Author Archive: Earl Cox
Earl Cox, Sports Columnist
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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.
Petrino, WKU Marriage Is For Real!
First, let’s establish the fact that this isn’t an April Fool story. It really happened.
Is ACC Big Enough For Williams, Coach K And Pitino?
Thanks and congratulations to Athletic Director Tom Jurich and President Jim Ramsey for completing the final piece of the puzzle to ensure that the University of Louisville for all time will be forever and ever a major player in intercollegiate athletics.
Paul Hornung Gets His Due
Just three days after Paul Hornung was honored once more in his hometown of Louisville by being inducted into the city’s Catholic Sports Hall of Fame, Sunday’s New York Times piled on the accolades even thicker.
Kentuckians Want Their Hunting And Fishing
The only thing that I knew for sure in advance about last week’s election was…
Joker’s Going: How Will His Successor Be Picked?
When the Southeastern Conference was formed in the early 1930s, Kentucky was a charter member.
In Hoops It’s The Big 10 1. IU, 4. Ohio State. 5. Michigan
By this time all of us who love basketball have had every Tom, Dick and Harry try to fill our feeble brains with preseason facts, figures and guesses how our favorite teams will stack up this coming season.
Cal Pays Attention To UK Greats Of The Past
How does John Calipari do it? How does the head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky keep on and on piling up talented high school players?







