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
Entries from May 2009
Hornung Statue To Be Dedicated June 2
April 26th, 2006 · No Comments
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
Tags: Basketball · Miscellaneous · Sports