Kentucky Basketball
Kentucky Commerce Cabinet - Overview
Former head basketball coach at the University of Tennessee. Longtime assitant to Denny Crum at the University of Louisville. His son, Allan, is currently an NBA star for the New York Knicks. ... Wife of University of Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith. Member of the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority ... President of WKYT in Lexington, and WYMT in Hazard, Kentucky. Former head men's basketball coach at Pikeville College and Morehead State University. ... [Read More]
U.S. Representative Anne M. Northup
University of Kentucky head basketball coach Tubby Smith met with Congresswoman Anne Northup in Washington. Coach Smith and Northup discussed the importance of physical education programs. ... [Read More]
Kentucky: Governor Ernie Fletcher - 050630rydercup
Also appointed to the panel are: Jim Host, secretary, Kentucky Commerce Cabinet; Myra Blackwelder, former professional golfer and member of the Kentucky Sports Authority: Ralph Hacker, former announcer for the University of Kentucky sports network; William Summers, IV, deputy mayor, Louisville Metro; Steve Langford, vice president and general manager, WAVE-TV; John Taylor, president, PNC Bank-Ohio/Northern Kentucky region; Ray Ball, president, Ball Homes, Inc.; Jimmy Dan Conner, vice president, BB&T Insurance Services and former captain of the 1975 University of Kentucky basketball team; Junior Bridgeman, owner/president, Bridgeman Foods, Inc.; Stan Curtis, vice-president, Hilliard Lyons, Louisville; Jim Wiseman, Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Bill Lear, Managing Partner, Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP; Royce Pulliam, CEO, Global Fitness Holdings & Mia Development Company:Richard Cleary, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC;& ... [Read More]
Kentucky.gov: - Governor creates 2008 Ryder Cup Advisory Committee
Also appointed to the panel are: Jim Host, secretary, Kentucky Commerce Cabinet; Myra Blackwelder, former professional golfer and member of the Kentucky Sports Authority: Ralph Hacker, former announcer for the University of Kentucky sports network; William Summers, IV, deputy mayor, Louisville Metro; Steve Langford, vice president and general manager, WAVE-TV; John Taylor, president, PNC Bank-Ohio/Northern Kentucky region; Ray Ball, president, Ball Homes, Inc.; Jimmy Dan Conner, vice president, BB&T Insurance Services and former captain of the 1975 University of Kentucky basketball team; Junior Bridgeman, owner/president, Bridgeman Foods, Inc.; Stan Curtis, vice-president, Hilliard Lyons, Louisville; Jim Wiseman, Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Bill Lear, Managing Partner, Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP; Royce Pulliam, CEO, Global Fitness Holdings & Mia Development Company:Richard Cleary, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC;& ... [Read More]
Kentucky Commerce Cabinet - About W. James Host
Host began his career as a sportscaster in 1957 and was a play-by-play announcer of University of Kentucky football and basketball for the Kentucky Central Sports Network and WVLK-Radio. He joined Procter & Gamble where he spent several years in marketing and sales. He returned to Lexington in 1964 and was involved with his own real estate, building and insurance companies until he entered politics in 1967. ... At age 29, he became the youngest member of Kentucky Governor Louie Nunn's Cabinet as the commissioner of the Department of Public Information and then Commissioner of the Department of Parks where he worked to initiate the Kentucky Horse Park. He became the Republican Party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor, but lost in the general election. Host opened Jim Host & Associates in 1972. His first contract was with the Lexington Tourist and Convention Bureau, which led to the formation of the Lexington Center Corporation and the building of Rupp Arena. The company began rapid development in 1974 with two contracts, a basketball and football radio agreement with the University of Kentucky and an executive management relationship with the National Tour Association. ... [Read More]
Kentucky Tourism - Kentucky Facts
Darrell Griffith - Basketball ... Adolph Rupp * - Basketball ... Denny Crum * - Basketball ... [Read More]
Kentucky.gov: - Recent Headlines
Two Kentucky high school students and their schools were honored at center court in front of thousands of basketball fans gathered to watch the semi-finals of the Boy’s Sweet SixteenÒ Tournament in Rupp Arena today. ... [Read More]
Kentucky Books
Basketball is king in Kentucky and in 1956, Carr Creek High School sat on the throne. Author Don Miller recounts the struggles and triumphs of a small Kentucky high school as it takes the largest honor bestowed on a basketball team-The Kentucky State Basketball Championship. ... [Read More]
Kentucky Books
Soon after basketball was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts, they were playing the new game in Kentucky. And since that time perhaps no state has embraced basketball more fervently than Kentuckians. This is a look back at the great teams and great players of the "classic" era from college and high school alike. A "must have" for any basketball fan. The book is available at the Kentucky Colonels website (www.kycolonels.org) Also available at Hawley-Cook and Barnes & Noble bookstores in Louisville and Joseph Beth in Lexington. ... [Read More]
Kentucky.gov: - All Headlines
Two Kentucky high school students and their schools were honored at center court in front of thousands of basketball fans gathered to watch the semi-finals of the Boy’s Sweet SixteenÒ Tournament in Rupp Arena today. ... [Read More]
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