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Bob Watkins Citizen Chelsea Clin-tonhad ababy lastweek.A girl. A New York Postheadline heralded the ar-rival with a question: An-other liberal crybaby forDemClintons? Tasteless, but clever,don’tyouthink?Wesnick-er (or not) and move onto feeding the kids, keep-inganeyeonpricesatthepump. Here’s the question:HowlongbeforePostedi-tors extend an apology tothe first-time mother? InNewYork?Atleastnotun-tilwellafterDerekJeter’sdeificationbyPopesBene-dictandFrancis. In Kentucky, crybabyisa farmoreseriousmat-ter. The idea made into acartoonofaballcoachascrybaby,well,thisratesupthere with War On Coaland The Affordable CareAct.Thewait forapologymight be, oh, one newscycle. A Louisville Courier-Journal’s executive editorhurried forth to apologizetoUniversityofKentuckyball coach John Calipari

the other day because ofa cartoon on front of thenewspaper’s sports sec-tion. In context of a hotlycontested political seasonin Kentucky, I am amongthose not amused, butpuzzled, disappointed andconcerned that head of amedia outlet took time togenuflect toacollegeballcoach. √Puzzled.Whyamet-ropolitan media outletwouldputitsreputationforbeing nonpartisan at riskwithagrandstandplaythatreflectsweakness, expedi-encyandmessage to staff– leaving an employeehungouttodry. √Disappointed.Apara-gon of print journalismapologizes for a cartoonsetsaprecedent.Seemstome,thenewspaperisnowobligated to apologize topolitician Mitch McCon-nell and a host of otherpoliticos who have beenlampoonedoftenandmoreoutrageously thanonede-picting Calipari as cryba-by. √ Disappointed. Thenewspaper’sUKbeatwrit-erKyleTuckerandcolum-nistTimSullivanhid,thensurfaced as apologists. Tokeeptheirjobs? √Concerned.TheCou-rier-Journal’sapologytoaball coach, coupled withthe newspaper’s saggingcirculation,makesuswon-der–isthisapreludetoourstateOldFaithfulnewspa-perheadedthewayoftheNew Orleans Times-Pica-yune(becomeatri-weeklyinJune2013)?Turningitsprofitemphasistowebsite

news?THEN COMES THE

IRONY Ironically and rhetori-cally‘what’sthebigdeal?’,sportsnewsstoriesthiscal-endaryearaloneaffirmtheCourier-Journal’s cartoon-istdepictionofCalipariasacrybaby. √ April 7, ex-UConncoach Jim Calhoun tolda reporter “The one thingabout John, John can be-come,youknow,abulls----er....Johnkindofknowsthat. At least I think heknowsthat.” Postscript: Calhounalso said, “H(Calipari’s)way, one-and-done, mostinstitutions are not goingto allow you to do whatKentuckydoes.” √ August 22, CalipariwasguestonWFANradioinNewYork.Afterleavingthe studio, Calipari calledback as John in Kentuckyalthough he was in fact,downstairs, to complainaboutMikeFrancesa’sas-sertion“Cal isnotagreatXs&Oscoach.” √ September 17, Syra-cuse coach Jim Boeheimrevealed that earlier thisyear, Calipari complainedto him that Mike Krzyze-wskiwasgettingunfairac-cesstorecruitsbycoachingTeamUSA.Inamarvelousunderstatement, BoeheimsaidCalipariwasbeing‘alittlebitdisingenuous.’ Theseinstances,coupledwith Calipari’s frequentlyseen whining to officialsduring games (ejected atSouth Carolina March 1),show Kentucky’s coachis exactly as he was lam-

pooned by the Courier-Journal guy. Seems thecartoonististheonlynon-villaininthisentireteapottempest. Fall out? The Courier-JournalhaskneeledtoTheMan in Kentucky. Thenewspaperhasat theleastearned reader suspicionof being a Calipari houseorgan. Meanwhile, Cali-pariinKentuckyisalreadyshowered with enoughhero worship to get him-selfelectedSenateMajor-ity Leader ahead of Mc-Connell.And, his grip onmediaiseventighter. Leaves one to wonderwhat else could this manhavetowhineabout? Meanwhile, we willkeep a close eye out forthe NewYork Post’s nexteditionand,perhapsoneortwoafterthat,foritsapol-ogy to the new mother initsmidst.

BOTTOM LINE With acknowledgementto the reasonable-mindedcentrists in Big Blue Na-tion,Iliketopullupane-mail received awhile agobecauseitreflectstoatee,myown. “I’m one of those rareUKathleticfanswhowentto school there, got a de-gree.Toomanypeoplecareonlyaboutwins,notaboutthecoach, theplayersandcertainly not the univer-sity. I wear my UK ringevery day. I am a fan oftheschool,nottheathleticprograms.Forpeoplewholove football and basket-ballbutnottheinstitution,Ihaveonlycontempt.” Andsoitgoes.

Bob Watkins’ Sports In KentuckySo, will we see the newest crybaby get an apology too?

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by MIKE WISEMANEstill Sports Contributor The Estill County En-gineers continued to bean offensive machine Fri-daynightatHooverNieceField. In an intense border ri-valrygame, theEngineersputup63pointsandgashedPowellCounty’sPiratestothetuneof493totalyards. Whileeveryone lovesaprettyoffense,thisreporteris more impressed withthe smash mouth, in yourface, defense that contin-uestostopopposingteamsin their tracks (or on ourtracks).TheEstill“D”sur-renderedapaltry165yardsto an outmatched Powelloffense. Unlike lastweek,whenEstillhadtosettleforscor-ing on the second playfrom scrimmage whenTrevorJonesbrokefreefora54yard sprintdown thesideline topaydirt,PowellCounty drove to Estill’s16yardlinebeforecough-ingitup.MichaelAbner’sfumble recovery set up abeautiful 77 yard ChipperHitchcocktouchdownrun. After a 3 and out forPowell, Jones ran for sixmoreona33yardrunandEstill’s lead was 21-0. TomakemattersworseforthePirates, Jones scored on a6yardscramblestretchingEstill’sleadto28points. Powell County finallymanaged to break theirgoose egg with a 43 yardTD run and hoped to getin to halftime down only3 scores. Two plays later,Jones found sure-handed

receiver, Deron Miller,witha35yardTDpassandcatch.A3yardtouchdownrunbyJonesonafakefieldgoal just before the halfendedwould seal thedealasEstillled48-6. The second half wouldnot get any better for thePirates.Theywould try togototheairbutLoganEd-monson would have noneofthatashepickedhisfirstof2INT’sonthenight. Hitchcock would makeit pay off for Estill as hefoundhissecondhome,theendzone,from4yardsout. Another TD run byJones, this one from 68yardsputEstill’sfans inafrenzy. Double nickels onthescoreboard!!!! Estill’s defense put upone more good stand asa Dylan Spivey sack andEdmonson’s second pickallowedEstill’syoungsterssomeplayingtime. Freshman quarterbackLogan Beckler took ad-vantageandscoredhisfirstvarsityTDona12yardrunand Estill would celebrateanotherblowoutwin,62-6. ThisFridaynightinPar-is,Estillwillput their5-1(2-0 in district) record tothetestwithatoughconfer-ence matchup with Bour-bonCounty.TheColonelsarecurrentlyranked10thinthestateandEstillwillfindoutwheretheystand. Everyone wear theirblueandwhiteandlet’sgetbehindCoachMikeJones’gang. Let’sshow‘emtheEstillNationcantravel!!! GOESTILL.

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Estill Rolls Over District Rival Powell Pirates, 62-6

Estill senior quarterback Trevor Jones keeps the ball for a touchdown run against the Powell County Pi-rates during action last Friday night.