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SAD NEWS: Kentucky’s Talented star Announces He Is Leaving The Team Due to….. Things were quite awful fifteen years ago when John Calipari arrived in town. By Kentucky basketball standards, Billy Gillispie left a mess in his wake. In his two seasons on the job, he had not won an NCAA Tournament, and the Wildcats were coming off a season that finished in the NIT in 2008–09—the first time UK had missed March Madness in eighteen years—while the institution was still on probation and facing a postseason ban. After the Cats’ second first-round upset in the previous three years, a…
The Indiana Pacers huddled in the tunnel moments before game one of an NBA playoff series against the New York Knicks in 1998, ready to play in front of a wild, sold-out crowd at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. The players turned to stare at Mark Pope, who had just leaped out of the huddle and reappeared a few moments later, fully clothed in an apron and chef’s cap, holding a huge pail of baked beans and a spatula. “Let’s cook these guys,” I said. Pope cried out while his colleagues screamed with laughter. It was a team led by…
JUST IN:Hal asks if internet petitions can help Pete Rose get elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Question: Who gets to choose the music and set the volume in the clubhouse? — Dave from Beavercreek, Centerville, and Miamisburg. A: The music in Cincinnati is chosen by the starting pitcher for the day, so it might be rock n’ roll, salsa, country, rap, or rock n’ roll. It also has the potential to be loud, which is typically the case. Chris Sabo would blast the University of Michigan fight song, “Hail To The Victors,” on Sunday mornings before the starting…
Arsenal is eager to bounce back from a terrible week as they go to Wolves today. The Gunners and rivals Liverpool lost at home to Aston Villa last weekend, giving over control of the Premier League championship chase to reigning champions Manchester City. On Wednesday night, Bayern Munich eliminated the Gunners from the Champions League quarterfinals. Although Mikel Arteta’s team still has a chance to win the Premier League for the first time in twenty years, they cannot afford any more mistakes in the final stretch to prevent a repeat of last year’s disastrous campaign. Here’s all the information you…
The news that Gary O’Neil would be missing numerous players due to injury has given a severe blow to Wolves’ preparations for Arsenal. Tomorrow’s Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Gunners will take place at Molineux. The later kickoff time of 7.30 pm is when the game airs on Sky Sports. Wolves don’t have any games this week, whereas Arsenal played in the UEFA Champions League. Bayern Munich defeated Mikel Arteta’s team in the quarterfinals. Nonetheless, Wolves are the squad that is struggling with injury issues. O’Neil disclosed at his pregame press conference that two players might be…
A record held by Larry Bird for decades has been broken. On Jan. 13, Deion Edwards broke Bird’s Springs Valley High School single-game record with 56 points in a 101-98 win over Austin. The record, which was previously 55 points, stood for 50 years. It was an impressive week for Edwards, a junior at Springs Valley. He also had 13 points, eight rebounds, six assists in a 60-58 overtime win over West Washington. While at Springs Valley for his senior season, Bird averaged 31 points, 21 rebounds and four assists. Get your votes in for high school boys basketball player of the week by…
Crazy: Former UNC Basketball Player Wing Agrees to Join a Close Rival… Dontrez Styles made his transfer portal debut on Monday morning after spending his one and only season at Georgetown. The native of Kinston, North Carolina, who started his collegiate career as a two-year UNC basketball reserve, didn’t take long to choose his third choice for his last year of eligibility. Styles is bringing his skills to Raleigh to play for Kevin Keatts and NC State, a school that boasts the most recent ACC Final Four appearance and one he visited and considering around this time last year. Thus,…
TERRIBLE: As Pete Rose made a statement that make his fans unhappy…. Any player, umpire, official of the Club or League, or employee who places a wager of any kind on a baseball game related to which the bettor is required to fulfill their obligations would be permanently disqualified. – Rule 21, Section (d), subsection (2) of the Major League Baseball Constitution Is it accurate to say that Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, places bets with you on Reds baseball games? A: You’re right. – On April 5, 1989, bookmaker Ron Peters was admitted to MLB special…
WE LOST EVERYTHING: As Clinton Gutherson Announces his date of Retirement… Clint Gutherson, the captain of Parramatta, is seeking retribution, and he is aiming directly at Phillip Sami. During Sunday afternoon’s see-sawing match at Bankwest Stadium, the Gold Coast winger publicly ridiculed the well-liked Eels fullback, setting off one of the highlights of the NRL’s opening round. Sami executed a “Gutherino” post-try celebration, and it wasn’t missed, following his touchdown to give the Titans the lead at that moment. Gutherson has already noted April 9 at Cbus Stadium as the date of the teams’ rematch in round five. “We’re already…
My email group’s creative endeavors suggest that poetry is returning. Rick is to be thanked for his most recent poetic offering. (Taken from “The Ballad of Mike Honcho/Jordan Beck”) Rick writes: His teammates’ gaze was fixed. As he took off his overcoat In Tennessee, there is orange They observed the name they had written. Is Honcho a name of any kind? hey questioned with a smirk It only took a moment As Mike Honcho went to work He had a certain swagger As he approached the plate Staring down the pitcher He knew the baseball’s fate. My response: I thought “Casey…