REST IN PEACE, DICK BUTKUS/A childhood hero, an NFL icon, Chicago Bears linebacker was a Renaissance Man with a big heart
BUTKUS EMBRACED THE ‘TOUGH GUY’ IMAGE, BUT AWAY FROM THE GAME, HE SHOWED ANOTHER SIDE He was, of course, larger […]
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REST IN PEACE, STEVE SIDWELL/Longtime Saints defensive coordinator, 78, brought a presence to sideline
UNCEREMONIOUSLY FIRED AFTER 1994 SEASON, ‘SID’ MOVED ON TO OILERS, PATRIOTS, SEAHAWKS Steve Sidwell made his mark on the National […]
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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, Y’ALL!! 🫡🫡🎆🎆
Greetings from Dewey Beach, Delaware. On hiatus for a while at jimmashek.com. Will be back in Kentucky this weekend. Coming […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Don’t look now, but the Tigahs are at the doorstep of a seventh national championship
WHEN THE GAME’s ON THE LINE, LSU IS USUALLY ON TOP OF ITS GAME You see it, in their body […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/College baseball assumes sky-high profile for CWS semifinal pitting LSU and Wake Forest
TIGAHS HAVE THE MOMENTUM, BUT DEMON DEACONS REMAIN FORMIDABLE This is the kind of matchup that can define careers. Or […]
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TIGAHS POISED FOR GLORY/LSU eliminates Kentucky, 8-3, to earn first CWS berth since 2017
WILDCATS STAY IN CONTENTION BUT CAN’T SOLVE TIGERS BULLPEN BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Kentucky’s seventh-year coach, Nick Mingoine, was more […]
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DEEP SIXED IN RED STICK/No. 5 seed LSU unloads six home runs, buries Kentucky, 14-0, in Game 1 of NCAA super regional
LSU RIGHT-HANDER PAUL SKENES DOMINATES WILDCATS’ LINEUP BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — The LSU Tigers sent a message pretty quickly, and […]
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MEANWHILE, FROM LEXINGTON …/Ballard repeats as KHSAA state softball champion; Whitley County edges Shelby County, 2-1, in state baseball title tilt
Congrats are in order for the Whitley County High School baseball team, which slipped past Shelby County 2-1 on Saturday […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Kentucky baseball embraces the imposing challenge of NCAA super regional with SEC rival LSU
WILDCATS STILL LOOKING FOR FIRST BERTH IN COLLEGE WORLD SERIES; PRESSURE IS SQUARELY ON THE BACKS OF SEVENTH-RANKED TIGERS BATON […]
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END OF THE ROAD/Whitley County eliminates South Warren, 7-4, on its way to KHSAA state semifinals
COLONELS STRIKE FOR FIVE RUNS IN THE FIFTH; SPARTANS FINISH THE SEASON AT 27-10 LEXINGTON — Twenty minutes after it […]
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