I like better on a gray autumn day than the squeak of sneakers on hardwood.
Observations from Chairman Rick at Media Day:
“The team has a great attitude, maybe the best since I’ve been coaching.
“Reggie Delk will be much better than (we) witnessed last year. TWill simply dominated him so in practice. (Later, during one [...]
October 19, 2009 – 3:58 pm
From: Larry Wilder
Scott Roby
Today, University of Louisville student-athletes, Terrence Jennings and Jerry Smith, were arraigned on charges of Resisting Law Enforcement as Class A Misdemeanors. Immediately following the arraignment both Jennings and Smith entered pleas of guilty to the underlying charges.
The pair admitted that, on October 11, 2009, they “knowingly and intentionally defied, obstructed and [...]
October 16, 2009 – 12:27 pm
Put your hands on your computer screens, children, and give me a big Hallelujah.
Basketball practice starts today. (And, while my favorite team — U of L’s Cardinals — don’t have a Midnight Madness, my guess is The Rick has already put the boys through their first practice. If not, it will be soon enough. And, [...]
September 28, 2009 – 8:56 pm
And I’m not talking football, but the sport that was, is and always will be #1 in the Land o’ Red & Black: Basketball.
My source is a person of reasonable reliability with no reason to pass along anything so spicy unless he/ she believed it was with merit, a person who has been part of [...]
September 16, 2009 – 9:10 pm
. . . and giving serious props to Gary Parrish, cbssports.com’s college baskeball expert . . . and praying for Billy Clyde Gillispie’s recovery.
Larry Eustachy is now the hoops coach at Southern Mississippi.
A little over a half decade ago, when he was at Iowa State, he was legitimately in the conversation about the [...]
September 14, 2009 – 12:49 pm
Moniker of the Day. Is there a more appropriately skewed nickname in sports than the Cincinnati Bungles? Talk about hard cheese. When it takes a miracle to beat the striped ones at Paul Brown Stadium, the miracle occurs.
Who Ya Got? Jay Cutler or Kyle Orton? Superstar whiner Cutler was 17-36 with a TD and — [...]
September 9, 2009 – 11:22 pm
An eagle eyed reader has advised of some UK hoops staff changes observed by Cat fan Larry Vaught at his all things Big Blue web site.
John Calipari has hired Brandon Weems as a graduate assistant. Not sure exactly what his qualifications are, but he was a high school teammate of LeBron James, and is said [...]
September 8, 2009 – 2:55 pm
Guess which upper echelon hoops program nabbed the best junior forward in the land over the weekend? Ho hum, it’s the Tar Heels. The rich continue to get richer. Kid’s name is James McAdoo. That sure sounds familiar. I wonder if he’s relatedto . . .
No American man has made it to the quarter [...]
September 6, 2009 – 8:39 pm
The Film Babe and I are going to see the late show of “In The Loop.” But it doesn’t start for another hour and a half. So here I am killin’ time, thinking about the world of sports.
Is Rachel Alexandra the sportsperson of the year?
My Detroit Tigers are 7 games up in the AL Central. [...]
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August 31, 2009 – 11:19 am
A poster named madvillecard posted this at insidetheville.com. Given all the negativitude we’ve been dealing with lately regarding hoops in the commonwealth, I thought I’d share this blast from more halcyon times. Enjoy:
Those were the days, my friends, those were the days.
– Seedy K
