February 3, 2011 – 12:57 pm
Preston Knowles has a pulled hammy. Imagine my surprise. I’ve said it before and I’ll reiterate. Injuries such as those suffered by Rak Buckles and Gorgui Dieng are just dumb bad luck. The epidemic of leg and groin injuries suffered by Louisville Cardinals during the Pitino Era has to be more than coincidence. Overworked, tired [...]
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*** It’s the Lakers and the Celtics, just the way David Stern and the TV guys want it to be. I’ll be rooting for the Green. (Unlike those classic Bird vs. Magic smackdowns, where, for some reason I can’t figure out, I cheered for the LaLas.) But I think Phil Jackson is going to get [...]
Dr. Doom and Professor Gloom a/k/a The Grim Reapers are obviously on a tour of the Northeast. Having wrecked havoc in Cleveland on Thursday night, when the Cavs spit out the bit in the NBA Eastern Conference semis, the GPs took the red eye to Beantown. Where they dealt the NHL Bruins an even more [...]
Beware the Stache. Lord only knows what the real deal is with this year’s Derby ticket scam? The 2010 edition stars U of L assistant Steve Masiello, Oldham County Magistrate Scott Davis and the nefarious Stephen Netherton. Since it is only peripherally a sports matter, I shan’t comment extensively. But I’ll be watching. I do [...]
Apparently the UK coach — that would be basketball coach John “Asking for a Lifetime Contract” Calipari — dropped into the Q last night, where he watched former Wildcat Rajon Rondo and his fellow Celtics whomp the Cavs and Cal’s close and personal superstar but MIA friend LeBron James up one side of the head [...]
Rave On, Rajon. Okay, so the former Eastern Eagle never really was a U of L Cardinal. But he sure wanted to be. But The Rick has a thing for New York point guards, soooooo . . . Rondo finally had the good sense to say, “I’m tired of waiting. I’m going to UK.” By [...]
I’m home, full of oysters, soft shell crab, jambalaya, crawfish pie and file gumbo. And crawfish strudel. Only in the Crescent City. Sound Familiar, River City? Cyril Crutchfield was, until last Monday, one of the best high school football coaches in Louisiana. His South Plaquemines teams won three state titles in the last decade. He [...]
April 18, 2010 – 11:36 am
Because I’m laid up with a sprained ankle, which needs to heal before I leave for vacation this week, I spent far too much of a beautiful Saturday, after a visit to the E.R., fully experiencing R.I.C.E.. Rest. Ice. Compression. Elevation. Fortunately it seems to be working. So, I spent most of the day in [...]
Those of you who care about the NBA and have long forgotten that basketball, even the pay for play kind, is a team game, are salivating at a LeBron vs. Kobe championship series. That would be Cleveland vs. L.A., for the one or two of you who remain uninitiated. So too are lovers of pro [...]
April 15, 2010 – 10:13 am
Last night, an absolutely glorious April evening, marked Opening Day for the Louisville Bats. 9, 207 root, root, rooted for the home team at Slugger Field. To no avail. The local nine lost 0-3. It’s a shame. But there’s another game tonight. Tomorrow night, don’t bother knockin’, the house will be rockin’. Cuban phenom Aroldis [...]
