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BUSINESS

  • Buzz

    Hunt Brothers serve piping-hot NASCAR

    Jim Jordan

    Like the old song says, ”All the men will cheer and the boys will shout, the ladies they will all turn out“ when the No. 66 Hunt Brothers Chevrolet rolls into Paris on Aug. 26 and Frankfort on Aug. 27.

•  READ: Jim Jordan's blog "The Buzz"
ENTERTAINMENT

  • Copious notes

    Philharmonic conductor search update

    Rich Copley

    This week, we'll see Alfred Savia of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra in Indiana, the fifth and final candidate this season for music director of the Lexington Philharmonic. The two-year search will end next spring after another season with up to six auditions.

•  READ: Rich Copley's blog "Copious Notes"

  • The Musical Box

    A father of inventiveness

    A visit by Zappa's widow is a good reason to reflect on his musical genius

    By Walter Tunis

    Gail Zappa and the University of Kentucky Chamber Winds

•  READ: Walter Tunis' blog "The Musical Box"
LIVING

  • Commentary

    With no more free kid labor, I'll pay

    Merlene Davis

    We packed up our son and dropped him off at the University of Louisville last week to start a journey that eventually will result in his getting permanently out of our house and wallets.

•  READ: Merlene Davis' blog "What's Up? with Merlene"
•  READ: Sharon Thompson's blog "Flavors of Kentucky"
NEWS

  • Stumbo edging toward top post

    Ryan Alessi

    Like political water torture, Democratic state Rep. Greg Stumbo has been slowly revealing his intentions all summer about whether he’ll run for the top spot in the state House.

•  READ: Ryan Alessi's blog "Pol Watchers"
•  READ: Tom Eblen's blog "The Bluegrass and Beyond"
•  READ: Larry Dale Keeling's blog "KY Kurmudgeon"
SPORTS

  • School in session for SEC QBs

    OK, so you're a Kentucky fan and you're worried about the road trip to hated Louisville on Sunday and all that Papa John's heat likely to fall on your wet-behind-the-ears quarterback, making his first college start.

•  READ: John Clay's blog "Sidelines"

  • UK Football Notebook

    Phillips tapping pipeline from Louisville Central

    Chip Cosby

    The University of Kentucky pipeline that UK offensive coordinator and future head coach Joker Phillips has established to powerhouse program LaGrange (Ga.) has been well-chronicled.

    Now Phillips may be on the verge of building another pipeline, this one a little closer to home at Louisville's Central High School.

  • You can go home again

    Football coaches return to their alma maters

    Mike Fields

    Playing catch-up after summer vacation, with the start of football season just a week away ...

•  READ: Mike Fields' blog "Fields Notes"

  • U.S. advances to gold-medal game

    By Mark Maloney

    BEIJING — The United States men’s basketball team is looking for a little “R and R” at the Beijing Olympics.

  • UK BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

    Lots of questions for Cats as new season approaches

    By Jerry Tipton

    Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie began a news conference last week by noting the greater familiarity that comes with being a second-year coach: ”The players have a greater sense of comfort because there's not as much unknown,“ he said. ”You know what to expect more. They know what to expect more.“
•  READ: Jerry Tipton's blog "Jerry Tipton on UK basketball"
•  READ: Maryjean Wall''s blog "Galloping Out"
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