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Entries from May 2009

Hornung Statue To Be Dedicated June 2

April 26th, 2006 · No Comments

Known as the “Golden Boy” because of his movie-star looks and blond hair, Hornung arguably is the best all-around player in football history

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Tags: Football · History · Miscellaneous · Sports

Attorney General: Arena Authority In Violation Of Open Records Law

April 26th, 2006 · No Comments

If the Authority – Host, really, since he runs the Authority with an iron fist – can stall until after the site selection is final, then it will be too late for the Metro Council to act on whatever new information may be found in the documents requested by LEO.

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Tags: Basketball · Louisville Arena · Miscellaneous · Politics · Sports

Awful As It Was, It Could Have Been Worse

April 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The injury apparently knocked Valasquez out of the Kentucky Derby on May 6. Even at that, he was lucky

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Tags: Horse Racing · Keeneland · Kentucky Derby · Miscellaneous · Politics · Sports

Brother, Where Art Thou? Hint: Derby Favorite

April 24th, 2006 · No Comments

There’s so much potential speed in this year’s Derby that it will be a thinking man’s race, even more than usual

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Tags: Horse Racing · Kentucky Derby · Miscellaneous · Sports

Bud, not Bonds, Is Steroid Villain

April 18th, 2006 · No Comments

Bonds will deserve election when his time comes. He took advantage of baseball’s head-in-the-sand position on steroids. So the guy who should never, ever be put into the Hall of Fame is Commission Bud Selig.

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Tags: Miscellaneous · Sports

A Gambler’s Lament

April 17th, 2006 · No Comments

Once I had stopped bashing myself in the head with my fist, I found something in Sinister Minister’s Blue Grass victory that I liked

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Tags: Horse Racing · Keeneland · Kentucky Derby · Miscellaneous · Sports

First Samurai: Strong Contender?

April 14th, 2006 · No Comments

Keeneland’s Blue Grass Is Overdue To Produce A Kentucky Derby Winner

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Tags: Horse Racing · Keeneland · Kentucky Derby · Miscellaneous · Sports

A Trip Down Memory Lane

April 12th, 2006 · No Comments

Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame Inducts Six Special Contributors

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Tags: History · Miscellaneous · Politics · Sports · University of Kentucky

Better Late Than Never For Lefty

April 10th, 2006 · No Comments

Mickelson gets a wild-eyed gleam in his eyes that’s reminiscent of, well, a tiger moving in for the kill. His grin gets sort of goofy, much like a demented killer.

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Tags: Golf · Miscellaneous · Sports

Final Thoughts On A So-So Season

April 4th, 2006 · No Comments

Greatness was missing in action. Or, to be more accurate, greatness was playing in the NBA, not on the nation’s campuses.

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Tags: Basketball · Miscellaneous · Sports