Some News and Notes

It's been a while, I know. Went through some computer issues but we're back. Wanted to give a few quick bits from stuff over the last couple of weeks:

• Millions die of the flu every year, someone needs to explain to me why Swine Flu is causing chaos.
• Brett Favre is annoying. I'm sorry, but it's true. Brett if you wanna come back and tarnish your legacy worse than you did at the end of last year, fine. It's your legacy. I'm just tired of you treating us like we're the chick you keep dumping. Don't retire for the third time and say it's forever because we all know it isn't. At the very least we know your gonna go Cher on us and flirt with teams like you are right now in Minnesota. You said that you could not compete consistently at that high level anymore and we know...we saw it with our own two-eyes. Bag it Brett.

• Paul Daugherty and Alan Cutler were given their walking papers from ClearChannel in Cincinnati last week. Where mostly local radio sports guys borderline ridiculous, everyone seemed to like "Doc." That included me. And no one-including me-liked Cutler. It's just like the ESPN Radio commercials are trying to tell you. In this business, locally, it's about who's louder and more obnoxious. Who stirs it up and provokes more reaction and controversy. It's not about quality of content. I hated that as a host in Lexington and why my first priority in this profession is calling it straight as a pxp announcer. Doc may have been cynical, but if you're not you're labeled a kiss-ass. He told it like it was and will be missed. Cutler on the other hand is the epitome of what I hate in my profession. Remember the Gillispie chase? If not click on his name. I have had personal encounters with this a-hole way too many times and I personally found him on the radio more annoying than that laughing judge on "So you think you can dance" and Favre combined. He claims to be a columnist with a mic. You're not "Pally," you're a loud-mouthed idiot with now, again, no microphone.

• News is just now breaking that Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance- enhancing drugs. I am in no way surprised, and won't be unless someone like Albert Pujols or Derek Jeter tests positive. Apparently it came from a scrip he got in Florida and he didn't know, which is possible I guess. How could we ever really know. Remember Palmeiro and Clemens? What to watch for: Manny to go Sammy Sosa on us and forget how to speak English.

• Speaking of Pujols, I am terrified of him. Every time a pitcher throws a pitch anywhere in the vicinity of the strike-zone he unleashes hell on the baseball. I have been on this Earth for 30-years, and I have never seen a better baseball player. He does everything right.

• Jackson Watch: It's been no secret my man-crush on Scott County point guard Chad Jackson. The senior-to-be under Billy Hicks-who seems to be staying put in Georgetown btw-is gaining some new interest from big-time schools. Already been offered rides at Xavier and West Virginia, Chad has lately been talking with Kansas, Florida, Indiana, Stanford and Butler. I would be incredibly surprised if Cal doesn't come knocking soon. His PG's seem to dip after a year and Chad is a 4-year player. Stay tuned...

• With Eric Bledsoe, the third-best PG in the '09 class according to rivals.com coming to UK, the 'Cats are looking at probably the #1 class overall now. That's with or without Wall. I expect Wall to go to Chapel Hill now that Bledsoe is coming to Lexington. I bet it was close, but UNC is ready to lift another banner and Lawson is gone. Sounds like a fit to me.




• I checked out Harper's Island on CBS for the first time yesterday. I promised a great friend I would because it's his studio. Wasn't terribly interested but my boy listens to me on the radio in LA, can't beat that loyalty. I thought the show was a bit too much like a soap opera with some weak acting, but overall entertaining. I will continue to watch just to see Trish Ellington, played by Katie Cassidy. Mad hottness.

• Got a bet with my X. I have Danny Gokey-she has Adam Lambert. Now that they're in the Final 3, their stories are going to be driven home like they're Brett Favre. Danny's is better with the death of his wife just prior to this season. Lambert has mad crazy pipes, but I think some will hate him as well as love him. Tough pick. If Adam becomes the first gay-idol, I have to join the Kenny Chesney fan club, thus helping me relate with Lambert, and those ridiculous ads they make for the show. They are awful. If Danny wins this Venezuelan crazy-man goes up on her mirror while she cuts hair for the remainder of 2009. Who ya got?
• My state showed it greatness once again last Saturday in the run for the roses. Well done to all who was there and made it special. Once again I have to say Tom Hammond is maybe the most underrated sportscaster out there. The NFL Network made a mistake by not snagging him. I am also currently in the market for a horse. Looking in the $8000-$1200 range. Nolds-where ya at!