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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 5
A wide-ranging discussion on the Big Beautiful Batch of Bulls— Bill, the billionaire catfight (i.e. Republicans in disarray), University of Louisville sports and Kentuckiana’s ties to the Underground Railroad (through song). Contains a few swear words, so hide the kiddies!
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Miami wins: Super Regionals head to Louisville
This is the view on the bridge behind Jim Patterson Stadium this morning: There’s activity on the field because Miami beat Mississippi State in the NCAA Division 1 baseball regional tournament last night, which means: Miami’s 5-4 win over Southern Miss late Monday night punched the Hurricanes’ ticket to the Super Regional round and sent…
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Is there a cop convention at UofL?
We were taking a stroll through the area this week and saw about 50 bald and burly guys in black and dark brown T-shirts strolling along Third Street on the UofL campus. Kind of looked like a convention of Dean Norrises from “Breaking Bad.” First thought was “is Homeland Security in town this week?,” since…
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Cards baseball heads to Super Regionals
From the UofL Baseball home page: The University of Louisville baseball team clinched the NCAA Nashville Regional with a 6-0 victory over Wright State on Sunday evening. Louisville (38-21) is now headed to the super regional round for the 10th time in Dan McDonnell‘s 19 seasons. The Cardinals will play either Southern Miss or Miami in next…
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Do Kentucky colleges stand for anything?
From the Herald Leader: Officials with the University of Kentucky and the state’s other public universities have not signed an open letter by the American Association of College and Universities challenging some of President Donald Trump’s administration’s higher education policies. Kentucky institutions of “higher education” have already bowed to the MAGA demands of the sycophantic…
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Some takes on the firing of Kim Schatzel
Bob hill today on Facebook A CAREFUL READING OF THE TEA LEAVES now indicates – via a Courier-Journal story – that the University of Louisville Board of Trustees had sufficient evidence to terminate (fire in common parlance) former president Kim Schatzel for cause but gave her the opportunity resign with a $700,000 severance package to…
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UK kisses MAGA ass
Since we’ve already blasted the University of Louisville about its acquiescence to the MAGA moron inspired anti-DEI legislation by knuckle-dragging Republicans in the state legislature, it’s only fair to shower the same treatment on Kentucky’s other big university. From the Herald Leader: The University of Kentucky has canceled celebrations for minority graduates due to state…
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UofL agrees to kiss MAGA ass
From the Courier Journal: University of Louisville officials have developed a plan to comply with a new state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public universities, President Gerry Bradley said in an email sent to students, staff and faculty Wednesday. UofL, along with all other public universities across Kentucky, are required comply with House Bill 4 by…
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What’s going on at UofL?
As parents of alumni at the University of Louisville, we tend to be interested in developments at the school. This is the latest: The University of Louisville will pay its new President Gerry Bradley $850,000 annually, according to a copy of his employment contract obtained by The Courier Journal. Bradley agreed to a three-year term, with a…
