http://www.kentucky.com/281/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Kentucky.com en-us Copyright 2008 Kentucky.com Sports Columnists 60 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:43:30 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/285/story/496387.html http://www.kentucky.com/285/story/496387.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:41 EDT
This is a basketball state. The Baron. The Fabulous Five. Mr. Wildcat. The Fiddlin' Five. Pitino. The hanging of the banners. Cawood's Court. Midnight Madness.

Basketball is in our blood and in our history, those of us who have been born and raised in the Bluegrass, and all those who wish they had.

So why is it that here, one scant week before they put toe to leather next Thursday, do we find ourselves again looking so forward to the football season?

I'll tell you why. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/287/story/494257.html http://www.kentucky.com/287/story/494257.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:46 EDT
Two years ago in the Herald-Leader College Football Preview, I picked Louisville to beat Kentucky by 32 points.

U of L won by 31.

Last season, I predicted Kentucky would upset U of L by four.

Six was the Cats' actual margin of victory. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/284/story/466176.html http://www.kentucky.com/284/story/466176.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:38 EDT
Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie began a news conference last week by noting the greater familiarity that comes with being a second-year coach: .The players have a greater sense of comfort because there's not as much unknown,. he said. .You know what to expect more. They know what to expect more..

All true. But UK will go into 2008-09 with enough mystery to please those who prefer suspense.

Who will be the point guard?

.A big question mark going into the season,. Gillispie said. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/283/story/446663.html http://www.kentucky.com/283/story/446663.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:37 EDT
The University of Kentucky pipeline that UK offensive coordinator and future head coach Joker Phillips has established to powerhouse program LaGrange (Ga.) has been well-chronicled.

Now Phillips may be on the verge of building another pipeline, this one a little closer to home at Louisville's Central High School.

UK got a commitment this week from Central defensive tackle Mister Cobble , and the Wildcats currently lead for Cobble's teammate, linebacker Ridge Wilson .

Central was a basketball powerhouse in the 1960s and 1970s, but the Yellowjackets struggled to maintain the same level of prominence once court-ordered busing began in 1975. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/289/story/432452.html http://www.kentucky.com/289/story/432452.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:54 EDT
.Who's on first?. was the question posed by funny men Abbott and Costello .

.Who's on the mound?. is the question posed by coaches serious about winning the state baseball title at Applebee's Park this week.

Imagine football coaches being limited to using their star quarterbacks in only one game over the last three weeks of the playoffs.

Or imagine the consternation among basketball coaches if their star point guard were eligible to play only one game in the final three rounds of the Sweet Sixteen. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/288/story/419966.html http://www.kentucky.com/288/story/419966.html Sat, 31 May 2008 07:31 EDT
Herald-Leader staff writer Maryjean Wall, a three-time Eclipse Award winner who has covered thoroughbred racing since 1973, is retiring.

Wall said Friday that she decided to accept the Herald-Leader's recently announced voluntary buyout program because .it's time to move on and do something else.. She said her first priority will be completing her dissertation for a PhD in history at the University of Kentucky, something she's been working on for about three years.

Herald-Leader Publisher Timothy Kelly said the number of employees who decided to participate in the buyout program was .very close to the number we anticipated.. Wall was the only reporter to take the buyout.

She was one of the first women to cover horse racing full time, in an era when sports writing was a profession still dominated by men. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/492869.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/492869.html Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:06 EDT
BEIJING . Tyson Gay has remained humble even when he wins.

So imagine how he felt Saturday when, in the semifinals of the men's 100 meters, he failed to qualify for the finals of the Beijing Olympics.

Gay could only watch as Jamaica's Usain Bolt . hamming it up with arms spread and palms out 20 meters from the finish . ran to a world record (9.69 seconds) and a gold medal at National Stadium.

Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago took silver, with Walter Dix taking bronze for the United States. ]]>