Extremely pumped to announce that I'm returning to the local sports radio scene starting next week.
"The Mike Rutherford Show" (working title) will air every Monday-Friday from 3-6 on
@BigXSportsRadio
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Fake arguing with your coach to distract the defense before throwing a half-look pass for a reverse alley-oop to break a 92-92 tie in the final minute of OT in a Sweet 16 game at MSG might be the coolest shit I’ve ever seen
The audacity to walk your dog in a stroller down a busy road when you know damn well you're the most talked about man in the state at the moment is incredible.
This is how I'll choose to remember him.
John Calipari walking his dog along Richmond Rd this afternoon. Declines to give a comment to Kentucky fans.
"No, I don't, I'm walking my dog right now."
@WKYT
Made a deal with the college basketball devil at a young age that I would name my firstborn after the sport’s reigning national champion.
Just like the basketball team, Virginia Elizabeth Rutherford took her sweet time getting here, but ultimately got the job done beautifully.
Ivy League: "There's no way we can justify playing these games, even if there are no crowds. Just imagine the level of bacteria on the playing floor alone."
ACC:
Dude on my street is currently playing solo cornhole in his driveway. Both boards, all eight bags per turn, just walking back and forth.
We're less than a week into this thing.
Stages of following Kentucky basketball as a UofL fan:
1. They're gonna be really good
2. Maybe they're not as good as I thought
3. We might be able to beat these guys
4. We lost to those guys
5. How the f--k did we lose to those guys?
6. Ok they're good
7. Please lose in March
Off to Lexington to sit in a hostile building for two hours and have my mood for the next week determined by a game played by 18-22 year olds.
You know, like any well-adjusted adult.
Donovan Mitchell says his only big ask for his signature shoe (out July 5) was that the price not exceed $100.
"All kids being able to have the shoe means more to me than anything else. That was the biggest thing."
John Thomas Rutherford arrived last night and immediately asked how Wake Forest could execute a run play, call for a timeout and be awarded that timeout all in under 4 seconds.
He’s 7 pounds, 15 ounces and has a full head of dark hair. Showing up dad already.
You're still celebrating the USWNT, and you should be. But please spend two seconds directing your focus to the fact that the Reds are currently playing baseball without sleeves.
Tonight, a team coached by a man who has already been fired will play for a spot in the NCAA tournament.
Tomorrow, a program currently embroiled in a gambling scandal will play for a spot in the NCAA tournament.
Greatest sport in the world.
Look, I’m a simple man. I just want Louisville to hire a basketball coach who understands the gravity of the position, is charismatic, connects with the fan base, plays an exciting style, will bring in top recruits, and never lose a single game.
No way around it, just a rough post-2020 stretch for both Louisville and Kentucky.
Both with only 1 conference tournament win and just 1 overall NCAA tournament win between them.
Just a massive underachievement for both programs. None any more or any less than the other.
Whatever led to Louisville vs. Tennessee and Kentucky vs. Indiana turning into Louisville vs. Mississippi State and Kentucky vs. Virginia Tech is super lame.
Every D-I team from Kentucky but one is currently .500 or better.
Western Kentucky 13-4
Bellarmine 11-5
Louisville 11-4
Morehead State 15-6
Eastern Kentucky 14-4
Murray State 9-9
Kentucky 5-11
What a great year for the state!
Even after an absolutely devastating loss, Louisville players took time to sign autographs and pose for pictures with the younger sister of one of the Marshall County High School shooting victims. Props to them.
I will fully admit it: Before the season I thought there was a 1% chance this team would make a bowl and a .0001% chance they would be bowl eligible with two games to play.
What an incredibly fun run. Scott Satterfield for Emperor.
Congrats to the 2018 Louisville Cardinals on playing in the same conference as the 2018 national champions and therefore being 2018 national champions themselves.
We’ve got UK fans figuring out what restaurant Scott Drew is at from a picture and calling the restaurant to talk to him.
We also have Chip Gaines getting into it with UK fan accounts and implying that Drew will stay at Baylor because it’s God’s will.
And yet I still need more
Can’t believe no one informed this young man that Kentucky is playing Saint Peter’s and not Louisville. In fact, the Cardinals didn’t even make the tournament!
He’s gotta be so embarrassed right now.