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Read Mark Story’s e-mail
E-mail One: Cats. vs. Cards, Dec. 29, Birmingham, Ala. You might as well book it now. Mark’s reply: This, of course, is a reference to the PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham. It pairs the No. 9 SEC team...
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Read Mark Story’s e-mail
E-mail One: I am by no means a U of L fan. Born and raised UK. But your comments regarding the Louisville coach make no sense. To compare Krags with Brooks is ludicrous. What Brooks inherited was a far...
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Reader Rants of the Week: Who fits and who doesn’t in the Dribble-Drive
Rant One: Dear Storyteller, Your workouts/tryouts column failed to note that Darius Miller is on the top shelf of players who can play (along with Meeks and Patterson) in Calipari’s dribble-drive...
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Ask Mark Anything: Why is Vandy allowed to have basketball benches in the end...
Question One: Does NCAA or SEC have any rules re the location of benches. Vanderbilt is the only arena I have ever seen with the benches located at ends of the court. It would seem that this puts the...
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Mark’s Groovy Stat of the Week: Mitch Barnhart’s ‘control this state’ moment
For the first time since Kentucky and Louisville renewed their football series in 1994, UK has swept U of L in both football and men’s basketball in the same school year. Throw in Kentucky’s win over...
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Distressing Kentucky college football factoid
Try this on for size: Through five weeks of the college football season, our state’s three FBS teams have comebined to beat exactly one – count’em one – team from another state. Thank the football gods...
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Blue Review: Rapid reaction to Kentucky’s 32-14 loss to Louisville
Who’s up 1. Charlie Strong. When he came to Louisville three years ago, Kentucky’s program was ahead of the Cards. Now, having beaten UK two years in a row, Strong has clearly changed that. 2. Teddy...
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Mark’s groovy stat(s) of the week: Players with Kentucky ties in the NFL
Having gone over each NFL roster, here is my list of players with Kentucky ties in the National Football League (if you see an omission, let me know): UNIVERSITY of KENTUCKY Active rosters Bills: Steve...
View Article2013 LHL Kentucky Sportsman of the Year finalist: Teddy Bridgewater
We are revealing, in alphabetical order, the 10 finalists for the 2013 Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky Sportsman of the Year award. The winner will be announced Jan. 29 simultaneously on Kentucky.com...
View Article2013 LHL Kentucky Sportsman of the Year finalist: Tom Jurich
We are revealing, in alphabetical order, the 10 finalists for the 2013 Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky Sportsman of the Year award. The winner will be announced Jan. 29 simultaneously on Kentucky.com...
View Article2013 LHL Kentucky Sportsman of the Year finalist: Charlie Strong
We are revealing, in alphabetical order, the 10 finalists for the 2013 Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky Sportsman of the Year award. The winner will be announced Jan. 29 simultaneously on Kentucky.com...
View ArticleWeek one Power Five conference football attendance: U of L 18th, UK 24th out...
The announced attendance for every home football game played by a member of the so-called Power Five conferences for the weekend of Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. (The conference of the home team is in...
View ArticleWeek two Power Five conference attendance: UK ranked 26th, U of L 29th out of...
The announced attendance for every home football game played by a member of the so-called Power Five conferences for the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014: 1.) Virginia Tech at Ohio St. (Big Ten)...
View ArticleWeek Three Power 5 Conference home attendance: ACC, Pac-12 have some small...
The announced attendance for every home football game played by a member of the so-called Power Five conferences for the weekend of Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014: 1.) Kent St. at Ohio St. 104,404 2.) Rice...
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