Today's Sports

By Lee McClellan

Ky. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources

The headwaters of Green River above Green River Lake imprinted historical greatness on the descendants of the earliest settlers of the area.

Capt. Abraham Lincoln obtained the first recorded land grant in what is now Casey County with 800 acres along the Green River. His 8-year-old son, Thomas, narrowly escaped death during an Indian ambush that killed Capt. Lincoln in 1786. Without Thomas, we would never hear of his son Abraham Lincoln.

Basketball season is nearly five months – and a lot of cooler temperatures – away, but that does not mean hoopsters can lounge and do nothing.

The Anderson County High School boys’ basketball team completed its summer schedule last week, offering some mixed results but hope for a big year in 2014-15. The Bearcats were only 3-3 in full games, which were played at Asbury University’s team camp, but Bearcat assistant coach Bryan Hyatt says that is misleading.

Notes to be blown up by a firecracker …

Other than watching some local, ahem, experts discuss the NBA draft on Twitter last week, the most interesting tidbit came when Russ Smith was taken by the Philadelphia 76ers, then shipped to the New Orleans Pelicans quicker then John Hancock could have signed the Declaration of Independence.

For much of his college career, I doubted Smith.

He was too small. Too streaky.

He always answered the critics with too many ways to win. The guy can play.

Notes to be blown up by  a firecracker …

Other than watching some local, ahem, experts discuss the NBA draft on Twitter last week, the most interesting tidbit came when Russ Smith was taken by the Philadelphia 76ers, then shipped to the New Orleans Pelicans quicker then John Hancock could have signed the Declaration of Independence.

For much of his college career, I doubted Smith.

He was too small. Too streaky.

He always answered the critics with too many ways to win. The guy can play.