Outside my home here in Louisville, all hell is breaking loose. Insults and predictions are dropping like bombs. Rational people are fleeing bars and restaurants in search of sanctuary. Offices have become battlegrounds, families are being torn apart, and minor events such as weddings are being … [Read more...]

I was going to save this column for one of the patriotic holidays but I can’t wait. It’s time we started a national movement against national-anthem abuse. To put it mildly, I’m sick and tired of hear Francis Scott Key’s song mangled before sporting events. I consider myself to be … [Read more...]

While the beginning of March brings together thoughts of both college hoops and spring training, baseball in another prime area of interest officially got started this past weekend as well. College baseball quietly began its official season of spring play, with amazing weather continuing in the … [Read more...]

From Billy Reed's speech to the Lexington Rotary Club In yesterday’s Courier-Journal, I read that the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff brought the same message to the liberal advocacy group Public Citizen that he brought to the Kentucky General Assembly before their current session: That our … [Read more...]

Long sports day reveals athletic roller coaster My Saturday got off to an uplifting start when I interviewed Bob Beatty, the Trinity High football coach, on my radio show, which begins at 11 a.m. on WGTK-970AM in Louisville. Unlike a lot of football coaches, Beatty tempers his passion for … [Read more...]

Last Saturday the gym at Mt. Olive High School in Flanders, New jersey was filled to capacity. Mascots roamed the floor, music blared, cheerleaders encouraged little children and parents alike to rise to their feet and cheer, and schools from across the state waged battle against each other for an … [Read more...]

There was a time not too long ago when all the uproar was over whether or not televising high school athletics was putting young athletes on too high a pedestal, with too much pressure. Were broadcasters exploiting the young, still developing athlete for personal and professional gain, and what were … [Read more...]

Big East founder's passing symbol of current league status It was on the afternoon of Dec. 23, 1978, that I met Dave Gavitt for a cheeseburger at the Executive Inn near Freedom Hall. In a few hours, his 10th and last Providence College basketball team would play the University of Louisville. At … [Read more...]

The last two years, Inspireum, a Bend, Oregon based social enterprise, has built the High School “Rudy” Awards, which honors state by state the most inspiring story of a young student-athlete who plays football. He has never been the biggest or the best, but many times he has overcome the most … [Read more...]

As the Big 12 Conference shrinks by the minutes -- whoops, there goes Kansas State! -- it looks as if the big-time college football powers are about ready to break away from the NCAA and form their own semi-pro consortium that would include four 16-team super conferences. This is a good thing. … [Read more...]