The first shot of the game for LSU was an air ball. It didn’t get much better after that, as UK (14-3, 2-1 SEC) racked up a quick 12-2 run, then a 29-point halftime lead, and then an 82-44 final score in beating LSU (10-8, 2-1 SEC). “That’s just a good old-fashioned ass whooping,” LSU [...]
The Kentucky Kernel
A poem by Robert Wallace about the artisty that is the Double Play in baseball.
In his sea lit
distance, the pitcher winding
like a clock about to chime comes down with
the ball, hit
sharply, under the artificial
banks of arc-lights, bounds like a vanishing string
over the green
to the shortstop magically
scoop to his right whirling above his invisible
shadows
in the dust redirects
its flight to the running …
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Sure the NCAA suspended the five Ohio State football players who sold team memorabilia, but is it not ridiculous that those players get to play in the Sugar Bowl? Barrett Wagle adds his two cents…
Gack Sports
Wow. Andrew “Wheelz” Fotheringham, an eighteen-year-old wheelchair athlete from Las Vegas, pulled off the world’s first double backflip in a wheelchair last weekend using what appears to be a bungie cord, a ramp, and a custom-made wheelchair.
The following video is amazing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Andrew fails a number of times before pulling off the stunt. After a few scary falls where Andrew lands on his head, his fellow riders repeatedly ask him if he’s sure he’s okay. By the end of the video, he’s better than okay: he’s awesome.
Here’s Andrew’s website.