http://www.kentucky.com/286/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Kentucky.com en-us Copyright 2008 Kentucky.com Mark Maloney 60 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:43:21 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/452987.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/452987.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:56 EDT
EUGENE, Ore. . Tyson Gay celebrated Independence Day with just another day at the office.

His office being Hayward Field, home of the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.

Gay breezed through the first round of the 200-meter dash, winning his heat in 20.43 seconds. The wind was negligible.

For University of Louisville senior-to-be Andre Black, things didn't go as well. He finished 17th in the triple jump, five spots shy of qualifying for Sunday's finals. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/452927.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/452927.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:23 EDT
EUGENE, Ore. . Three of five University of Kentucky connections zipped through Thursday's late-night qualifying rounds and into the finals of the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.

Senior-to-be Rashaud Scott and Wildcat throws coach Doug Reynolds advanced in the men's discus. So did sophomore-to-be Grant Lindsey in the men's high jump.

Two seniors-to-be did not advance: Chase Madison in the men's discus and Ashley Muffet in the women's shot put.

Ola Sesay, a former Wildcat, finished sixth in the finals of the women's long jump. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/450888.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/450888.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:36 EDT
EUGENE, Ore. . Hearing the rush of 20,000-plus people having their breath taken in one instant makes for wobbly legs and faint heads.

Had Sunday's collective gasp been taken a few seconds earlier, into the breeze, Tyson Gay's fastest 100 ever, 9.68 seconds, might not have been wind-aided.

Imagine what Tyson's mother, Daisy Gay Lowe, and sister Tiffany felt as the race unfolded at Hayward Field.

.Everybody was cheering (the outcome), and then it just went up like 20 octaves after the time flashed up,. Daisy said. .Tiffany and I were standing there screaming together, and we both were shivering. Just shaking. We just could not believe it.. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/449811.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/449811.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:07 EDT
EUGENE, Ore. . The first three days of the U.S. Olympic trials for track and field were hot. Hot temperatures, hot results. Think Tyson Gay, for one.

A cool breeze took over Monday night.

Dana Pounds, the Air Force lieutenant from Lexington, placed second in the women's javelin Monday, but was left out in the cold.

No trip to the Beijing Olympics. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/449805.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/449805.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:13 EDT
EUGENE, Ore. . No Olympic team, no biggie.

Thomas Morgan and Bobby Curtis went into the finals of Monday's 5,000-meter run as long shots at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials.

Both Kentuckians came away without a spot on the American team that will compete in Beijing. And both came away thinking of better days ahead, starting in Europe.

Morgan, out of Lexington Catholic and the University of Kentucky, placed 10th in 13 minutes, 47.76 seconds. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/447595.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/447595.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:33 EDT
EUGENE, Ore. . A Kentucky high school champion for Lafayette in the 100-meter dash.

First in the NCAA when he was at Arkansas.

History's fastest in the combined 100- and 200-meter sprints.

A triple gold-medalist at the 2007 World Championships. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/448537.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/448537.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:28 EDT
EUGENE, Ore. . Bubba Thornton, head men's coach of the United States Olympic track and field team, says Tyson Gay .raised the bar. Sunday.

Harvey Glance, a three-time Olympian who will serve under Thornton as sprints, hurdles and relay coach, sees it as two bars raised.

Gay, out of Lafayette High School, set the track world on its ear Sunday with the fastest 100 meters of all time. Although his 9.68-second dash does not count as a record . it was wind-aided . it opens new territory.

Early returns from the trials have raised bars in several events, Thornton told the Track and Field Writers of America on Monday. In the men's 100 quarterfinals alone, Gay set the American record (9.77), Travis Padgett of Clemson set a collegiate record (9.89) and Jeff Demps broke national High School and Junior records, tying the World Junior record (10.01). ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/446139.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/446139.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:21 EDT
EUGENE, Ore. . More than a quarter-century has passed since Stephanie .Hightower hurdled herself onto the United States Olympic team . the ill-fated Olympic team, as it turned out.

The year was 1980, and a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics crushed many an athlete's dream. The boycott was in response to the Soviet invasion of . imagine this . Afghanistan.

Hightower, a graduate of old Stuart High School in Louisville and Ohio State University, and the rest of the 1980 Olympic track and field team were honored Friday, the opening day of this year's Olympic Trials. Fittingly, the tribute came at the Hayward Field facility where the 1980 trials took place.

Hightower's winning time in the 100-meter hurdles at Eugene was 12.90 seconds, then the second-fastest ever by an American. From 1977 through 1980, she was undefeated over the 60- and 100-meter hurdles. Also making the 1980 team in the hurdles were Candy Young and Benita Fitzgerald. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/444550.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/444550.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:08 EDT
EUGENE, Ore. . All eyes will be on a Lexingtonian at the United States Olympic Trials . Track and Field.

A bit of advice: don't blink. You might miss the main attraction, Tyson Gay.

The Trials begin Friday at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., concluding July 6.

Gay, a Lafayette High graduate and former Arkansas star, is a reigning triple world champion: 100- and 200-meter dashes and 4-by-100 relay. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/442848.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/442848.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:12 EDT
Dana Pounds has a spear and she knows how to use it.

A year ago this week, Pounds was down to her final javelin throw in the U.S. Track and Field Championships at Indianapolis.

Kim Kreiner, the American record-holder, held the lead at 190 feet, 10 inches. Pounds, from Lexington, was second at 176-9.

But then Pounds popped a lifetime-best 195-8 to win the national championship. She went on to place fourth in the Pan American Games and 26th in the World Championships. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/442006.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/442006.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:52 EDT
China will soon meet Kentucky's Prince.

Tayshaun Prince and 11 others were named Monday to the United States men's basketball team that will compete in the Beijing Olympics.

The 6-foot-9 Wildcat with the 7-foot wingspan is set to become the first UK men's basketball player to play in an Olympics since Adrian Smith in 1960. Sam Bowie was named to the 1980 squad that stayed away from the Moscow Olympics because of an international boycott, led by President Jimmy Carter.

.I'm honored to be selected to the national team that will represent the United States at the 2008 Olympics,. Prince, who has played his entire pro career with the Detroit Pistons, said in a statement. .I take pride in being given the opportunity to represent my country and I strongly believe that with the team that has been assembled, the United States will be represented well.. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/436750.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/436750.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:24 EDT
.Ten. is how many would describe gymnastics perfection.

Nadia Comaneci became the first to earn a .perfect 10. during the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

With the U.S. Olympic Trials in gymnastics set to open Thursday at Philadelphia, one thing is certain . there will be no .perfect 10. final scores.

The .10. has gone the way of skating's school figures: kaput. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/443233.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/443233.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:43 EDT
She's trying to make the United States Olympic Team that will compete in her ancestral homeland, China.

Hong, from Blue Springs, Mo., gets her chance in the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, which open Thursday with men's competition and Friday for the women. The trials, at Philadelphia, wrap up Saturday and Sunday.

The U.S. women are defending Olympic silver-medalists. Team USA is the reigning world champion.

But the test before Hong pales in comparison to how her parents got her to this point.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/334964.html http://www.kentucky.com/286/story/334964.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:34 EDT

For all the hand-wringing that major-sports honchos have recently done before Congress, little has been done to effectively curb the use of performance-enhancing substances. A problem that existed long before the 21st century. If pro sports executives as a whole have proved anything, it's that they can't — or won't — crack down.


All “clean” players suffer tarnished reputations by association. Users gamble with their long-term health. Fans don't know who's juiced and who's not.


It's time to forget slaps on the wrist and put some bite into the rules. Unannounced drug tests and an Olympic-standard two-year ban for first-time offenders is the least that should be done.


How about also charging the cheats with fixing a public sporting event? Their actions taint the “fair play” spirit.
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