November 19, 2012 – 10:28 am
Since the grass most always appears greener on the neighbor’s lawn, it’s just about a sure thing that Maryland — and its Sarah Palinish running mate, Rutgers — shall be jerrymandered into the numerically-incorrect Big Ten sooner rather than later. Which, assuming the Domino Effect is in play, means UConn will jump the Big East [...]
November 1, 2012 – 9:58 am
Ran into an actual honest to Betsy U of L basketball insider last evening. His credential: The Rick invited him in to watch the team practice. He was the only non-program person in the gym. Impressive. A FORWP (Friend of Rick With Portfolio.) I also learned quickly why he maintains that status. When I asked, [...]
October 23, 2012 – 4:04 pm
Anybody out there watching Celtic take on Barcelona in a Champions League match at Camp Nou? Didn’t think so. Surprisingly, Celtic is up early, 1 nil. But you really really don’t care, right? I’ll move on. * * * * * Despite all the negative tests, Lance Armstrong did take performance enhancing drugs, it seems. [...]
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Well, I’ll be honest here. I’ve been blindsided by the commencement of Olympic competition . . . without my requisite cache of beverages, chips, dips and DiGiorno in the freezer or Delivery on speed dial or both. Woe is me. Soccer has started. Yesterday, the US Women Soccer team bested France after a slow beginning. [...]
Now that he has traveled, with kleig lights ever shining down upon him, from The Blunder to the Plunder of Thunder, we/I are/am left to take a look at his game, his place in the pantheon of professional hoops and, to be fair, ourselves/myself as much as He Who Would Dare Be Dubbed King. LeBron [...]
If you are a Fan of my Facebook page — and if you don’t “Like” it, why the hell not? — you should have already noticed that I posted in the comment section some serious and heartfelt apologia for misdirected sniper shots fired in yesterday morning’s screed. Among the random shots I fired and which [...]
I’m sssssssssssssizzlin’ already. Lets’ get this party started. Ready, aim . . . Name Game. Let’s do Tiger. Tiger, Tiger bo biger bonana fana fo figer/ Fe fi mo figer, Tiger The telecast of the US Open’s final round is just hours away. And I’m looking for some help here. My supposition is that Tiger [...]
Former UK coach Joe B. Hall has always been forthright about that ’77-’78 NCAA championship season. It wasn’t fun, he’s admitted. Carrying the 200 lb + carcass of Adolph Rupp on his back, and having to fend off forays from that upstart Denny Crum down the road, the ever irascible Hall needed to win the [...]
There are reasons why most basketball fans will glory in a Miami LeBrons’ defeat tonight, while tipping their hats to San Antonio, even though the Spurs blew a double digit halftime lead in their loss to OKC last night, eliminating them from another title shot. Grace. Humility. All pro Tim Duncan on the game: “We [...]
Let’s start out with the Prevarication of the Day. As a member of U of L’s credentialed media, I received this message this afternoon: “Forward Stephan Van Treese has been provided his release from the University of Louisville men’s basketball team.” Given that Rick Pitino’s hoops squad was over the limit on schollys, there’s been [...]
