Greg Stumbo will sue for KAPT. Is he thinking about a future run for higher office? That's the vibe I'm getting from this.
Janeane Garafalo is living a dream come true.
Years ago, when they were struggling stand-up comedians, Garofalo and her friend Sam Seder used to fantasize about having their very own radio show — perhaps on a pirate station broadcasting from a garbage scow off Rhode Island, Seder had suggested.[...]Chuck Hayes will be honored at Kentucky with a retired Jersey. Not a matter of if, but when
Garofalo grew up in a conservative Catholic family in Houston and New Jersey, graduating from Katy's Taylor High School and Providence College in Rhode Island. She started her career by wangling stand-up gigs around New England. She also lived in Houston for a year or two while honing her stand-up skills.
Frequently cast as "the sarcastic friend of the lead, someone world-weary and unlucky in love," she noted dryly, Garofalo appeared in several dozen movies including The Truth About Cats and Dogs and Reality Bites.
She also was a regular on the Emmy-winning Ben Stiller Show, did six months on Saturday Night Live and several seasons as a sardonic booker on The Larry Sanders Show.
In the last four years, the forward's hard-nosed play and dependability have earned him a spot in UK lore, but thanks to new criteria for honoring athletes at UK, he'll have to wait at least 10 years before seeing his No. 44 jersey raised in Rupp.I beg to differ
The waiting period is part of UK's creation of an Athletics Hall of Fame, team spokesman Scott Stricklin said.
"There's a lot of emotion right now about this team and about Chuck Hayes, and rightly so," he said. "If it's right today, it will be right 10 years from now."[...]
"He was a winner," said Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo. "He was to UK what Mateen Cleaves was to me, what Magic Johnson was to (former Michigan State head coach) Jud Heathcote."
Currently, 41 jerseys have been retired at Rupp Arena, and UK has never had any criteria for that honor.
Four members of 1992 "Unforgettables" team - Richie Farmer, Deron Feldhaus, John Pelphrey and Sean Woods - had their jerseys retired just days after playing their last game.
That won't happen again.
With the opening of the UK Athletics Hall of Fame, a new process will be created to retire jerseys, Stricklin said.
Athletes will be eligible for the Hall of Fame five years after leaving UK, and one can receive a retired jersey five years after entering the Hall of Fame.
In April, UK will announce the charter class of the UK Athletics Hall of Fame. The 89 members of this class will be those who have had jerseys retired or who have been added to the ring of honor at Commonwealth Stadium.
A 16-person committee will choose who goes into the Hall of Fame. The committee will include UK officials, past honorees and campus representatives.
A subcommittee will be formed to decide which Hall of Fame members will have jerseys retired.
"It won't be an emotional story," Stricklin said. "It will be done for the right reason."
With a player like Hayes, 10 years seems a long time to wait.
Schools such as the University of California at Los Angeles, Duke, Kansas, Louisville and North Carolina do not have waiting periods - although some do have very selective criteria. At some of those places, a player like Hayes would never be honored with a retired jersey.
But a player like Hayes does not need a retired jersey to add to his legacy.
The emotional responses he drew from coaches, teammates, fans and even opponents will always be his greatest legacy.
No one will forget Hayes in the next 10 years. No one forgets someone like that so fast. Besides, that ceremony in 2015 will be a nice excuse to reminisce about Hayes' playing days.
Meg's boyfriend gets a letter from Uncle Sam on American Dreams (8 p.m., NBC). This marks the season, and probably the series, finale for Dreams.After all, how many CSI, Law and Order's and reality shows do we need? I will stop at nothing to save this show.
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