Jim Mashek column/Purples’ Patrick Forbes brings Kentucky’s “Mr. Baseball” hardware to BGHS
BGHS CLASSMATES FORBES, BUTTRY SHARE RARE STATEWIDE DISTINCTION It’s been an eventful two or three weeks for Bowling Green High […]
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Closing the door/Purples’ Patrick Forbes shines on the mound, at the plate as BGHS completes sweep of Warren East
PURPLES’ STAR HOMERS IN 8-2 VICTORY OVER RAIDERS It was the unspoken objective, perhaps the ultimate regular-season goal in the […]
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Jim Mashek column/In New Orleans, the Final Four is just part of the grand equation, homeslice …
TRUST ME, THE SUPERDOME IS THE PLACE TO BE TODAY Traditionalists don’t like it. It’s a massive structure, built for […]
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PEACOCKS ON PARADE/Once in awhile, an NCAA unknown, like Saint Peter’s, makes a legitimate run at glory
It’s a Jesuit school, located in Jersey City, New Jersey, that until nine days ago had never won an NCAA […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Purples guard Turner Buttry, the ultimate underdog, is named Kentucky’s ‘Mr. Basketball’
BUTTRY LEAVES IMPRESSIVE LEGACY AT BGHS OK, confession time. I met Tanya Buttry, Turner’s Mom, before exchanging a single word […]
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Jim Mashek column/Given its options, Warren Central would rather be on the practice floor
GEORGETOWN, Kentucky — Good afternoon, y’all. It’s about 2:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (that’s 1:45 at home) and it’s a […]
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Jim Mashek column/Legendary New Orleans Saints linebacker Sam Mills, aka ‘The Field Mouse,’ is headed to Canton
SECOND ‘DOME PATROL’ LINEBACKER IS HEADED TO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME Thirty-five years ago, barely two decades into […]
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Dome Patrol Redux/A tribute to the late, great Vaughan Johnson, circa 2019
(Editor’s note: With the late, great Sam Mills being selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, I grabbed this […]
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Jim Mashek column: Sean Payton believed it could happen, in New Orleans, and it did
LONGTIME SAINTS COACH LEAVES AN IMPRESSIVE LEGACY AND THE FUTURE LOOKS PRETTY BRIGHT, TOO It was January 18, 2006, less […]
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Jim Mashek column: One year later, Henry Aaron’s legacy shines even brighter
(Editor’s note: I wrote this column one year ago, before launching my web site. Godspeed, Mr. Aaron. You are dearly […]
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