Here are 10 things to know about the 139th Kentucky Derby to be run on May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville. A full field of 20 3-year-old colts is expected for the 1 ¼-mile race, including one co-owned by Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino and five — possibly a record six — trained by Read More
As part of the Bully Free Community Education Campaign, the Murray Human Rights Commission is sponsoring video presentations of Allan Beane’s Bully Free Program, Part 1: The Definition and Nature of Bullying, and Part 2: Why Bullying Must Be Prevented and Stopped. These presentations will be offered as a public service by Murray Electric System (channel 15) Read More
The Racer softball team won its doubleheader against SIU Edwardsville Sunday. In the first game of the series, the Racers scored first in the top of the second off of a two-run home run by junior Leslie Bridges to score senior Ellyn Troup. The next several innings went by without either team scoring until the Read More
It was a big weekend for Murray State football players as two seniors signed contracts with NFL teams, while a third was invited to a team’s rookie mini-camp. Senior offensive lineman Roderick Tomlin signed as an undrafted free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Tomlin will join former Racer football great Austen Lane, who was drafted Read More
[thethe-image-slider name=”Ordway Hall2″] Eighteen months ago the vote was passed to raze Ordway Hall, and now the building is in its final days. The decision to demolish Ordway came after the Dec. 9, 2011, meeting of the Murray State Board of Regents and a final vote of 8-1 to raze the building. With two Read More
It has been a season of development for the Racer soccer team as it heads into its final game of the spring, the alumni game Saturday. Playing on familiar territory, the team will take on past Racer players on Cutchin Field. Coming off a tie and a loss from the team’s travels to Western Kentucky, Read More
The Racer softball team went 2-2 last weekend in its doubleheaders against Tennessee State and Belmont. Murray State faced the Tennessee State Tigers Thursday at home. In the first game, Tennessee State was first to score on a groundout in the top of the third. In the bottom of the fourth, senior Ellyn Troup singled Read More
It seems like every sports journalist in the country has a piece of advice to give to NFL coaches and general managers this week as the draft gets underway. I?am no different. Although the first round is already over, that is no reason to stop watching. Here are three players who I believe will make Read More