Category Archives: Sports

Thrill seeker

Posted on May 19, 2012 | Leave a comment

What do you do when you’re bored?

I read.  Go to the movies or a show.  Often just hop online.

Clearly that wouldn’t work for this guy.

 

Kudos to him for raising money for charity!

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Reflected glory

Posted on April 30, 2012 | Leave a comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY, LOUISIANA!

I don’t normally get that excited about other states’ bicentennial celebrations.

But New Orleans did all Kentuckians a kindness this year. They hosted the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship — an event that I’m not sure if I have mentioned here…

UK won.

So, forever more New Orleans — and indeed the entire state of Louisiana — will have a warm spot in my memory and in my heart.

Enjoy your big day, Pelican State. You sure helped all us Wildcats enjoy ours.

 

 

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Eightfold

Posted on April 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

So I’ve been thinking a lot about the number 8.

It’s taken on a near mystical quality this week — for an obvious reason — for Kentucky Wildcat fans.

But as digits go, it was already pretty cool.

Turn it on its side, and you’ve got an infinity symbol.  It’s the figure in figure skating.  And a few figure eight turns of a rope and you’ll got yourself a decent cinch.

But this week, it’s a magic number for me.  And I want to share that feeling with the world.

So, here you go.

The Magic Eight Ball

Go ahead — ask it anything.

You can thank me later.

 

 

 

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G8ness

Posted on April 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Kentucky Wildcats
National Champions

2012
1998
1996
1978
1958
1951
1949
1948

A grateful Big Blue Nation salutes you.

You were the best last night. The best this year. Simply the best college basketball team of all time.

Thank you, Coach Cal!

Thank you, Cats!

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Going green

Posted on April 2, 2012 | Leave a comment

Last Saturday night, when college basketball fans like me were knee-deep in the Final Four, a host of Hollywood celebs were collecting more hardware at the Kids’ Choice Awards.

It takes all kinds, I suppose.

Now, this is one of the few awards show I don’t frequent (since I don’t have a kid).  But I do so enjoy perusing photos and video clips from the broadcast because of one wonderful tradition:

SLIME

You know…the green stuff?

Presenters and winners alike are always at risk of being slimed — and they never know when and where it will be coming.  Here we see Chris Colfer, who plays Kurt on Glee, getting a surprise shot in the chin while announcing an award.

And poor Halle Berry wasn’t even safe in the audience.  Some guy poured a bucket ‘o the green stuff over her unsuspecting head.

It’s a good thing she dressed down for the festivities.  Try explaining green goo when you return your just-out-on-loan gown to the designer.

Awkward.

The slime hasn’t changed my viewing plans for next year’s awards…but it does make we wonder:

Wouldn’t tonight’s NCAA Championship Finals be even more fun with a bit of surprise slime for the winners?

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CAAAAAAAAAAATS!!!

Posted on April 1, 2012 | 1 Comment



ONE. MORE. GAME.

Kentucky vs. Kansas
The Championship

We began our season together in November at Madison Square Garden.
How fitting we meet again in the finals Monday night.

Oh, how I love the month of March!

 

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Got game?

Posted on March 28, 2012 | 3 Comments

There are celebrities…

…and there are Kentucky celebrities.

Josh Hutcherson, who portrays Peeta in the blockbuster film The Hunger Games, hails from Union, Kentucky.  And like all good Kentuckians, Josh is a diehard UK fan.

He’s also a face painter.

He shared this pic last night during his appearance on Conan. And he revealed that co-star Jennifer Lawrence, also a Kentucky native, is a Louisville Cardinal fan.

Really.

Well, I definitely know who I’m backing in The Hunger Games now.

GO CATS!

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A blue note

Posted on March 19, 2012 | Leave a comment

Have you heard?

‘Olympian Blue’ is the Pantone Color of the Week on Stylelist.com.

Designers tout the strength of its ‘jewel tones,’ and how this ‘pop of color’ enhances neutrals. As we say in the country…

Whatevs.

I say Olympian Blue is especially hot this week for one reason and one reason only…

‘Cause these bad boys are burning a trail up and down the floor!

Sweet Sixteen and beyond…

GO BIG BLUE!

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State’s rights

Posted on March 17, 2012 | 1 Comment

If someone asked me to put money on whether or not you’re watching basketball…

I’d take that bet.

March Madness converts even the most casual viewer…and turns real fans rabid.  And while some may attempt to crown the ‘greatest college basketball team’ based on all-time games won (Kentucky) or on games won over the past decade (Duke), I think a different stat is even more impressive:

Four teams in this year’s NCAA tourney — UK, Murray State, Western Kentucky and UL — come from the same state.

And they all ended the season in the Top 20.

 

 

 

 

Now that’s a sports dynasty.

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Proud as a…

Posted on March 12, 2012 | Leave a comment

Can’t help it.  I’m super psyched that Kentucky is the #1 Seed in the NCAA tourney.

And did you know that the state of Kentucky has three other teams in the big dance? Murray State University. Western Kentucky University. And the University of Louisville.

(I’m just faking it for that last one.)

Whatever the tournament may bring, March Madness begins Wednesday…and the pride of the Bluegrass is behind the Cats!

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