Billy Reed: Joe Morgan, first of Big Red Machine to pass away, was ‘manager on the field,’ likeable guy
And then there were seven. The starting eight players for the Cincinnati Reds’ back-to-back World Series champions of 1975 and…
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Billy Reed: The ‘fellowship of the miserable’ is watching closely to see what’s next for Stoops
After the Kentucky Wildcats posted another of their signature come-from-ahead losses a week ago yesterday, this time a 42-41 overtime…
Billy Reed: Remembering Lexington native and former Los Angeles Dodger Lou Johnson
Although I hadn’t seen Lou Johnson for years, I still considered him a friend, mostly because we shared a special…
Billy Reed: This true fan is grateful to baseball (and to Reds) for providing a link to our previous normalcy
During World War II, President Roosevelt allowed professional baseball to continue as usual because he felt it was a way…
Billy Reed: Just when I was thinking some people had good sense, we find out it really is about the money
Yes, that was heartfelt applause you heard coming from this corner when two of the country’s major college sports conferences,…
Billy Reed: When my high school granddaughter is playing field hockey, I won’t promise not to worry
This fall my younger granddaughter is playing field hockey at Assumption High School in Louisville. She loves the sport so…
Billy Reed: Strange Derby is over; maybe next year can be normal; Baffert sets record with Authentic
All you horse-racing fans who have been waiting to exhale no longer have to hold your breaths. On a lovely…
Billy Reed: We should all stand (or take a knee) against racism in sports and life — it needs to end
I was thrilled last week when several NBA teams boycotted their playoff games to show solidarity against racism. Black lives…
Billy Reed: In a week celebrating inclusion, tolerance in one arena, Thom Brennaman impodes in real time
It is sadly ironic that Cincinnati Reds television announcer Thom Brennaman committed career suicide by slur while the Democratic National…
Billy Reed: We must hope Churchill Downs comes to its senses; risk of big crowd at Derby is too great
In announcing Churchill Downs plan for what’s left of the Kentucky Derby, track president Kevin Flanery said in a news…
Billy Reed: Look for Billy’s cutout in the Reds stands and don’t play golf with Trump (integrity matters)
I freely admit that I have enjoyed watching the Cincinnati Reds on TV, even though I seriously doubt if major-league…
Billy Reed: Happy to debate facts vs. facts with anyone, but to be clear — Adolph Rupp was not racist
Naively, I now realize, I thought I would never again have to write the column about whether Adolph Rupp was…
Billy Reed: Historic Properties folks still haven’t said what statue will replace Davis; should be Ali
It was on June 11 when the Kentucky Historic Properties Advisory Commission voted 11-1 to remove the statue of Jefferson…
Billy Reed: Paying homage to former college athletes on medical front lines in battle against COVID
Let’s stop fretting, for just a moment, about whether we’ll have 2020-’21 basketball season, and concentrate on paying homage to…
Billy Reed: Birthday remembrances with a baseball soundtrack playing prominently in the background
Today is my birthday, and a lot of things go through your mind when you reach my age. I remember,…
Billy Reed: Proud of military service, however miniscule, where important life lessons were learned
On the Fourth of July weekend in 1967, I was in U.S. Army basic training at Fort Ord, CA, a…
Billy Reed: Dream worth pursuing is black athletes with good education, fully part of whole society
For as long as I can remember, and that’s longer than most, people in the sports world, including myself, have…
Billy Reed: As COVID-19 invades college football, can’t we just say health is more important than playing?
The latest information from the sports coronavirus front was a stunner: National runner-up Clemson announced that 23 football players had…
Billy Reed: Finally, at long last, Jefferson Davis’ statue out of Rotunda. Bring on Muhammad Ali
So the statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, finally is being removed from the rotunda of the Kentucky…
Billy Reed: Remembering the great Wes Unseld, a big fella with a stellar career, dead at age 74
The last time I saw Wes Unseld, we were at a cocktail party in Louisville, participating in an event called…
Billy Reed: Racism has to stop now. What’s wrong with us? Why can’t we cure this insidious disease?
“…I have a dream that the day will come when my four little children will live in a nation where…
Billy Reed: College athletics directors need to think outside box in this brave new world of coronavirus
So here we are at Memorial Day weekend, and there’s no baseball being played in the major leagues because of…