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Orlando Magic

Orlando “Tubby” Smith, the first black head coach ever of Kentucky basketball, did what no other Kentucky head coach could. Not Adolph Rupp, not Smith's predecessor Rick Pitino, or, for that…

Smarty Jones

Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, the first two legs of horse racing's Triple Crown, in 2004. The chestnut colt won the Kentucky Derby on 1 May in 2:04:06, and the…

Daniel Boone

A legend in his own lifetime, Daniel Boone was an explorer and hunter whose exploits made him one of the most famous frontiersman in American history. He was born in rural Pennsylvania, but moved to…

Calvin Borel

Calvin Borel is the veteran Louisiana jockey who won the Kentucky Derby in 2007, 2009 and 2010. Borel began riding in local races at age eight. He dropped out of school after the eighth grade and…

Alben W. Barkley

Alben William Barkley was a Democrat who served as the vice president under U.S. President Harry S. Truman (1949-53). Raised in rural Kentucky at the end of the 19th century, Barkley studied law in…

Matthew LYON, Congress, VT (1749-1822)

LYON Matthew , a Representative from Vermont and from Kentucky; born near Dublin, County Wicklow, Ireland, July 14, 1749; attended school in Dublin; began to learn the trade of printer in 1763;…

NCAA Tournament (16 teams)

East Regional First Round Illinois 79, Columbia 71 N.C. State 67, Villanova 62 Kentucky 79, Louisville 68 St. John's 63, Connecticut 52 Semifinals Illinois 84, N.C.…

John FOWLER, Congress, KY (1755-1840)

FOWLER John , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Virginia in 1755; attended the common schools; served as captain in the Revolutionary War; member of the convention held in Danville,…