NFL Hall of Fame Player Bart Starr to Speak at Paul Hornung Award Banquet Louisville, KY - January 16, 2013 - The Louisville Sports Commission announced today that former Green Bay Packers' quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer Bart Starr will be the guest speaker at the Paul Hornung Awards Banquet presented by KentuckyOne Health. The banquet will be held Feb. 15 at The Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville honoring Tavon Austin of West Virginia, the 2012 Paul Hornung Award winner. "Bart Starr is one of the all-time great football players in the history of the NFL," Hornung said
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Former University of Kentucky star Rajon Rondo is featured in the latest ESPN "This is Sportscenter" promo.
The real world is arresting
I’m curious as to why you’re so curious
Gregg Allman: My Cross to Bear
The Gregg Allman autobiography My Cross to Bear is a phenomenal read for classic rock fans. Gregg rolls back through childhood hardship that included the murder of his father, poverty, military school, and lonely desperation. A neighbor kid with a guitar started Gregg's move to music, and along with it came enough drugs and sex to overwhelm an army. Just as the Allman Brothers band hits nationwide acclaim, Gregg's brother Duane is killed in a motorcycle accident. Artistic battles with bandmate Dickie Betts and others took a toll, but the Midnight Rider eventually rides on. Gregg Allman is in his 7th marriage, second liver, and who knows how many successful dodges of death. The pain
You did build that
A few months after "Papa" John Schnatter created outrage by fretting over increased product costs due to Barack Obama's health care mandate, the Courier-Journal published an exhaustive profile of Schnatter and his company's outlook. It turns out that Obama and Schnatter are both doing what they do best...tweaking the establishment. PROFILE TV comedians like Stephen Colbert went to town in pillorying Schnatter for his blunt comments. The MAD Magazine illustration below was released the same week as PEOPLE Magazine's annual "Sexiest Man Alive" issue. Internet memes were usually unkind. John Schnatter was hurt by the blowback from his blunt business comments but stood by them in the January 2013 profile in his hometown newspaper. BOTTOM LINE: He worked
Dog financial advice for tax season
Beautifully played
After a week of ridiculous overreaction to a sports announcer referring to a quarterback's girlfriend as "beautiful," LEO curmudgeon C.D. Kaplan puts it all in proper perspective. He has a beautiful mind. Here are Katherine Webb photos. Before the game, she had about 1,000 Twitter followers. Check here to see the new count.
The Husband Store vs. The Wife Store
THE HUSBAND STORE A store that sells new husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch: you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband... On each floor the signs on the doors read: Floor 1
Hometown Hero
Two famous people each receive a personalized Louisville Slugger bat. Notice the difference in appreciation between a hometown girl and a Canadian pop star. Telling.