The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent And Depraved was originally published in Scanlan's Monthly, vol. 1, no. 4, June 1970.
I got off the plane around midnight and no one spoke as I crossed the dark runway to the terminal. The air was thick and hot, like wandering into a steam bath. Inside, people …

"MU-LLET! MU-LLET! MU-LLET!"
"HEY! JOE DIRT!"
"WHERE'S YOUR Z-28!?"

The heckles were coming from every direction last January when the Buckhorn High School Wildcats ventured out of their Perry County home to compete in the All "A" State Basketball Tournament at Frankfort. Their first-round opponent was the always tough University Heights Academy of …

Here at Ky for Ky, we love when kick ass Kentuckians represent where they come from. Lexington's very own rock band Emarosa really took one for the Commonwealth at one of their shows in Tempe, Arizona. Emarosa was on tour with Yellowcard and wore their Kentucky for Kentucky shirts with pride. With three out out …

"It was some Captain Planet shit for sure. Power in numbers. When we all came together there was no reason we couldn't or shouldn't do it."
That's Matt Carter–the Earth, if you will, in this 90s cartoon analogy–explaining the genesis of what's quickly become a cultural touchstone in the Letcher County town of Whitesburg, …

 
Do you love fried chicken? Were you born in the great Commonwealth of Kentucky? If you answered yes to both those questions, you're gonna love the new 'Kentucky Born And Breaded' gear we're launching this Friday. The concept and design came from one of Kentucky for Kentucky's very own. Quietly crushing it for the Commonwealth since day …