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Former UK sports information director and historian Russell Rice has died. Our condolences and prayers go out to the family.
Tweet of the day
College Has Gotten 12 Times More Expensive in One Generation http://t.co/MZ8nhazXUq pic.twitter.com/QcoYGDHvEu
— Ninja Economics (@NinjaEconomics) May 31, 2015
Unbelievable. Suspicious.
Your Quickies:
Kentucky football
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Mark Story has an entirely rational approach on how to overhaul college football recruiting. I like it, which means that the NCAA in general and coaches in particular will hate it. What do you think?
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Great news.
UK commitment Drake Jackson earned an invitation to Nike's The Opening Finals event in Oregon in July based on his performance this weekend.
— Ben Roberts (@NextCats) May 31, 2015
Kentucky basketball
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Tai Wynyard talks to draft express about his preparation for the U18 World Championships, and about possibly joining Kentucky in the second half of next season. Hat tip: KSR
He’s kicking the idea around.
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Basketball attendance numbers were up in the SEC last season. That’s really good news.
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Is Devin Booker the answer for the Miami Heat? I rather doubt it, I think they’ll need more answers than him.
Other Kentucky sports
- UK Track & Field continues its surge. It is sending 16 representatives to the NCAA’s
Links posts
College football
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Speaking of money, the SEC generated an NCAA-record $455.8 million in revenue last year, up over $120 million from the Big Ten’s previous record.
College basketball
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Steve Fisher wants to do away with the one-and-done. Good luck with that.
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Tragedy. Former Vanderbilt Commodore Dai-Jon Parker has died in a tubing accident, apparently drowning. Our deepest condolences and prayers go out to his family, friends, and extended family at Vanderbilt.
Other sports news
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Kevin Love expects to be back on Day 1 of next season. I hope so.
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The New Orleans Pelicans have a new head coach, Alvin Gentry, former Warriors assistant. His priority is resigning Anthony Davis. Hat tip: Kentucky Sports Radio.
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Bob Knight and Lou Holtz quietly fade from view. I won’t miss Knight, but I liked Holtz.
Other news
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Is a 401(k) better than an Roth IRA for the self-employed? As with most retirement questions, the answer is, "It depends."
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Scientists have apparently solved the mystery of quantum tunneling. More impressively, it appears to be an actually instantaneous process.
Ender’s Game’s Ansible, anybody?
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Did "Beautiful Mind" mathematician John Nash discover the math behind what appears to be the genesis of a unified field theory, replacing Einstein’s Theory of Relativity with something that also explained quantum gravity?
Worth keeping an eye on.