Jim Mashek column/Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco never gave in, takes Rebels back to the College World Series
FORMER LSU CATCHER REMAINS A GRINDER, IN HIS 22ND SEASON IN OXFORD It was about this time of year, 22 […]
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RARDIN ARRIVES IN BOWLING GREEN/New WKU baseball coach built a JUCO powerhouse at Iowa Western
HILLTOPPERS LOOKING FOR FIRST NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTH SINCE 2009 Marc Rardin has spent roughly 30 years in collegiate baseball, the […]
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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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