John Clay
John Clay
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KENTUCKY DERBY
John Clay: I'll Have Another might have the stuff to win Triple Crown
I'll Have Another's impressive victory in the Preakness proves he has what it takes to be horse racing's first triple crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.
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JOHN CLAY
John Clay: Remembering Transy's 'treasure,' Harry Stephenson
Every year, students at Transylvania University would line up to challenge Harry Stephenson in badminton. Thing was, no one could. It's hard to beat an institution, after all. When it came to the heart and soul of Transylvania University athletics, there was no bigger institution than Harry Stephenson...
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MORE SPORTS
John Clay: UK courting the men's cup for best overall athletic program
Dennis Emery has been around so long, 30 years now, he's forgotten more about college tennis than most of us will ever know. "I'd been around long enough, I had forgotten how important it was to have the best players," Kentucky's men's tennis coach said Tuesday.
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BASKETBALL RECRUITING
John Clay: UK, Calipari have room for one more recruit
Last month, John Calipari was in Cincinnati for a Reds game. He was being interviewed on the Reds' television network when the topic turned to next season. The Kentucky basketball coach said he would like to sign one more player. With Calipari still looking to get that "one more" three weeks after...
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JOHN CLAY
John Clay: Reds showing signs they can challenge Cards
A little more than a month into the Major League Baseball season, we have a bit of separation in the National League Central.
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JOHN CLAY
John Clay's notes: 'Nontraditional' not what's best for fans
Removing a Kentucky-Indiana game from next year's schedule — one that would have featured two top-five, if not top-three teams — just gives the general public one more reason to stop paying attention to college basketball's regular season.
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KENTUCKY DERBY
John Clay: Winning trainer loses a little sleep after Derby
LOUISVILLE — After the winning news conference Saturday, the connections of Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another went back to the winning barn on the Churchill Downs backside and celebrated there.
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KENTUCKY DERBY
John Clay: A joyful Kentucky Derby ride for trainer Doug O'Neill
California trainer Doug O'Neill was positioned just off the rail at Churchill Downs, halfway between the finish line and the gap where the horses enter the track. When the horse he trains, I'll Have Another, came barreling down the stretch, passing the tiring Bodemeister, O'Neill started jumping...
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KENTUCKY DERBY
John Clay: Oaks triumph is first Grade I victory for jockey Rosie Napravnik
After Friday's Kentucky Oaks, everyone knows Rosie Napravnik is more than just a female jockey. She's one of the best riders in all of thoroughbred racing.
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KENTUCKY DERBY
John Clay: Derby remains horse racing's beacon amid troubled times
LOUISVILLE — Thoroughbred racing is the sport of dark clouds.








