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.
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.
Rocks, Mad. Central In Sweet 16 Final? Te’o To Ravens?
Perhaps Kentucky’s most significant high school boys basketball game to be played all season was last week’s Madison Central at Trinity contest.
If Our President Can Worry About Football, You Can Too
Did you see what the Leader of the Free World, our president, Barack Obama, said about football?
Bryant, Vince Couldn’t Tame Manual’s Wright
In the weeks before the Super Bowl, media members always are scrambling for good stories.
Cats, Cards Top 25 In Baseball, Open Feb. 15
Let’s talk a little baseball and maybe that will warm us up a little.
Harbaugh History: Like Father, Like Sons
When the Super Bowl is played on Feb. 3 in New Orleans, you will see something you may never see again.
Better Know Your Hoops If You Question Rick
No potty-mouth firebrand of a basketball coach should hold post-game media conferences, especially if he expects the scribes and radio and TV people to know as much as he does.
Beg, Borrow Or Steal For UofL – UK Football Tickets
Quick, Tom Jurich! Line up all of the big contractors in the bi-state area and start adding at least 25,000 seats before next football season starts.
