blog.kentuckysportsradio.com - 4/1/2008
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ramels.jpg A piece of Kentucky basketball died today . Mr. Bill Keightley is not simply the equipment manager for the University of Kentucky basketball team. That may be his official title but it does not even touch the surface of who Keightley really is and what he represents. More so that any one player, coach or administrator could ever be, Mr. Bill is Kentucky basketball. College athletics ...
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A sad day in Kentucky
A Sea Of Blue —
... MACRO: end macro 'mdingbat' --> UK mourns 'Mr. Wildcat' Bill Keightley [Courier-Journal] Bill Keightley, 'Mr. Wildcat,' dies at age 81 [Herald-Leader] Legendary Kentucky manager dies [Sports Illustrated] "Mr. Wildcat" Bill Keightley dies [WHAS-11] 'Greatest Wildcat of them all' dies [Kentucky Kernel] UK's Keightley Dies After Fall [Kentucky Post] Mr. Wildcat Bill Keightley (1926-2008) [Kentucky Sports Radio] ...
Kentucky Loses a Great Ambassador
Intentional Foul —
... that’s because he was so genuine and so caring about others.
“He influenced each of us on a daily basis, and he was a great example of someone who loved his University more than anything. Obviously, he’s in a better place, but the void he leaves for all of us, and especially his family, is going to be a difficult situation. Our hearts go out to his family and the millions of Wildcats fans who he loved so much.”
Over at A Sea of Blue and Kentucky Sports Radio, Tru and Matt have done a great job of covering this untimely and ...
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Mr. Wildcat Bill Keightley dies at 81
wkdzsports.typepad.com 4/1/2008 — Bill Keightley, a long-time manager for Kentucky Wildcat basketball and known simply as "Mr. Basketball" died today at the age if 81.
Keightley was on a trip Monday to Cincinnati to see the Reds season-opener and suffered a fall. He was taken to University Hospital in Cincinnati, where he died of internal bleeding at 7:45 p.m. EDT.
Doctors apparently found an undiagnosed ...
Hopson to UT: The Aftermath for UK
apudgeisasandwich.wordpress.com 4/4/2008 — Buried beneath a week full of tragedy surrounding the University of Kentucky, on a completely different level was even more bad news. While the news pales in comparison to the deaths of Bill Keightley and Marvin Stone, Scotty Hopson’s ...
NCAA Tournament 2008 -- Time for some changes
aseaofblue.com 4/1/2008 — OK, I've kept my peace on this as long as I can, but after last nights' game between North Carolina and Louisville, enough is enough. It's just plain wrong for North Carolina to wind up playing a regional final game in it's home state. Look, ...
Look for Mr. Wildcat in "One Shining Moment" —
John Clay's Sidelines
A person who has seen a preview of the "One Shining Moment" video that will end CBS's coverage of the NCAA Tournament just told me that Bill Keightley is included in the shots in the video.
Look for it at the conclusion of Monday night's championship game.
OPEN SHOT: TGIF quickies —
A Sea Of Blue
I have a busy early morning today, so I don't think I'll get around to updating the blog until sometime this afternoon. Until then, I just have a few quick things: Josh Harrellson is reportedly released from Western Illinois. Jody Demling has that, and a lot more. There are many great memorials and retrospectives about Bill Keightley out this morning, too many for me to do ...
Bill Keightley remembered —
Scott Brown's SportsBytes on WKDZ
Former UK equipment manager Bill Keightley was remembered at a memorial service Thursday night at Rupp Arena, which was broadcast on WKDZ 1110-AM.
Keightley died earlier this week at the age of 81, having worked for UK for 48 years and six coaches.
Here are some of the video highlights of the service.
The Bill Keightley tribute video shown in Rupp Arena
Kentucky head coach ...
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Rush The Court
A few news and notes for your Thursday pleasure…
RIP to perhaps the most well-known college equipment manager ever - Mr. Wildcat, Bill Keightley .
Penn St. point guard and master deb ator Stanley Pringle is clearly on the Eddie Griffin track.
A few thoughts about Mr. Wildcat —
A Sea Of Blue
I did not write this before because I could not really compose my thoughts properly. But after some consideration, I think I can talk a bit about Bill Keightley and what his loss means not just to me, but perhaps to the Big Blue Nation as well. When I think that Bill keightley has been at virtually every Kentucky game I have ever seen, it brings his longevity into stark ...
UK mourns 'Mr. Wildcat' Bill Keightley —
SportsFilter
Bill Keightley, the longtime equipment manager for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team -- known throughout the college basketball world as "Mr. Wildcat" -- died last night in Cincinnati. He was 81.
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Bill Keightley dies at age 81 —
Card Chronicle
Tragic news out of Cincinnati tonight, where longtime Kentucky basketball equipment manager Bill Keightley has died at the age of 81. According to a statement from University of Kentucky athletics, Keightley died from internal bleeding caused by a previously undiagnosed tumor on his spine. According to the statement, doctors believe the internal bleeding began Monday afternoon while ...
