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August 16, 2023
Greg Smith was inducted into the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday — joining his late brother, Dwight, in the prestigious group of the state’s greatest players.
May 18, 2023
May 23 1876 — Joe Borden of Boston pitches the first no-hitter in NL history. 1884 — Knight of Ellersie, ridden by S. Fischer, wins the two-horse Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Welcher.
March 28, 2023
(Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down/ (Hey!) I bounce a ball that’s square and round/ (Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down/ (Hey!) I bounce a ball that’s square and round/ When will it end? (When will...
May 19, 2022
May 24 1905 — Harry Payne Whitney’s Tanya becomes the second filly to win the Belmont Stakes. Ruthless was the first filly to win the Belmont, in 1867. Whitney would also win the Kentucky Derby with a filly, Regret, in 1915.
January 27, 2022
A new era dawns. The kids are excited.
June 2, 2021
Dan McDonnell was shaken: I’d be lying if I said I was handling it well. It’s hard, it’s really hard. What it does it, it just reminds you how blessed we’ve been. There he was doing the post mortem...
February 22, 2021
Unseld’s legacy is at the heart of a controversy in his hometown of Louisville, where the college he helped put on the basketball map — the University of Louisville — is under fire from another alumnus. Butch Beard is a former basketball star at Louisville who went on to play 10 years in the NBA. He also coached the New Jersey Nets as well as at Howard University and Morgan State. A former Mr. Basketball in Kentucky, he signed to play at Louisville one year after Unseld started there. Bea...
January 13, 2021
Wednesday afternoon Cardinal news and notes Share this story —NET Rankings Update: No. 29 (down 3 from yesterday ... thanks, Kentucky). —The CJ’s Shannon Russell writes about the surprisingly solid play of the Cardinal basketball freshmen so far this season. —A new episode of the CC Podcast is available for your ears, your mind and your soul, right here. —Charles Minlend debut on the horizon? —Butch Beard doesn’t think Louisville has been hiring enough minority coaches or doing ...