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At the Half

3:17 PM Thu, Mar 20, 2008 |

A back and forth game in Anaheim California has Marquette leading Kentucky 33-29 at halftime.

Kentucky got out to a quick start but then cooled down aobut five minutes into the half. At that point Marquette went on a 12-0 run to take a 16-10 lead. The Wildcats had a tough time stopping penetration from the Golden Eagle guards.

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Fired Up

2:48 PM Thu, Mar 20, 2008 |

Coach Billie Gillispie is fired up on Kentucky's bench during todays first round NCAA tournament game. After a fast start Perry Stevenson got pulled from the game for not defending the pick and roll and about one minute afterward AJ Stewart got yanked as well. Both got an earfull from Gillispie.

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Gametime!

2:26 PM Thu, Mar 20, 2008 |

It's gametime in Anaheim California and Perry Stevenson has cracked the starting lineup.
I'm sitting right behind the Kentucky bench inside the Honda Center as starting lineups are being released. It's the number 11 seed Wildcats and the number 6 seed Marquette ready to go..

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March: A Month of Extremes…

5:37 PM Wed, Mar 19, 2008 |

The old adage, “March comes in like a lion… goes out like a lamb”, has certainly started out true this time around. We can only hope that the second half of the saying proves just as reliable.

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Long Strange Trip

9:59 AM Sun, Mar 16, 2008 |

What a long strange trip it has been!

When I was asked by our News Director Genie if I was interested in travelling for the SEC and NCAA Tournaments I jumped at the opportunity. I was a Sports guy in Cincinnati for a number of years, and I thought I knew the drill. In reality, I had now idea what was about to come. But really, who could have?

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'Cats out Cold

12:21 PM Sat, Mar 15, 2008 |

The Kentucky Wildcats came out cold after their unexpectedly delayed first SEC Tournament game. Scoreless in the first few minutes Joe Crawford finally knocked the lid off of the basket with a three pointer at the 15:50 mark of the first half.

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Crazy Night in 'Catlanta

11:31 AM Sat, Mar 15, 2008 |


What a bizarre night in Atlanta Georgia for Kentucky basketball fans. It's now nearly noon on Saturday and the Wildcats still haven't played a game in the SEC Tournament. Tornados ripped though downtown Atlanta with just 2:11 left in the Mississippi State/Alabama game. Kentucky never took the floor. The damage and devastation to both the Georgia Dome and the city is extensive.

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My Journey through Fake Bags

6:54 PM Thu, Feb 21, 2008 |

In December, I went to Washington D.C. to visit my best college girlfriends. While sitting at lunch over a big salad and a tall glass of water, somehow the subject of fake handbags came up. It quickly turned into a spirited debate. You see, my dear friend is an attorney. One who studied intellectual property and copyright. She read me the riot act when I asked, "What's the big deal? Who is it really hurting when you buy a fake."

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Extreme Makeover Wizards

3:53 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 |

I knew I was dealing with the real thing when I arrived in Bowling Green to interview the twin, 24 year old brothers who are the masterminds behind the technology inside ABC's Extreme Makeover Home in Louisville. That's because when we drove around Bowling Green, we followed Clinton Mills in his new Corvette! The car that put Bowling Green on the map (the late Johnny Carson loved them). Clinton and his brother Chris know how to support their ...



Ford sales down -- still no word on what's next at LAP

12:51 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008 |

Explorer sales dropped 18.7% from last January in figures released by Ford on Friday. Still no word if Ford has made any progress in planning for the promised new vehicle and flex body shop for the Louisville Assembly Plant, where Explorers are made, now. Here are the numbers:

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WHAS11 a Super Place for Super Tuesday

5:58 PM Thu, Jan 31, 2008 |

As ABC News provides wall-to-wall coverage of Super Tuesday primary results, WHAS11 and WHAS11.com will provide analyis from local experts and supporters of the candidates.

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Whoopeee!

9:01 PM Sun, Jan 27, 2008 |

Thanks to Ms. Trout's class at Kennedy Montessori in Louisville who has named me a "Whopping Crane Hero" for my role in helping in the effort to recover a missing whooping crane.

They will be excited to learn that the entire flock has arrived safely at their destination in Florida!

Here is all you ever wanted to know from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service:

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J'Town Shooting: Never Really Over

11:01 PM Wed, Jan 16, 2008 |

The criminal case in the June, 2007 road rage shooting is essentially over, and the Pickerill family says they won't file a civil suit, so what is left in this case that has elicited such strong opinions from our viewers?

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Hollywood Calls

5:51 PM Mon, Jan 07, 2008 |

Michala Riggle, the 11 year old girl you saw first on WHAS11 then on Good Morning America raising money for autism research, will now be on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

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Sending Citizen Soldiers to War

2:31 PM Thu, Jan 03, 2008 |

As we made our way to Indianapolis in the WHAS11 live truck up I-65 on Wednesday (Jan. 2, 2008), photographer Pete Longton and I noticed the many vehicles with camoflauge inside. Some National Guard soldiers were driving themselves. But the image that sticks in my mind is the father of one soldier behind the wheel, stonefaced behind his mustache. His warbound son also staring straight ahead.

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Whooping Cranes Take Flight!

1:02 AM Wed, Dec 05, 2007 |

After eight long and windy days in Washington County, Operation Migration was able to fly on Tuesday. The 17 whooping cranes and their ultralight pilots are now safely in Russell County, about 65 miles away.

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11 year old Autism Fundraiser on "Ellen?"

12:54 AM Wed, Dec 05, 2007 |

Just after Good Morning America repackaged my stories on Michala Riggle's autism research funding, one of the many phone calls to the Riggle home was from Los Angeles.

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Tears of Joy

11:36 PM Tue, Dec 04, 2007 |

I emerged from the "edit bay" at WHAS11 with tears in my eyes, having just watched our raw video of 11 year old Michala Riggle get the check to meet her goal of $200,000 for an autism research study.

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GMA to feature Louisville autism study

11:09 PM Mon, Dec 03, 2007 |

After WHAS11 reported on an amazing Louisville family's fight for autism research, Good Morning America plans to report on that effort Tuesday morning, 12/4.

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Whooping Cranes Stuck in Kentucky

9:55 AM Mon, Dec 03, 2007 |

The 17 endangered whooping cranes that have been making news in Kentuckiana are stuck here, indefinitely. It's just too windy for the ultralight led migration. Here's the latest from Operation Migration:

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