When the noted Kentucky football fan Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give me death,” he obviously had no idea how cold and dreary it can get in Memphis at this time of year. Indeed, to be perfectly honest, the death of the 2008 Wildcat football season would have been preferable to the Liberty […]

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Since college football already has 34 bowl games, about three of which actually mean anything to somebody other than slobbering football wingnuts, Louisville might as well get into the game. I can see no reason whatsoever why we shouldn’t have a bowl game right here in River City as early as next December.
It’s rather silly, […]

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Bogus headline No. 1: “Alabama’s Saban Announces 10 Per Cent Pay Cut, Promises to Give Money to General Fund.”

The nation’s economic crisis seems to have hit every area of society except the sports world. The New York Yankees, for example, recently signed a free-agent pitcher for an amount that’s only slightly below the budget for […]

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At one end of the possibilities spectrum, maybe Kentucky Coach Billy Clyde Gillispie is a genius who has a grand plan that only he can see. In this scenario, the Wildcats will coalesce at some future date, and then his puzzling personnel and strategy decisions will become abundantly clear.
At the other end, Gillispie is in […]

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INDIANAPOLIS – After watching Indiana fall to Gonzaga, 70-54, Saturday in the first basketball game played in Lucas Oil Arena, I see no reason to believe the Hoosiers can beat Kentucky. However, I also would advise the Wildcats to not bring their VMI or Miami game to Rupp Arena Saturday. The Hoosiers aren’t going to […]

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I enjoyed Keith Runyon’s farewell to Mazzoni’s in the Courier-Journal because I, too, mourn the passing of local restaurants. We have become a nation of chains, meaning that every city now more or less looks the same. Only the climate and backdrop are different.
In the 30-plus years I spent traveling the nation to cover various […]

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On my Surprise-O-Meter, the needle didn’t even budge when Tennessee beat Kentucky in football. It was, after all, the Vols’ 24th consecutive victory over the Cats in a series that no longer deserves to be called a “rivalry.”
The needle quivered a bit, though, when I learned that Coach Rich Brooks had vehemently claimed that the […]

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