You are currently browsing the tag archive for the 'Sports' tag.
Cincinnati Bengals wide-receiver Chris Henry has died following injuries sustained during a domestic dispute.
Away from the team because of a broken forearm, Henry was rushed to the hospital Wednesday after being found on a residential road. Police say a dispute began at a home about a half-mile away, and Henry jumped into the bed of the pickup truck as his fiancee was driving away from the residence.
Police said at some point when she was driving, Henry “came out of the back of the vehicle.”
Edit reader Jeff sent this link. A photo from the Male-Manual game is in an ESPN sports photography contest. Here’s what he says about it:
Pixy Jones is the photographer; she’s kind of the “unofficial events photographer” for Male high school, an amateur photographer and a mom of three students there.
ESPN won’t let us embed the photo here, but you can click through to see it.
Rush Limbaugh isn’t buying the St. Louis Rams anymore, but what do you think of the outrage over his bid?
Upset with the radio host’s statements on race, some players and fans said they wouldn’t support the team if Limbaugh had a share. Do you think that’s a reasonable thing to do? Limbaugh certainly has the right to buy the team, but everyone else has the right to boycott. I think this is what you’d call a free market solution.
Here’s an NPR story on the subject. It features an interview with my former boss Antonio French. He’s now an alderman, but I worked for his news blog in 2007.
Should public funds go to build stadiums for private sports teams? While this isn’t a problem Louisville faces (yet), many other cities–including my old hometown St. Louis–have faced sharp criticism for deciding or refusing to build new stadiums.
Some argue that pro teams bring notoriety and money to cities and their facilities can sometimes be used for other events. There’s also the emotional argument that deals with the hometown pride a good team in a great building can bring.
But then others say that stadiums don’t really bring in what they cost and if teams can pay athletes huge salaries and sell merchandise for small fortunes, then they should be able to build a stadium.
Luckily, this isn’t the case with college sports. A public university already uses public funds, and the economics of college sports are totally different. Plus, it seems like there’s a new announcement of someone who isn’t U of L doing something in the New Downtown Arena, and the thing isn’t even built. That’s not to say there aren’t criticisms over the arena. Feel free to leave your comments (for or against) below.
What are your thoughts about publicly-funded stadiums? Internets Celebrities are have a few opinions and questions of their owns.
Congressman John Yarmuth took to the floor of the House to recognize the 125th anniversary of the Louisville Slugger. Here’s the video, which features a hilariously oversized baseball bat.
(Thanks to Jake at Page One for the link)
Remember the push to bring a NASCAR race to Kentucky? What if that race were mostly silent and required no gasoline?
Wired is calling for an electric vehicle class in auto racing leagues.
Why hasn’t Tesla supported a single-marque racing series for the Roadster? Why hasn’t the Federation Internationale d’Automobile or any other big-league sanctioning body enlisted a company like eWolf to build cars to run in the support races during F1 weekends? Why doesn’t the SCCA, the AMLS, the NHRA and every other alphabet-soup sanctioning body have an EV class?
Such an effort would inevitably lead to better EVs and introduce the masses to the technology.
It seems like every other car commercial touts “racing inspired” features, so why not a racing inspired electric motor? If racing breeds innovation then perhaps an electric car circuit would lead to better performing, more affordable, more easily-repaired electric vehicles?
The piece also argues that an EV race would make the idea more popular. You may get dirty looks driving a Prius in certain parts of town, but what if your family sedan was powered by the same technology that throws ad-covered stocks around left turns at 200 miles per hour?
Former PRP High School football coach Jason Stinson talked to Good Morning America about his recent trial. Here’s the video.
Former PRP High School football coach Jason Stinson hasn’t said much–or anything–since his acquittal last week, but the C-J has an update on his career.
Four days after being acquitted of reckless homicide in the 2008 death of a player, former Pleasure Ridge Park High School football coach Jason Stinson was reassigned to PRP Monday.
Stinson, who had been assigned to non-instructional duties pending the outcome of the case, can resume his job as a “Technical Teacher,” according to a Sept 21 letter to Stinson by Carolyn Meredith, employee relations director for Jefferson County Public Schools. The letter did not state what day he might return.
“No limitations will be placed on your employment with the Jefferson County Public Schools,” Meredith’s letter stated. “You are welcome to apply for positions of your choosing.”
Superintendent Sheldon Berman said last week that while PRP already has a new head football coach this year, Stinson could apply for any coaching jobs he wanted, including at PRP.
Here’s what we reported on today:
