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I Didn’t Get a Job Today, and it was Awesome
This afternoon my radio station – NewsRadio 630 WLAP in Lexington – announced its new afternoon show host. I auditioned for the job. When they announced the name, it wasn’t mine. And as not getting...
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Sandusky, Stupidity and the NCAA
So the Jerry Sandusky horror story has run its course, ending with the serial pedophile being found guilty on 45 of the 48 counts that made it as far as the jury. While sentencing is still a little way...
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David Beckham Latest to Battle on the Frontlines Against Flopping
LA Galaxy (they’re a Major League Soccer team if you’re wondering) mega-star David Beckham has become the latest – if not unusual — warrior in the battle against flopping, and according to the MLS...
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“They’re All Gone”
What I remember most is the fear. I remember vividly the first thing I was ever conscious of being terrified of. It was a man in a mask on a balcony in Munich — not that I could have found Munich on a...
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So This Is What Optimism Feels Like
By nature, I’m not prone to fits of optimism. If you’ve spent more than three minutes listening to First State Financial Sunday Morning Sports Talk (9 am-Noon on NewsRadio 630 WLAP in Lexington) or...
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Armstrong Is Probably Guilty, But It Is Definitely Meaningless
So Lance Armstrong has given up his fight against the US Anti-Doping Agency regarding alleged use of performance enhancers during his seven-year run as the Tour de France champion. In his statement...
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First Ever Meisterblogger Poll: Helmet Throwing
Saturday night one of the aging heroes of American sports showed off his arm. No, I’m not talking about Roger Clemens. I’m referring to defending Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart’s epic helmet toss...
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In-State Hate, or Lack Thereof
I have a confession to make. It turns out that even I can only manage so much sports hate, and it seems that I don’t actually hate Louisville, at least not unconditionally. Maybe it’s my age, but since...
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Pre-Game Reading: Fear of Flying Meets Football
As I mentioned a couple of months ago, I’m terrified of flying. It’s why I don’t watch TV shows about plane crashes or movies that involve plane crashes (although I did watch Cast Away. I have no...
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Pre Game Reading: Breathing Room
Well, it’s been a much more peaceful week among Wildcat faithful, free of all the handwringing and prophecies of doom that circulated around the football program after the opening loss to Louisville....
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Block the Vote: One Man’s Selections for Sportsman of the Year
Sometime shortly before the Presidential election, unfunny comedienne/trollbeast Lena Dunham (whom I had legitimately never heard of to that point) produced a creepy, hypersexalized video encouraging...
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Time For a Team That’s Lost Its Heart to Search Its Soul
There was never any question who the heart of this Kentucky basketball team was. He (likely) ended his UK career with 8:03 to play Tuesday night lying on the floor of the O-Dome screaming in pain...
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Pregame Reading: The Real Season Starts Tonight for UK
The Cats get underway in the SEC Tournament shortly following what has by most accounts been a disappointing season (although 12-6 and second place in the league hardly seems like a crisis). I’d LOVE...
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Brackets Made Simple 2
A year ago in this blog’s infancy, as a public service I chose to lay out a number of ways for people to choose their NCAA Tournament brackets without listening to a bunch of talking heads break down...
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Need a Backup Team? I’m Here to Help
I generally detest all forms of sports bigamy. I grew up before ESPN and before cable, so you didn’t get to (have to) watch every Yankees game on ESPN, so you liked the team that was closest to you....
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The Greatest Game I Never Saw
So, Rick Pitino’s Louisville team will face off with Mike Krzyewski’s (and for the 1 billionth consecutive time I had to look up that spelling – by typing in “Duke Head Coach.” Seriously, I can’t even...
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For Every Recruit Action There Is A Completely Ludicrous Fan Reaction
This has to be some kind of record even for me. Andrew Wiggins (the next, LeBron, Jordan, Magic, whoever was Magic before Magic) is a little over 12 hours from announcing which college that he probably...
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So, This Is Apparently Going to Happen
On a sweltering July 4 morning in 1986, an already out of shape and well past his prime 17-year-old former cross country runner struggled through four miles in his Northern Kentucky town’s little...
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Reflections on a Frustrating Sunday
Maybe there’s something in the air, I don’t know (in related news, maybe it’s the same something that has made me cough nonstop for the last eight days). But today, more than any other day, it seems...
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Brackets Made Simple 3
Sequels don’t always go well. Some are Godfather 2 and some are Major League 2 (which NEVER happened and will never be spoken of here again), so I prefer to refer to this as a gimmick as opposed to a...
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