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Lauren Hill, the brave young woman who was fighting terminal brain cancer and inspired us all with her by playing in a college basketball game for Mount St. Josephs despite her condition and raised more than $1 million in funds for cancer research, has died of her disease. She was 19.
Tweet of the Morning
RIP Lauren Hill - Thanks for the inspiration.
— Brian Eldridge (@BriEldridge) April 10, 2015
Indeed.
Your Quickies:
Kentucky basketball
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Malik Newman speculation, and some quotes from Stephen Zimmerman’s mother. If we could just get these two guys, I’d like my team.
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Skal Labissiere talks to Evan Daniels, and about Kentucky. He appreciates Calipari’s honesty.
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Mike DeCourcy thinks some of the players leaving for the NBA, namely Trey Lyles and Devin Booker. I think he’s right, but you have to let these young men decide for themselves.
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No real surprises in UK’s "Magnificent Seven." No, not really.
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U of L, UK players to meet fans at the Towne Mall in E-Town this weekend.
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Heh. Little man complex.
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Karl Towns says Isaiah Briscoe is a "winner." That’s good enough for me.
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Devin Booker says coming to Kentucky was an easy decision, leaving was the hardest.
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Kentucky is considered the best team in the BPI era. Not surprising.
Other Kentucky sports
Links posts
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Storylines for 2016. I hope we do some of these things, but I’m not holding my breath.
College basketball
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More on Lauren Hill’s passing. She will be missed.
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SEC Hoops on an upswing? I agree, it looks that way.
Other sports news
- Cork Gaines says Tiger Woods didn’t look like a bad player yesterday. In fact, he looked like the old Tiger, just rusty. That’s great to hear.
Other news
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Large Hadron Collider proton beam reaches record energy. Oh, proton beams! Sounds like a good weapon to me.
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Is Google planning a move against the Apple Watch? Probably. Because competitor.
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Sleep deprivation is bad. Very bad. Trust me, I know.