NFL Update

I'm starting to think that the Bills are like the Saints from a few years ago -- they somehow always find a way to lose in the playoffs, no matter how good they look in the regular season.  Also, props to Philly for putting the Giants away early -- those guys are dangerous if you let them hang around.  And props to Patrick Mahomes for beating Jacksonville with only one leg.

Here are the scores so far in the quarter-finals:

National Football Conference:

Philadelphia 38 - 7 New York

American Football Conference:

Kansas City 27 - 20 Jacksonville

Buffalo 10 - 27 Cincinnati

That just leaves the Niners and the Cowboys, who are meeting in the playoffs for the ninth time.

11th World Games, Birmingham 2022

So Matthew and Troy Vincent have been saying all along (All Along™) that flag football is going to be a big deal, and it turns out that the sport is already part of the deal--along with and breaking, drone racing, fistball, parkour and wushu, among 56 disciplines--at the 11th World Games, which is scheduled to begin today in Birmingham, Alabama:

The World Games 2022 Birmingham is the new generation of global sport competition, welcoming elite athletes from all over the world to compete for gold in 34 unique, multi-disciplinary sports. Featuring 3,600 athletes from more than 100 countries, the international event will unite global fans with the Birmingham community in 25+ venues around the greater metropolitan area. The World Games 2022 Birmingham, which marks the 40th anniversary of the event, will take place from July 7-17, 2022 and will generate an estimated $256 million in economic impact. The World Games was established by the International World Games Association, an organization recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The World Games 2022 is organized with the support of the International Olympic Committee. 

I'm looking forward to looking in on this over the next couple of weeks, and I'm especially gratified that we don't have to deal with any Russia (or Belarus) jive when it comes to putting together the medal standings. Comments flow ...

The Freakin' Weekend (1969)

I wonder if my family gets tired of my being so interested in TV.

Well, I'll have to give that some thought. But, anyway, here's this weekend 1969's Kentucky New Era football-picks contest.

I really love that big football player in the middle of the double-truck ad.

Here are the state high-school rankings.

And here's the Associated Press college poll. I'm hopeful that Nashville's ABC affiliate, WSIX, on Saturday shows No. 3 Tennessee at No. 11 Georgia.

And here are the pro standings.

There's no way Hoptown 1969 me is hoping for it, but it will turn out that we could've done a lot worse than WLAC showing the 0-6 Saints and the 2-3-1 Cardinals:

The World Series is over, and it's time to get serious about football, as indicated by the new Sports Illustrated this week.

So, baseballwise, 1969 Hoptown me is a straight-up A's guy. The Philadelphia Athletics were great when I was 6, 7, 8 and 9 years old, and I've stuck with them ever since--even when they moved to Kansas City, even now that they're in Oakland (California), even though I think the owner's a kook.

Footballwise, though, I'm less passionate about any single team. 

My dad was a huge football fan generally, and, by the time I was born in 1922, Dad had gotten especially hopped up about pro football because Evansville had an NFL team, the Crimson Giants. He believed pro football was going to be a big deal, and he was eventually right, of course--it just didn't happen in Evansville; the Crimson Giants folded before I turned 1. 

But we ended up moving to Chicago, and, with the Bears in town, Dad just kept right on following pro football, just kept right on saying he had known (All Along™) it was going to be a big deal even back in Evansville and just pulled me with his enthusiasm right along into being a fan myself. Around the same time I became an A's fan in baseball and started paying much independent attention to sports at all--the late 1920s and early 1930s--the Green Bay Packers were really, really great, and they became my team. In 1929, when I was 7, the Packers had what, to this day in 1969, remains the closest-to-perfect season in pro-football history: 12-0-1. Green Bay won eight of its games by shutout. Even in the one tie, the Packers allowed no points: Green Bay 0 at Frankford (Pennsylvania) Yellow Jackets 0. Then the Packers got Don Hutson, and they became this really exciting passing team that won NFL championships again when I was 14, 17 and 22. 

Green Bay went into decline then for a good long while, when I was first living out in North Carolina. But I was so happy with the NCFA and getting married that I wasn't much bothered by the Packers' being bad, anyway. And, too, once TV came around, the game looked so great that I just enjoyed watching any of the teams--it didn't have to be the Packers (TV Is Amazing™). Plus, after Vince Lombardi arrived in Green Bay in 1959 and I got excited about the Packers again, they got so great that I could even afford to be magnanimous enough to root a little on the side for the Browns (and Blanton Collier of Paris, Kentucky), the Rams (a bunch of the NCFA guys had played with Roman Gabriel in high school and college) and the Bears (for Dad). I watched the AFL, too, and, since the Miami Dolphins got Bob Griese--from Evansville!--to play quarterback, I've gotten excited about them. Then Lombardi went to the Redskins, so now I'm paying attention to them, as well.

Point is that, by 1969, Hoptown me is pretty much interested in every pro-football team and devouring as much content on the AFL and NFL as I possibly can. Dad was totally right about pro football--it's a very big deal.

FIBA Update: The Winner Takes It All

Final (in Madrid):
United States 129 - 92 Serbia 

On September 1, 2006, in Saitama, Japan, the United States lost in the semi-finals of the FIBA World Championship.  The Americans were beaten 101-95 by Greece.  I remember this game very well, because I woke up in the middle of the night to watch it.  It was another humiliating defeat for the Americans, who had failed to reach the final of the 1998 FIBA World Championship, the 2002 FIBA World Championship (we came in sixth), or the 2004 Olympics.  After those disasters, USA Basketball had been completely overhauled, with Coach K given sweeping powers to remake the team.  Now he had failed.  With the 2008 Olympics scheduled for China -- not exactly the Friendly Confines for the U.S. of A. -- the prognosis for USA Basketball was not good.

Here's what Coach K has done since that time.

First, the U.S. beat Argentina to win the 2006 Bronze Medal.

Then, the United States went 10-0 to win the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, thus qualifying for the 2008 Olympics.

Next, the United States went 8-0 to win the Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympics.

Next, the United States went 9-0 to win the Gold Medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Next, the United States went 8-0 to win the Gold Medal at the 2012 Olympics.

And now, the United States has gone 9-0 to win the Gold Medal at the 2014 FIBA World Championship.

If you're keeping score at home, that's a 45-game winning streak that is now over eight years long.  No country in the history of basketball has ever won back-to-back Olympic Golds and back-to-back FIBA titles at the same time.

What's even more impressive is that the Americans appear to be getting even better.  This year's team won every game by at least 20 points -- something that had never happened before in the FIBA World Championship.

From late 2002 until late 2010, either Yugoslavia or Argentina was ahead of the United States on the FIBA World Rankings.  We retook the world ranking after the 2010 FIBA World Championship and have kept it ever since.

When they close the book on Coach K's career, his tenure as the head coach of the United States won't get much attention, at least in this country.  But he has done a phenomenal job -- one of the best coaching jobs I have ever seen.  For years and years, American coaches have been frustrated and mystified both by FIBA's rules and the way in which those rules are interpreted.  Basically, FIBA officials are quick to call touch fouls -- especially on big players -- which effectively outlaws the hard-nosed defensive style so common in the NBA.  FIBA officials are also quick to call walks and charges (at least on Americans) -- effectively eliminating much of the one-on-one drives made famous by Michael Jordan and LeBron James.  Heedless of this situation, many prior American coaches tried to win international tournaments by using their superior athleticism on defense -- the one place where it is most useless.  After watching Greece light up his team for over 100 points back in 2006, Coach K bowed to reality.  He built his teams around strong three-point shooting and high-powered offense.

This year, for example, the best player on the U.S. team was probably Anthony Davis.  Under NBA rules -- or even NCAA rules -- he would have dominated the tournament.  But the FIBA officials were not going to let him play.  He fouled out in less than 20 minutes in the semi-finals, and he had three quick fouls in the first half against Serbia.  (He only played 14 minutes in that game).  Had the team been set up around Davis, this would have been a disaster.  But Coach K was prepared -- he had loaded up with three-point shooters.  The Americans went 11-15 from three-point range in the first half, ran away to a 67-41 half-time lead, and never looked back.  Kyrie Irving went 6/6 from three-point range, scored 26 points, and was named the tournament MVP.  Team Captain James Harden poured in 23 points on 8/11 shooting.  Kenneth Faried got 12 points and 7 rebounds in only 20 minutes and made the all-tournament team.  DeMarcus Cousins spelled Davis, picking up 11 points and 9 rebounds in only 17 minutes and causing all sorts of trouble for the Serbs at both ends of the court.  It was a masterful, spectacular performance.

I am certain that the American press -- frustrated with such American dominance -- will push for changes to how the U.S. team is picked.  There will be calls to limit ourselves to an under-22 team, or some other handicap designed to make things "more competitive."  Those calls will be popular with certain owners, who don't like the chances of injury for their big stars.  If these changes prevail, USA Basketball will be much less fun than it has been in recent years.  Personally, I have greatly enjoyed watching these teams play.  I don't like the fact that so much of the officiating seems biased, but I agree with FIBA's antipathy toward physical play and hand-checking, and it is a joy to see just how good modern players can be when they are not shackled by the American rules.  In the meantime, I congratulate Coach K and his team -- especially Davis, Cousins, and Faried, all of whom played their college ball in the Commonwealth.  They were outstanding.

And we'll see what happens.  FIBA may stand their ground.  After all, if you really want basketball to reach its potential worldwide, we need tournaments where the best take on the best.  Our group this year may not have been the absolute best collection of players we could have sent, but it's hard to see how we could have fielded a better team.

One final note:  Davis now has an NCAA championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a FIBA Gold Medal.  If he wins an NBA Title, he will be the first player to win all four trophies.

'On the First Day of the Week'

"On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright, the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee ...'"

That's Luke 24:1-6.

Glory's Last Chance

Here is the latest top 10 from the Official World Golf Ranking:

1.  T. Woods
2.  P. Mickelson
3.  R. McIlroy (NIR)
4.  J. Rose (ENG)
5.  A. Scott (AUS)
6.  M. Kuchar
7.  B. Snedeker
8.  G. McDowell (NIR)
9.  L. Donald (ENG)
10.  K. Bradley

Remarkably, the last four majors were won by golfers ranked 2, 3, 4, and 5 on this list.  Tiger hasn't won a major this year, but he's won 5 times in only 11 starts.  After so many flukey winners in recent years, this has been a great year for golf fans.

Unfortunately, that run may now be coming to an end.  Here are the last 10 winners of the PGA:

2012:  R. McIlroy (NIR)
2011:  K. Bradley
2010:  M. Kaymer (GER)
2009:  Y.E. Yang (KOR)
2008:  P. Harrington (IRE)
2007:  T. Woods
2006:  T. Woods
2005:  P. Mickleson
2004:  V. Singh (FIJ)
2003:  S. Micheel

It's a pretty good list, but check out the 2003 winner -- Shaun Micheel.  That was the only victory of Micheel's career -- and one of only two times he finished in the top 10 of a major.  And that lone victory came at Oak Hill Country Club, the same course that is hosting this week's PGA.  Here were the top 4 players in the 2003 PGA:

1.  S. Micheel
2.  C. Campbell
3.  T. Clark (RSA)
4.  A. Cejka (GER)

Not exactly Murderer's Row.  And here were the top 4 at the 1989 U.S. Open, the last National Open held at Oak Hill:

1.  C. Strange
T2.  C. Beck
T2.  M. McCumber
T2.  I. Woosnam (WAL)

Again, not an impressive list.  Oak Hill doesn't always produce such disappointing results -- Jack Nicklaus won the PGA here in 1980 and Lee Trevino took the Open here in 1968.  But I'm afraid it's one of those U.S. Open-type courses with lots of narrow fairways that punishes long, aggressive players.  This type of course makes no sense to me, as long, aggressive players tend to be the best players in the world.

So I think this is the week to take the field, and assume that some relative unknown will take the title.  But given how much fun this year has been for golf fans, we won't complain (all that much).

Oh, Kentucky

As I have argued All Along™, while, in Kentucky, there is plenty of East and West, as well as plenty of South and North (and a good bit of Midwest), Kentucky (perhaps uniquely) is none of those places.

Paducah pie? Who knew?

Starnes Barbecue? Paducah's Sam Champion knows.

A sort of homecoming in Murray and a sort of home redoing in Danville.

The heavy use of superlatives in the yard-sale-marketing game is a problem.

This really does sound like a big diamond, though.

"I have seen other strange things in the sky before, but nothing quite like this."

The News-Enterprise was already happy with Etown, and now the town took the newspaper's recommendation as to who should serve as its new mayor.

Good jobs news from Covington, Louisville, Manchester and Prestonsburg. Gov. Beshear and the DOE secretary got together Monday to talk about the bad from Paducah.

Rest in peace, Mr. Deters, U.S. Army cryptographer, Golden Gloves boxing champ and shaper of "the Northern Kentucky that people know today."

Oh, Kentucky

First Lt. Van Handorf comes home ... happily to Hebron.

So did 130 other soliders, from Afghanistan to Fort Campbell.

And here again is a rerun of John Fetterman's Pulitzer-winning story of sweet "Little Duck" from the July 28, 1968, Courier-Journal & Times Sunday Magazine."

A fantastic slideshow of last night's fireworks in Hazard, from the local Herald's Cris Ritchie.

There's no sense of community anywhere like madisonville on the Fourth of July. 🇺🇸
— Loretta Stafford (@lorettastafford) July 4, 2013

James Madison and the Defense of Marriage Act. Madisonville and a pastor's wife's attack on the Southern Baptists.

The oldest seminary affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is on the move, to somewhere else in Lexington.

I had no idea that Kyle Macy is the tennis coach at Lexington Christian Academy or that Tony Branch was a co-captain of U of L's 1980 championship team.

Here's Hoptown's new princip-Ah.

James Comer--current state agriculture commissioner, future governor (All Along™) and Hilltopper forever--recently rocked Cadiz to talk mosquitoes.

Madisonville's "Single Stream Recycling" program--in which residents can have all of their recyclables collected from a single, city-provided bin--started in October 2012. Rita Dukes reports at Surfky.com that 2,835 residences are participating in the program, resulting in revenues of about $73,000 for the city from selling the materials. In her very interesting story, Dukes quotes the city's sanitation superintendent as also saying that disposing of the material would've cost $17 a ton. It would be good to know, too, how much it has cost for the city to collect the recyclables since October.

Godspeed, Officer Hall of Bardstown.

Eutopia lost.

College Baseball Update

The Hoosiers have been eliminated, so Mitch Barnhart can breathe a little bit easier:

Bracket One
Mississippi St. 5, Oregon St. 4
Indiana 2, Louisville 0
Oregon St. 11, Louisville 4 (Louisville eliminated)
Mississippi St. 5, Indiana 4
Oregon St. 1, Indiana 0 (Indiana eliminated)
Oregon State will play Mississippi St. tomorrow at 2 P.M. Central

Bracket Two
N. Carolina St.  8, N. Carolina 1
UCLA 2, Louisiana St. 1
N. Carolina 4, Louisiana St. 2 (Louisiana St. eliminated)
UCLA 2, N. Carolina St. 1
UNC will eliminate NCSU tonight, and then the Heels will play UCLA tomorrow night at  7 P.M. Central.

By the way, they are thinking of changing the ball in college baseball because the scores have been so low.  Personally, I think the games have been pretty entertaining, but then again I'm used to the Nats.

U.S. Open -- Day Four Wrap-Up

All along.

I am soooo glad I went to church instead of watching Phil Mickelson blow another U.S. Open.  I would feel even worse now if I had had to watch Phil trying vainly to hole that shot from 40 yards out on 18.

We have covered this year's National Open in unusual depth, even for us, and there's not a lot more to say at this point.  I will only make a few points:

1.  Merion is truly one of the great courses in the world.  I hadn't seen a golf tournament here since 1981, and I had no idea how good it is.  If I had to pick a single course to hold the U.S. Open every year, I would pick Merion.  And I believe that if Merion did host the U.S. Open every year, it would be just as famous and just as beloved as Augusta National.  Almost every hole on the course is memorable, and some of them -- such as 9, 11, 13, 16, and 17 -- are spectacular.

2.  Philadelphia did a wonderful, wonderful job of hosting the U.S. Open.  Because it's stuck on the East Coast with the snobs who live in Boston, New York, and Washington, Philadelphia's good qualities are often overlooked or even ridiculed.  East Coast sophisticates think it's cute and charming that provincial cities like Pittsburgh and Green Bay have so much hometown pride.  But when a truly great and historic city like Philadelphia exhibits regional pride, the sophisticates make fun of it.  Personally, I am thrilled that the U.S. Open went to a city that really appreciated it, and I am sad (but not surprised) that the Smart Folks are already arguing that Merion is too small to ever host the Open again.

3.  Mike Davis, who sets up courses for the U.S. Open, is exactly the sort of golf nerd I wanted to be as a kid.  Without him, I don't think the USGA would have taken a chance on Merion.  Davis is always trying to do cool things with the National Open.  Sometimes -- like when there was almost no rough at the 2011 Open at Congressional -- the results are disappointing.  But this year his set-up was brilliant, and he deserves credit for a wonderful tournament.

4.  The poor quality of American golf is simply stunning to me.  I don't understand why no one in the press has bothered to report on why young American golfers are so much worse than their foreign counterparts.  We lose the Ryder Cup virtually every time it is contested, and foreign golfers have won 14 of the last 20 majors.  Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods are each at least five years past their primes, and they are still the only two American golfers who can hold their own with the world's best.  Guys like Rickie Fowler, and Dustin Johnson, and Brandt Snedeker -- who are supposed to be big American stars -- are absolutely dreadful in major tournaments.  And did anyone really think Hunter Mahan was going the distance?  We are clearly doing something wrong when it comes to developing young golfers, but I don't know what it is.

5.  Having said that, congrats to Michael Kim, an American who finished at 10 over par, in a tie for 17th place, and who was this week's Low Amateur.

6.  I'm afraid Tiger is seriously hurt again.  After playing so well through the first five months of the year, he looked terrible at Memorial and at Merion.  It wouldn't surprise me if takes a lot more time off to heal -- he certainly doesn't like scuffling along in 32d place.

7.   I feel bad for Phil Mickelson, and I know he's disappointed about a sixth second-place finish in the U.S. Open.  But come on.  He made two double-bogeys on the front nine.  And then, after he got a chip-in eagle on 10 to take the lead -- the biggest break any golfer had all day -- he managed to bogey the 13th hole (the easiest hole on the course) and the 15th hole (which he had parred three days in a row).  That is not championship golf.  And no, I still haven't forgotten how Mickelson gave away the 2006 U.S. Open.

8.  By Friday, Justin Rose was a pretty obvious pick to win this thing -- he's an international golfer who's used to playing on the big stage, like Graeme McDowell, or Adam Scott, or lots of other recent major winners.  But he still had to go out and hit the shots, and he overcame whatever bug has affected other English golfers like Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, and Ian Poulter.  In fact, he's the first Englishman to win a major tournament since Nick Faldo in 1996.  Shooting even-par 70 at Merion today was extremely impressive, and he is very much a deserved winner.  Graeme McDowell's win at the 2010 U.S. Open sparked a flurry of major wins from two other Ulstermen -- Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke.  It will be interesting to see if Rose's victory inspires any of his countrymen to make a similar breakthrough at the British Open in Muirfield.

9.  Finally, it should be noted that since 2011, Jason Day has a second-place finish at the Masters, a third-place finish at the Masters, and two second-place finishes at the U.S. Open.   That's 4 top 3 finishes in 11 Major starts.  Given that he's only 25, I expect to hear more from Mr. Day.

Here is the top of the final leaderboard:

1.  J. Rose (ENG):  +1 (71+69+71+70=281)

T2.  J. Day (AUS):  +3 (70+74+68+71=283)
T2.  P. Mickelson:  +3 (67+72+70+74=283)

T4.  J. Dufner:  +5 (74+71+73+67=285)
T4.  E. Els (RSA):  +5 (71+72+73+69=285)
T4.  B. Horschel:  +5 (72+67+72+74=285)
T4.  H. Mahan:  +5 (72+69+69+75=285)

T8.  L. Donald (ENG):  +6 (68+72+71+75=286)
T8.  S. Stricker:  +6 (71+69+70+76=286)

T10.  H. Matsuyama (JPN):  +7 (71+75+74+67=287)
T10.  N. Colsaerts (BEL):  +7 (69+72+74+72=287)
T10.  G. Fernandez-Castano (ESP):  +7 (71+72+72+72=287)
T10.  R. Fowler:  +7 (70+76+67+74=287)

U.S. Open -- Day Four

Happy Father's Day from the 2013 U.S. Open champion.

Happy Fathers Day everyone! Happy I've been raised by such a great man! Dad has been here all week with me and its truly been amazing!
— Billy Horschel (@BillyHo_Golf) June 16, 2013

Previous reports:

-- Tournament preview

-- Day One commentary and wrap

-- Day Two commentary and wrap

-- Day Three commentary and wrap

U.S. Open -- Day Three

Oh, Kentucky! They're still finishing up the second round at Merion, but, for the moment, it appears that 34-year-old Josh Teater, a Danville native who went to Morehead State and now lives in Lexington, has made the U.S. Open cut and will continue playing the remainder of this weekend. Our man Josh is 8-over for the tournament and nines strokes behind co-leaders Phil Mickelson, a five-time runnerup in the national championship, and 2013 U.S. Open-champion Billy Horschel.

Previous reports:

-- Tournament preview

-- Day One commentary and wrap

-- Day Two commentary and wrap

U.S. Open -- Day Two

The Internet is amazing™.

Previous reports:

-- Tournament preview
-- Day One commentary and wrap

63 Games to Go

Here are Thursday's games in the 1st Round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Central Daylight Time) (rankings by Ken Pomeroy):

Auburn Hills, Mich.:
11:15 A.M.:  # 10 Michigan St. (25-8) v. # 64 Valparaiso (26-7) (CBS)
1:45 P.M.:  # 37 Memphis (30-4) v. # 18 St. Mary's of Calif. (28-6) (CBS)
6:15 P.M.:  # 11 Michigan (26-7) v. # 102 S. Dakota St. (25-9) (CBS)
8:45 P.M.:  # 22 Va. Commonwealth (26-8) v. # 54 Akron (26-6) (CBS)

Lexington, Ky.:
11:40 A.M.:  # 53 Butler (26-8) v. # 62 Bucknell (28-5) (truTV)
2:10 P.M.:  # 25 Marquette (23-8) v. # 59 Davidson (26-7) (truTV)
5:50 P.M.:  # 2 Louisville (29-5) v. # 225 N. Carolina A & T (20-16) (TBS)
8:20 P.M.:  # 24 Colorado St. (25-8) v. # 19 Missouri (23-10) (TBS)

Salt Lake City, Utah:
12:40 P.M.:  # 7 Pittsburgh (24-8) v. # 32 Wichita St. (26-8) (TBS)
3:10 P.M.:  # 4 Gonzaga (31-2) v. # 171 Southern (23-9) (TBS)
6:20 P.M.:  # 21 Arizona (25-7) v. # 45 Belmont (26-6) (TNT)
8:50 P.M.:  # 17 New Mexico (29-5) v. # 108 Harvard (19-9) (TNT)

San Jose, Calif.:
1:10 P.M.:  # 16 Saint Louis (27-6) v. # 80 New Mexico St. (24-10) (TNT)
3:40 P.M.:  # 20 Oklahoma St. (24-8) v. # 43 Oregon (26-8) (TNT)
6:27 P.M.:  # 34 UNLV (25-9) v. # 60 California (20-11) (truTV)
8:57 P.M.:  # 13 Syracuse (26-9) v. # 144 Montana (25-6) (truTV)

Any other observations will go in the comments.

Oh, Kentucky

Smart grid!

"NuLu."

The fifth generation of Gaineses take over at The Daily News in Bowling Green.

I will not be entering this writing contest for children, but, if I did, I'd probably try to come up with something that echoes either Vice President Johnson's sing-songy and violent slogan or Vice President Barkley's plain and peaceful one.

I love local steakhouses, and now I have a great new reason to get to one in Goody.

Meanwhile, the soup and cheeseburgers from this new Southfork restaurant receive rave reviews.

Good Christian women, retreat--next month in Covington.

Three Eagles from the same Lawrenceburg family.

Webster County schools are trying to catch up with Webster County students on technology.

Our big Paducah bro, Russ Cochran, will be rocking the PGA Tour's Sony Open, which tees off today.

Rest in peace, Mr. Anders, who loved coaching at Clinton County High School "the last of the games with no referees."

Oh, Kentucky

“It’s one thing for me, a politician, to roll into Hazard and say all this stuff and then leave. I want to show people that I believe in Eastern Kentucky and the ag capacity here.” 

Speaking of James Comer, the Kentucky desk predicts (for "all-along" purposes--please note new label!) that the KDLA will one day be archiving Gov. Comer's journals.

No more Corydon?

Forty years of Lions Club pancake breakfasts in Madisonville--none more successful than this month's. 

Good jobs news from Inez.

New pharmacy for historic location in Covington? Historic pharmacy finds new location in Benton.

Christmas parades: Hopkinsville, Dec. 1, and Lexington, Dec. 6.

KET News Quiz!

Rest in peace, Mrs. Lloyd, Cundiff postmistress of 37 years.