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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,…
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The Oaks is moving to prime time. What could go wrong?
From Louisville Business First: The Kentucky Oaks is moving to primetime. Churchill Downs and NBC announced today that next year’s race is moving to 8 p.m. Typically post time for the race, which runs the day before the Kentucky Derby, is scheduled shortly before 6 p.m. NBC executives say the race will move to NBC and Peacock,…
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Be a sport: Here’s what the Ville has to offer.
Gannett keeps putting together “10 best” lists. It’s a cheap way to get content since, according to ChatGPT: Gannett owns 217 daily and 175 weekly newspapers, as of the end of 2022. This is a reduction from 261 daily and 302 weekly newspapers in 2019. So why are we talking about this? Four Louisville attractions are…
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Expo Center says, ‘nevermind’
The Nike EBYL girls’ basketball tournament in Louisville was cancelled Sunday afternoon because of this: A falling ceiling tile and a simultaneous medical emergency are now believed to be the cause behind an evacuation at the Kentucky Exposition Center July 13, Louisville Metro Police officials said in a statement. Emergency calls were made to area first responders…
