Author Archive: Earl Cox
Earl Cox, Sports Columnist
502.897.8910
Earl doesn¹t just write about sports legends, he counts many of them as his
friends. A member of the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, he has been writing
about sports for 60 years. Incidentally, that¹s about how long it's been
since he¹s cleaned his desk but he knows where everything is.
Current Wildcats Could Use Some Fight
Legend has it that in the early days of what is now the University of Kentucky, a faculty member who had just watched its football team play, said, “They played like wildcats.”
A Little History About Big Four
Newcomers to Louisville and Kentucky might think we spend our time being concerned about some strange things – to them.
Can The Cats Emerge From Humiliating Loss?
It doesn’t do any good for a coach in any sport to complain about his players who have little or no fight in them and who clearly don’t want to challenge opponents.
Baseball Notes: No Chipper; But Reds Get Leadoff Help; Astros In AL
If spring and baseball are among your favorite things, you have come to the right place.
Hooping It Up
To the surprise of no one who has followed high school basketball this season, the Seventh Region is going to be a dog fight between defending state champion Trinity and always tough Ballard.
It’s Hard For Anyone To Win At Notre Dame
Help! I mean five overtimes and a 104-101 loss to Notre Dame.
It Takes More Than One Paper For Fans
While waiting in an eye specialist’s office recently, a nice lady sat down beside me. She noticed that I had my usual four daily newspapers and asked, “May I look at one of your papers?”
Top Sports Figures? Who’s On Your Left?
Each year, The Lexington Herald-Leader invites all of us know-it-alls to vote for the top 10 athletes in Kentucky.
