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Look back at 2013 basketball and the NCAA
This is long overdue (from the Kentucky Lantern): The appearance of a double standard by college sports’ governing body is raising hopes the University of Louisville’s 2013 NCAA basketball championship can be restored. UofL athletics director Josh Heird told the Kentucky Lantern he has been in contact with NCAA President Charlie Baker about revisiting the…
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Our kids are dumber. Is it that hard to see why?
Some troubling news on the education front, from the Kentucky Lantern: Just days after federal data revealed average reading, math and science scores dropped among certain grades since before the coronavirus pandemic, a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday picked apart the root causes and methods for students’ academic improvement. The hearing in the Senate Committee…
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A pet peeve on grammar, brought to you by Skynet
I’m sure this story is important to a lot of people in the horse industry, but there’s one thing that really annoys me about it. From the CJ (of course): A federal horse racing agency alleged it received falsified test results related to a potential banned substance from a University of Kentucky lab. That was…
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A flawed list of sports sites
A month ago, we posted on Gannett’s effort to develop a top 10 list of sports attractions in the U.S. Today, the CJ named the winners: The Kentucky Derby Museum ranked highest at No. 2, followed by the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory at No. 4, Churchill Downs at No. 5 and the Muhammad Ali…
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Secretariat’s jockey died
The rider on the greatest horse in racing history died today. From the CJ: Ron Turcotte, the legendary jockey who clinched the 1973 Triple Crown on the back of Secretariat, died Aug. 22, according to a post from the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He was 84. The Canada-born jockey notched a prolific…
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Where the real money goes at UofL
When you look at the paychecks at the University of Louisville, it’s obvious what the school’s priorities are. From the CJ: More than 20,000 people turn to the University of Louisville each year to gain an education. But it’s not the professors or even the university’s president who are paid the most at the Derby…
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ESPN’s Sportscenter was in town recently
As ESPN toured 50 states in 50 days, it chose this Louisville location to represent Kentucky: Yes, this is a good choice, but I would have gone for the Muhammad Ali Center, which has to be the greatest boxing museum in the world. In an earlier post, I noted that several sites in Kentucky were…
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Defending Churchill Downs’ money grab
This letter to the editor in the CJ is totally correct. But that doesn’t make it morally right: Churchill Downs is a for-profit corporation. Their No. 1 priority is to shareholders. Not to local restaurants. Their stock shares have performed amazingly well. So, they are providing a fantastic rate of return to shareholders. Note that CDI…
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This is bad journalism
This headline from Fan Recap showed up in my feed: Ravens Star Breaks Foot In Devastating Setback A key offensive weapon for the Ravens will miss time after scans revealed a foot fracture, adding a new twist to ongoing contract talks. Everything in the headline and the prominence of the photo imply that this is…
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Restaurants have to swallow changes in Oaks time
A couple of days ago, we noted that Churchill Downs is changing the start time of the Kentucky Oaks to prime time to appease the network execs at NBC. We also noted that this won’t be good for some Louisville businesses. As Louisville Business First puts it: Derby weekend won’t be the same next year,…
