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Bill Keightley's seat at the end of the UK bench Sits draped :n a ribbon during his memorial service last night in Rupp Arena. while his casket sits on the UK logo at center court

Thousands honor “Mr. Wildcat’

Msfi—rdlligiyliflgfi Keightley known for
contributions beyond
his courtside seat

Coaches com ‘ and go. players
come and go. but Bill Keightley
left a hole in this program that is
impossible to fill.”

_._ Joe B. Hall, former UK head coach

Hazel Keightley walked to the center of the
Rupp Arena court and stopped. With nearly
3,000 pairs of eyes on her. she approached the
casket that held her late husband. UK equip—
ment manager Bill Keightley. '

She paused before saluting the casket. then
turned and walked away.

It was a touching tribute to close off an
evening of touching tributes for a man who
changed the lives of hundreds of UK basketball
players, six UK basketball coaches and thou-
sands of others in his 48 years as the team's
equipment manager.

Keightley died Monday evening when he ‘
fell at the season-opener for the Cincinnati -- . UN H“. \r as on pace to
Reds. He was 8|. 4M . lcaic l l\ in May Will]

Former UK coach Rick Pitino. famous for " I ” ”mi” ‘m‘l manage-
moving Keightley from the foot to the front of "m“. “gm“
the bench, told the crowd to cherish the time it Mndfl‘ m“
spent around Keightley. preparing to go. He had

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cause we got to hang around a treasure for 21 ”MM“! "”"i “my
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The student health clinic is making the move to a
bigger and brighter building with more windows. color»
ful rooms and more than three times the space as the
old facility.

UK will open the new four—story University Health
Service building on May [9 after almost two years of
construction. said UHS Associate Director Karen Clancy.

“This is an important milestone in the history of the
university. because what it is says is that the universrty
is very supportive of the students." Clancy said.

The new building. which is adjacent to the Kentucky
Clinic and the Wethington Health Building. is the first
building at UK to be dedicated entirely to student health.

UK allotted $25 million to build the new facility to
accommodate a growth in the number of students over
the next few years. With the approximately 73.000 vis-
its from students and employees to the clinic each year.
the new building should be more than amenable, Clan—
cy said.

The extra space in the 73.000 square-foot building
will allow for more privacy so students will not have to
worry about a lack of confidentiality. Clancy said.

At the current facility. students explain their ail-
ments to a nurse in one of the open cubicles in the wait—
ing room as the nurse takes their blood pressure. tem—
perature and weight. In the new facility. students will

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Service. gave a tour of the new facility to Miranda lyons.
right, a first year graduate student in the physicran assrsr
tant program, and other coworkers on Wednesday

discuss their health care issues in a private exam room.
Clancy said.

"There is a whole lot more space. and a lot more
area for confidential health care." said Miranda Lyons.
vice president for UK's student health advisory com
mittee. "The organization of the building is just so
much better than the old space."

inside the current facility at the Kentucky Clinic.
only a few windows let in light from outside. At the

tritted glass help fill the facility wrth natural lights The
Wllkluws are designed to reduce heating and menu
costs. and they also reflect the sun during the alter
noons said l'llS Director Dr. Gregory Moore.

Rooms that lace South Limestone Street liaic
patches ot blue. green. red and yellow on the walls.
vi hlL'll can be seen from the street through the \\ rndoxis.

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mg and see these bright colors. and at night it is beanie
t'iil." ('Iancy said “It is to kind of say. this is plthiil.
this is a student area."

On the third floor. a “all stands as a diuder in the
lobby. which Moore said he hopes will one day be
adomed with student artwork.

Moore also said he hopes there it ill be more student
involvement in the new building.

All full-time UK students pay a mandatory ice as
pain of tiiiiiori that entitles them to most seniecs at stirs
dent health at no cost. The clinic also scncs parttimc
and graduate students. and .stiideiits' spouses.

Health services include a primary care clinic. lllll’sr
ing and gynecology clinics. health education seniecs
and a mental health clinic.

“There are students who have been on campus tor
two years and don‘t know we exist." he said. “The stu-
dents arc behind this building. and we certainly want
them to know about it and to know all the services that
are available to them."

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Great Expectations

Dancing With the Stars’
Marissa Jarct Winokur. 35. and
her husband. writer Judah
Miller. 34. arc expecting their
first child via a surrogate this
summer.

Tori Spelling. 34. confinned
she’s expecting a girl with Dean
McDermott. 4| .

Not Gossip

Michelle Trachtcnberg. 22.
signed a multi—cpisodc deal to
play bad girl Georgina Sparks
on Gossip Girl aftcr Mischa
Barton. 22. turned down a role
on the CW drama.

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do Bloom. 3]. Eva Longoria
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Stcvc—O. 33. rcvcalcd on his
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after leaving an LA. hospital
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Anderson Cooper. 40. re—
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Idol's uest mentors
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John. 6]. have coached finalists
to belt out their biggest hits.
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going through a divorce. (He
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split.) One line: “My wife is a
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JD. Williams
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jwilliams@kykerne|.com

VISITOR

 
  
  

Are you sure? Man, they can’t let
him go. That dude is good. He’s
very, very good.”

- Chad Johnson on his former teammate, Chris Henry. being
cut by the Bengals following his fifth arrest since 2005.

  

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Pyro (right) is one of 1,800 horses stabled at Keeneland this Spring. The thoroughbred is one of many Kentucky Derby hopefuls getting fine tuned before heading

 

into the first weekend in May. Pyro's next race is April 12 in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.

Keeneland heats up with Spring meets

By Laura Pepper ,7

lpepper@kykernel.com

As spring rolls into Lexington. the three-year-olds at
Keeneland Race Course are looking to make haste in the

“horse capital of the world."

Trainers. horses and jockeys from across the country
flock to Keeneland‘s spring meet. making it one of the
hottest tracks in America. Because many of the horses are on
the road to the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby in
May. it’s an exciting time of the year for those involved.

“It’s very unique here at Keeneland." said Rogers
Beasley. Keeneland's director of racing. "The spring meet
and the fall meet are two different things. The spring meet
we get everybody from Fairgrounds. we get them from
Payson Park. we get them from Gulfstream. we get them
from Santa Anita. Everybody‘s on the Derby trail. every-
body’s on that Oaks trail. everybody's thinking about that

great horse."

Approximately 1.800 thoroughbreds are stabled at

Keeneland. Beasley said.

Evan Downing. an assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen.
has worked in the industry as an exercise rider.
“I‘ve traveled all over the country. and nowhere draws

more people to the races like Keeneland does." Downing horses.

said .

Whether it is working out in the morning or running in
some of the toughest final prep races with future Derby
competitors. those on the Derby trail try to stay in top-shape

while at Keeneland.

Pyro. trained by Asmusscn. headlines the Kentucky Der—
by hopefuls at Keeneland. In his first workout this spring at
Keeneland on March 24. Pyro went l:(t2.~lfl in five furlongs.
A furlong is 1/8 of a mile. He worked six furlongs in l:l~l.o(l

Over the years. Keeneland has been host to some of the

 

By Rick Morrissey
Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO —— If you follow the
Cubs. you know that the mystical con-
tract you signed with the team offers
the enticing promise of tomorrow.

That promise has been enough for
many of you. We know this because. de-
spite nearly a century without a World
Series title. the Cubs sell out almost
every game. It‘s a possibility you like —
the possibility that tomorrow will be a
better day because yesterday stunk and
today likely will let you down. This is a
world view shared by Cubs fans and
people in war-tom countries.

There's really no other explanation
for the compulsion. There's no way to
explain the steadfastness of the true he-
liever other than to shrug and say. “He
can‘t help himself."

The Cubs' history suggests this sea—
son will be like the others. with heart—
burn and heartache going head to head
for headlines.

But something else. the crazy infatu»
ation with a fat. round number. suggests
that this season could be different. That
number is 100. A clean. even number.
[00 is. It has been IOO years since the
Cubs won a World Series. and the num-
ber gives you the feeling that something
has to give. Numbers like 97 or 82 just
make you want to sink in the morass
and continue to think dark thoughts. Hut
100 says. “Enough is enough."

What's odd about this I()(lth season
is that the Cubs actually have a good
team. It‘s as if the members of the man-
agement team got together. asked them-
selves how they should commemorate
such a milestone and came up with the
radical idea of fielding a winner.

Predicted Kentucky Derbyf
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most well known champion and stakes horses. including
Barbaro. Hard Spun and Rags to Riches. last year’s Keri—
tucky Oaks winner and the first filly in ill] years to win the
Belmont Stakes.

This year's class is filled with even more bright young

See Keeneland on page 4

A—hundred years later, Cubs are

And somebody in the marketing dc»
partment agreed the idea “has traction."

It‘s entirely possible that the Cubs.
with ace Carlos Zambrano leading the
way. will get off to a good start and go
on a roll that leads them to the World
Series. Sports Illustrated. which has
about as much luck with its picks as
Karl Rove has in a barroom full of fe»
male Democrats, has the Cubs losing in
the Fall Classic to the Tigers.

(Cubs fans see the words "Fall
Classic" associated with their team and
instinctively think “classic fall")

But let‘s try to imagine the World
Series at Wrigley Field this year (yes.
involving the Cubs and not a team that
had to temporarily relocate because of a
natural disaster). A virtual World Series.
if you will. Let's warm up for it. shall
we'.’ Let‘s stretch muscles that haven‘t
been used since 1908.

PHOTOS BY ED MATTHEWS ' STAF?

Keeneland
Opening Day

Today marks opening
day for Keerreland's
2008 Spring meet

I The meet lasts
through April 25, with
races every day Tuesday
. through Sunday

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green and white tent
near the paddock area.

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Cohen was

a Bulldog
before he

turned Cat

By Matthew Gnome

mgeorgo®kykernelcom

Mississippi State head coach Ron Polk
may know more about John Cohen than any
member of UK baseball’s fandom.

Polk. who coached Cohen at MSU from
I988 to I990. has known the Cats' head man
as a pupil. a friend and an opponent in the
fierce Southeastern Conference.

In all three acquaintanceships. he den
scribed Cohen as a high-intensity, high-ener-
gy person who always demonstrated tremen-
dous character.

But Cohen was not always the perfect
disciple. Though Polk said he loved Cohen's
on~the-field intensity and referred to him as a
“gamer." he admitted there were occasions
during his playing W

days that Cohen "
had m be (1m lwould not be
plrncd‘ standing here

“He was high
strung. there's no
uestion about it. - -
:nd he had to be guys Tlglll TlOW If
calmed down.“
Polk said.

Polk spoke of
an incident during a
game in Hawaii. An
angered
threw his bat in dis—
gust. causing his coach to sit him for the rest
of the game.

“But he handled it well." Polk said. “He
understands. and I think right now he imparts
that stuff to his players."

Similar lessons helped build a kinship
that continues to flourish. As No. 10 UK (23—
4. 5—4) welcomes MSU to Lexington for a
three-game weekend series beginning today.
Cohen could not bottle his excitement to see
his old friend.

"He‘s been a father figure to me since I
was 19 years old." (‘ohcn said.

talking to you

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in position to do it

The ivy on the outfield walls is red.
This being October. the cool have has
an edge to it. but the fans don't notice
it. They’re looking at the red—white-
and»blue bunting stretched across the
upper deck. There‘s something almost
august about it. something that evokes
an official state vrsit.

The fans have very real feelings of
being in the wrong place. of not be-
longing. which is natural. Except for
1945. when the (‘ubs last went to the
World Series. IOU years of history tells
the fans they don't belong here.

The first pitch by‘ Zambrano is ac—
companied by a thousand points of light
from the flash of cameras iii the stands,
It’s on. It‘s really happening. And then...

OK. let‘s stop. Evert imagining a
World Series game in Wrigley is too
much for some of you. and the rest of
you believe it‘s bad hick to be talking

 

about something that‘s more than l(l(t
games away. You know all about bad
luck.

But the point of the c\ercrse was to
put you in the right frame of mind. to
let you know that there is no such thing
as a curse and to remind you that bad
omens are strperstrtious nonsense.

The (‘ubs obviously need a lot of
things to go right this season for their
Saharan dry spell to end Player's need
to stay healthy. A few other learns have
to be not so healthy. The ('ubs‘ starting
rotation has to be good to \ery good.
New right fielder Kosukc litrkudome
has to be for rail.

But these are not outrageous rcr
quests for the defending National
League Central champions. They are
double. The (‘ubs have a capable team.
a team that can make a lot of noise in a
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Continued from page 3

on Monday. His final prep race
before the Derby will be the
Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass
Stakes on April 12.

Proud Spell and Country
Star headline the fillies on the
Kentucky ()aks trail. In their fi-
nal workouts before Saturday's
Ashland Stakes. Proud Spell
worked five furlongs in 1:00.60
on Sunday for trainer Larry
Jones. while trainer Bobby
Frankel‘s Country Star had her

 

final work on Tuesday. going
47.40 in four furlongs. Last fall.
Country Star won the Darley
Alcibiades at Kecneland.

Also running in the Ashland
Stakes is Bsharpsonata for
trainer John Salzman. She
worked five furlongs in 1:01.60
on March 26 and is on a four—
race winning streak.

As the horse world begins
to fix its eye on Kentucky
again. Keeneland's spring meet
fuels Derby fever.

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As a Bulldog. Cohen advanced to the NCAA
regionals three times, including a 1990 run to the
College World Series and an SEC Championship
in 1989. By the time his three-year career was
over. he ranked in the top-10 in several statistical
categories at MSU.

Cohen said that as great of a baseball guy as
Polk was, it was the other lessons he leanied as a
Bulldog —-- the life lessons -— that he has carried
with him throughout his coaching career.

“I would not be standing here talking to you
guys right now if it weren‘t for Ron Polk." he
said. “It‘s that simple."

Polk said he has taken pride in watching Ci»
hen blossom as a coach. In just five years at the
helm of the program. Cohen has led UK to its
first SEC Championship. its first time hosting an
NCAA Regional and back-to-back 19-0 season
starts. a school record.

"I knew John would do well; I knew when
he was an assistant at Missouri,” Polk said.

“He's done exactly what I thought he would
do." Polk said. "He‘s given that team a very
good energy boost, and that‘s what John Cohen
is all about."

The reunion between the two friends will be
short lived. From a baseball standpoint. the se—

ries is pivotal for both clubs.

The first weekend of May marks the halfway
point of the regular season.

At 5-4. the Cats' conference record would
put them in first place in the SEC Western Divi-
sion. But residing in the East, the mark has UK
locked in a tie for last.

The Bulldogs. who advanced to the College
World Series a season ago, have struggled to re-
place players lost to last year‘s MLB draft and to
injuries, and have stumbled to an SEC—worst 2-7
conference record.

At a perfect 18-0. UK‘s clip at home is proof
that playing iii the friendly confines of Cliff Ha«
gan Stadium should give it an edge. something
Cohen said the Cats have to take advantage of.

"livery mound is different. every infield sur-
face is different." he said. “You‘ve got to domi-
iiatc at home because everything is familiar to
you."

The trip to Lexington might be Polk‘s last.
'Ihe 31-year MSU Iiead coach announced at the
start of SEC play that he will retire at the end of
the season.

Cohen said he would love it if Polk changed
his mind and decided to continue coaching. But
as fond as his feelings for Polk are. when game
one‘s first pitch is thrown. Cohen said his corri-
petitiveness will take over.

“That‘s kind of the nature of my personali-
ty." Cohen said. "Once we step on the field. I
become a different human being."

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them.

In the past we've seen KRS-
One. De La Soul and ()utkast
come to town and do the same.
Not to mention. Lexington‘s own
hometown heroes CunninLyn-
guists have hit various venues
around town and wowed crowds.
Adding to the list of legendary
acts gracing Lexington with their
presence will be Michigan's own
One Be Lo and west coast heavy—
hiltcrs The Coup.

()ne Be Lo. formerly of the
duo Binary Star. has recently re—
leased a new LP titled “The
R.E.B.I.R.T.H." One Bc Lo has
always fused raw lyrics with raw
beats to create a Molotov cocktail
of great hip-hop music: he does
no differently on his newest al»
buni. With production from es‘
teemed producers such as Jake
One and Memo of The Molemen.
()ne Be Lo shocks the hip-hop
world with his conscious. hard—
hitting lyrics. waging war on
whack rappers everyw here.

One Be Lo will be perform—
ing Saturday at the annual Beaux
Arts Ball. along with a slew of
other artists ranging from obscure
rock to indie pop.

Just twenty days later. anoth—
er premier hip~hop act will be
perfomiirig in Lexington. The
Coup. which consists of Boots
Riley on the mic and Pam The
Iainkstrcss on the turntables. will
be performing at WRFI.\ 20th

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