Cannot see the Bears uniforms without thinking of Gale Sayers & Dick Butkus. Chicago stars in my youth, but still as exciting offensive & defensive players as I have ever seen. Sayers was electric; Butkus was nuclear.
“If we allow them to do so the liberal arts will lift us up from mere emotions and gut reactions into thoughtfulness.” — Larry Matheny, Centre College https://kentuckylantern.com/2023/10/11/i-apologize-kentucky/
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Cannot see the Bears uniforms without thinking of Gale Sayers & Dick Butkus. Chicago stars in my youth, but still as exciting offensive & defensive players as I have ever seen. Sayers was electric; Butkus was nuclear.
This: “[T]he issue that UK has too often been plagued by since 2022 is undisciplined football.” For what he is paid & how often he has said it is “inexcusable,” “unacceptable,” & must be “fixed,” fans have understandably lost faith in the coach.
Appreciate this clear, accurate headline from @kentuckylantern.com.
the maga constitution doesn’t allow any institution, public or private, to explicitly work to ameliorate racial inequality but allows the government to racially profile
It's so funny on today of all days, as the Supreme Court's conservatives in a separate shadow docket case overrule Humphrey's Executor, a 100-year-old precedent, for Brett Kavanaugh to be like "well obviously the bar for overruling our precedent is EXTREMELY high." Empty skull.
This reads like a clause from the Government’s brief or like a passage from a page on the DHS website. Instead it’s the words of a SCOTUS justice. What Kavanaugh describes here is a fantasy. We have seen how it goes down with our own eyes. What a disgrace! www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Ahh yes, because ICE and CBP famously are super respectful of civil rights and civil liberties and there are not documented cases of US citizens being swept up in their immigration dragnets…. 🙄
Justice Sotomayor, not mincing words, also says that today's decision will lead to the "creation of [] a second-class citizenship status" for Latinos, who now will have the burden to "carry enough documentation to prove that they deserve to walk freely."
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California. Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
Scott Jennings’s Cynical Ambitions www.thebulwark.com/p/scott-jenn...
Democrats need to reclaim the Whig principles of the Revolution, defend the egalitarian ideals of the Radical Republicans, and embrace the New Deal’s pragmatic liberalism— they have to aggressively and offensively paint this government as fundamentally un-American and in need of reconstruction.
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
McGowan had a great block earlier in the drive, too. He’s physical!
Turns out Kentucky saved the illegal formation for SEC play!
I will follow: J.B. Pritzker wants to lead the Democratic Party into battle economist.com/united-state... from The Economist
Very tough loss. Still saw much promise from @racingloufc.com. 3 rookies started! Bloomer amazes! 6000+ attendance pretty good given competition with U of L & high school football & Bats baseball game. Lynn Family Stadium is the cleanest stadium anywhere. Thanks to the workers who keep it that way!
That column is a scorcher!
It may be a great playing surface, but the turf in the Philadelphia stadium appears to be getting awfully chewed up awfully quickly. Chunks flying & divots left. Meanwhile, Collinsworth: “Well, Mike, I think we have to talk about something here.” No, Chris, you don’t.
Here’s the view from Little Round Top. There were a lot of heroes there on July 2, 1863. But Chamberlain & the Twentieth Maine were the left flank of the Union line. And they held!
All my Civil War heroes were loyal to the Union. Recently paid respects to some of them. General George Gordon Meade; the First Minnesota; Patrick “Paddy” O’Rorke; and, of course, Abraham Lincoln. Their courage, moral & physical, inspires in these trying times.
"And you may ask yourself: Well...how did I get here?"
“The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. … We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln December 1, 1862
"We must act accordingly" or else what?
This is like watching a Victorian time traveler befuddled at trying to work an iPhone. Just completely lost and confused by all the intervening context of the different era he's now in.
As a governor who cares about the well-being of my people, I can’t live in a fantasy land where I pretend Trump is not tearing this country apart for personal greed and power.
Why are federal agents covering their face? What are they hiding? Public servants should face the public! @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social has a mobile billboard driving around D.C. demanding that federal agents take their masks off. Check it out!
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched again in Serbia on Monday with shielded riot police guarding the Belgrade headquarters of Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic, who has threatened a major crackdown against those protesting his populist rule. https://to.pbs.org/41wvWll
Pope Leo XIV met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev. James Martin said Leo told him that he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.
The three books I have going now.
McDonough is the best, Jerry. The BEST!
Truly not meant as a jab. Have highest regard for Coach Busboom Kelly & her success at U of L. Merely reminding the few who read my posts that she was now at Nebraska. Am a Kentucky fan, but try to support all our state’s teams. However, we Wildcat backers can be obnoxious & bias probably creeps in.
Aston Villa stinks. May go goalless on season.
Diving, faking & exaggeration of injuries is so much worse in men’s than women’s soccer.
Nebraska wins. On me. Should’ve known better than to post up 2-0. My bad.
I posted this causing it to now be 2-2. Service errors & Cornhusker blocking game frustrating Wildcats. Tune in for decisive fifth set.
Kentucky volleyball up 2-0 over No. 1 Nebraska (coached by former Louisville coach Dani Busboom Kelly) in Nashville on ABC.
@racingloufc.com was last to score on KC in NWSL play. Had two goals in KC on 6/14 but lost 4-2.
Thoughts on @racingloufc.com: Still on best sustained run in franchise history based on quality & results. Results eyelashes away from spectacular. Great young talent. Kept together & wisely bolstered, as with Makenna Morris, could be really good for a while. Attendance still not where it should be.
Good win for Kentucky. Toledo a quality team & hung in to near end. Saw things to like; kicking game prominent among them. Afari outstanding on defense. Cats passed first test. Should improve off maiden. “Vegas” nailed spread. Ole Miss always interesting. Stoops out-coached Kiffin there last year.
In fairness, he made these comments before he grew a beard & became much wiser. It happens.
Longhorns might want to give Reggie or Jughead an opportunity.
Time moves backwards during college football games. This phenomenon causes constant super loud music that negatively alters human perception of reality. Another Einstein theory confirmed.
Kentucky first half offense has already featured: penalty on first play; interception; safety; and fumble lost. Don’t show the whole package so early! Save something for the SEC!
Kentucky up on Toledo 7-0. Has any school ever won football & basketball national championships in the same season?
Kentucky holding penalty on first play of the season. Bring on basketball.
"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
Yanez exudes a strong Marge Gunderson vibe after @racingloufc.com win slips away in stoppage time for 3rd time in 4 games. “No comment” on disallowed Racing goal. That was right in front of us & I have a comment: “Crap.” We got benefit of bad officiating in D.C. Not last night. youtu.be/HK9DFVff3D8
Houston Dash have won 12 points from losing positions in the NWSL this season, more than any other team. Racing Louisville have lost 10 points from winning positions in the NWSL this season, only Bay (11) have lost more.
An evil version of Ernest T. Bass is in charge of American public health.
Begging some congressional Democrat(s) to champion this issue, pound it relentlessly & not stop until US law enforcement personnel are permanently unmasked. Masked officers are a disgrace & antithetical to fundamental American principles.
Braves? Yikes! Ugly season. Have seen worse.
Yes. And it looked so good on the way. The whole stadium thought he had made it. UK had a very fun, likable team. Curci’s first season had some heartbreaking losses. Sonny Collins still the most electrifying Wildcat player I have ever seen.
Emotional trauma, you say? Losing 26 in a row will do that. Here’s a few from our family archives (a shoebox). 1973 an especially brutal loss. But that 1964 game! Hope Cats keep playing the Vols every season.
My top five favorite @wnba.com players: 1. Jackie Young 2. Grace Berger 3. Rhyne Howard 4. A’ja Wilson 5. Marina Mabrey Yours? #WNBA
Wish one congressional Democrat, or a small group of them, would take responsibility for championing the issue of no masks on U.S. law enforcement personnel, pound it relentlessly & never let up. Masked government officers are despicable perversions of American principles. The doxxing dodge is crap.
Two men bear primary responsibility for the U.S. not holding Trump politically or legally responsible for attempting a coup: Mitch McConnell & John Roberts. But essentially all elected Republicans & Trump voters are complicit. As a result, fascism now imperils our American constitutional democracy.
Horrifying
This is such a no-brainer that the lack of a coordinated response feels deeply damning. A Democratic leadership team that can't mobilize an instant all-hands-on-deck effort on RFK Jr. isn't a leadership team at all.
Kentucky leads the nation in racing fatalities this spring. www.wdrb.com/sports/churc...
Las Vegas Aces appear to have broken the spirit of Atlanta Dream in that third quarter. But fourth quarters can get crazy in the @wnba.
Think about how true, and how insane, this is:
The arena where Atlanta Dream are hosting Las Vegas Aces plays a constant barrage of pointless, annoying electronic noise.
Elementary school children are having to navigate thru a standing clutch of masked…who are they? “This is ridiculous,” a woman can be heard saying. Yes. And insanely dangerous.
The President of the United States sat in the Oval Office and said "a lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator" and that is not even a top story.
Ran into Marty Brennaman my first time at new Braves ballpark. We were both just walking around taking in the park. I recognized him & spoke. He could not have been nicer. We chatted for a few minutes & I got to personally thank him & tell him how much I enjoyed his work. A favorite baseball memory!
I love Aliyah Boston! Fever are an interesting team. Have suffered lots of injuries but still capable of looking good & beating people.
As always, and even more post-Clay (legend), appreciate your excellent work, on UK sports especially. Despite all the “industry” changes, Lexington Herald-Leader still a damn good newspaper! Get more than my $’s worth from subscription. KY politics coverage also outstanding. Young talent there, too.
Short turnaround for @racingloufc.com before facing Houston Dash, who are “unbeaten in their past four matches & have earned eight points in that stretch.” Having survived the gauntlet of top teams & hearing lots of hype, hope our heads are in the right place for facing teams below us in the table.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... “Every day, there’s a new movement away from the rule of law, toward arbitrary and corrupt personal rule. Among the fearful questions pressing upon the country: How does America ever turn back?”
Yikes! Taylor Flint at 4/5.
Just added “Pat McAfee” & “Dave Portnoy” to my list of muted words. Will do my best to prevent seeing any glimpse of either of them or hearing any syllable from either of them during the upcoming college football season.
Good to see more Seymour.
“A lot of people are saying: 'Maybe we like a dictator’,” said the President of the United States, verbatim, in the Oval Office. The same day that he ordered mobilization of “specialized” military units in all 50 states—under his personal command—in peacetime, to “quell public unrest” by Americans
This is not a drill. 🇺🇸 www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
READ IT & RESIST:
Gotta give Weber some credit on the @racingloufc.com goal, too.
That’s a great win for @racingloufc.com! Ella Hase my player of the match, but Sonis, Jean, Wright & Petersen were so solid. Flint, Sears & Bloomer did their things, too. Good, timely subs by Bev Yanez. The best stretch of soccer in franchise history continues! This team is legit good!
C’mon @racingloufc.com! Win this one! (Meanwhile, Wave take a tactical “injury” to regroup.)
@racingloufc.com goal! 0-1 lead on Sears goal after nice Hase recovery & assist. Could feel it coming as Racing was finally having a bit of possession.
Racing Louisville’s draw at Washington was its 12th away point of the season (W3 D3 L2), its most in a single regular season, even with five away matches remaining. The two goals Racing scored on Friday took it to 14 away goals this season, also a club record, surpassing the 13 scored last season.
Excluding OGs, 9 different players have scored Racing Louisville’s last 9 regular season goals dating back to the beginning of June. With 3 players that haven’t scored in that time adding an assist, an NWSL-high 12 Racing Louisville players have recorded a goal contribution since the end of May
Schumer & Jeffries hurt the cause every time they are seen or open their mouths. Democratic congressional leadership is dangerously & dramatically unsuited to this perilous moment. As was Biden, they are living in a lost time of the past that is forever gone. Backbenchers & state governors get it.
This is escalating rapidly.
Plus: 1. Bees are cool-looking. 2. Bees make honey.
Like the line in the Western Kentucky University ad: “You don’t come here to prepare for one thing. You come here to prepare for everything.” Very liberal artsy for a large regional university! We need more of that; not less.
Don’t know who the “analyst” on the Western Kentucky vs. Sam Houston game is, but he is the most frequent user of the unnecessary “there” and “right there” since Reggie Miller. Otherwise, he’s not bad. Hilltoppers lead 20-10 at half & have 32 pass attempts.
“We won't let a dictator impose his will.” Gauntlet thrown. Newsome has had a moment. Perhaps Pritzker soon will.
It has proven to be so.
Told ya @lvaces.bsky.social might take some time to gel, but gel they have!
This time last week was at my first @racingloufc.com away match. In D.C. Fun. Would’ve been great fun if there had only been ten minutes second half stoppage time. But we ARE a good team. Still on best stretch of soccer in franchise history. This DiGrande, DeMelo & Flint warmup drill mesmerized me.
Today was another one of those days.
“Kentucky’s map as it exists over-represents Republicans in its 5-1 Congressional delegation. There are currently 1,584,000 registered Republicans in the state to 1,389,000 Democrats” Read more at: www.kentucky.com/news/politic...
Sickening.
Trump unpromptedly shows reporters a photo of Putin and himself, who he says may be a guest at next year's World Cup in the US: "I'm going to sign this for him... I thought it was a nice picture of him." Putin bombed an American non-military factory in Ukraine yesterday.
James Comer is not a good faith actor & nothing he does or says regarding Trump should be assumed true. He is a Trumpist stooge.
“Mussolini is always right” was a slogan used in Fascist Italy. Image from Rome 1938.
