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Before his likeness was used by the Fake Gimel Martinez here on KSR from 2008 to 2011, the real Gimel Martinez was a star for the University of Kentucky’s basketball Wildcats. The 6-foot-8 forward from Miami, Florida played under Rick Pitino from 1990 to 1994, scoring 719 points and hauling in 338 rebounds in 127 career games for UK as “Pitino’s Bombinos” transformed from a .500 team in ’89-’90 to an NCAA champion in ’95-’96. Martinez was a huge piece of the program’s growth in the four seasons he wore blue and many have wondered where the program would be today if that mustache had gone somewhere else out of Miami Senior. It’s by far one of the best mustaches to play at Kentucky and it’s hard to imagine another one coming along anytime soon to challenge its throne.
Last we heard, Gimel and his ‘stache were working for WH Humphrey Inc., a heavy lifting company out of Dublin, Ohio. (That came from Bryan The Intern so who knows how accurate it is.) But wherever he is today, we know that he is happily enjoying and celebrating his 41st birthday by jacking up an ill-advised three-pointer or dancing with Junior Braddy and Travis Ford.
That’s enough facial hair for now, let’s get you your News and Views…
You hear that? That’s the sound of Louisville fans talking trash about the upcoming football season. And it’s very, very loud. Sure, Louisville is going to compete for a Big East title next season, but ask any fan of the birds about their expectations and you’d think they were already in line to buy streamers for a national title parade next January. The latest chirping we’ve heard from the area surrounding the pizza bucket is the new “Lexington Is For The Birds” bumper sticker campaign to buy a billboard in Lexington. A t-shirt website is hoping to sell 900 “Lexington Is For The Birds” stickers so it can purchase a billboard on I-64 East just outside of Lexington with the same catchy slogan. It’s not a bad idea for the rivalry, but I don’t know how far $3,600 will go for a billboard spot on I-64. We wish them the best in the advertising venture.
Also, #CardNation better hope Louisville beats Kentucky on September 2, because the way they are talking, it will get reeeaaaaallllyyyyy ugly if the Cats sneak in there and steal a victory. I don’t think they’ll ever recover from that. Someone should tell Louisville fans to turn it down a notch because Brian Brohm isn’t riding through that door on the back of Bobby Petrino’s motorcycle and the Governor’s Cup isn’t guaranteed to be as lopsided as they’re expecting.
On another UK/UofL note, I’m absolutely shocked the video of the Final Four game hasn’t been removed from YouTube. You better watch it now because there is no way it lasts another day. CBS protects its March Madness footage like a polar bear protects its young, assuming polar bears are protective of their young. That’s a topic better fit for CM Tomlin to explore in his next issue of National Geographic For Kids.
“The Dream Team”, a new documentary about the USA’s 1992 Olympic basketball squad aired Wednesday night on NBATV, and like many of you, I’m disgusted I was unable to watch. The previews and clips I’ve seen online make it out to look like the best basketball documentary since Reggie Miller’s 30 for 30 special (sorry, huge Reggie fan), and it is a shame that it’s limited to those who have NBATV, which doesn’t include the Insight crowd. I try to keep my internet browsing 100% street legal, but I think I’m going to do some searching for the documentary online once I finish this post. If the feds kick down my door on Thursday, just know that it was my love for the Dream Team that took me down. I have to see this documentary.
***Update: It’s on YouTube!!!! ***
Mitch Barnhart wrote a letter to Big Blue Nation on Kentucky’s extraordinary season. He sprayed it with his Stetson cologne and sealed it with a kiss. Give it a read.
2014 point guard Emmanuel Mudiay claims to have an offer from Kentucky, according to a video he did with Five Star Basketball. Mudiay said he is considering UK, Arizona, Texas and Baylor, and has offers from all four. Scout.com ranks him as the sixth-best recruit in the class and the second best point guard, behind No. 1 player Tyus Jones.
As far as Kentucky’s current recruiting class goes, Jeff Borzello thinks it is the best in the country. The man with the best hair at CBSSports.com ranked the top recruiting classes in 2012 and Kentucky took the top spot for the fourth year in a row, ahead of UCLA, NC State, Arizona and Baylor. Rivals and Scout also rank UK at the top of 2012, leaving ESPN.com as the only hater.
Terrence Jones worked out with his hometown Portland Trailblazers on Wednesday. Watch what he had to say about the team he’s always dreamed of playing for.
That’ll do it for now. I’ll leave you with another Awwwwwwww moment from Coach Cal’s satellite camp tour across Kentucky…
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June 14th, 2012 at 12:00 am
Any update on UK fan favorite Mike Porter?
June 14th, 2012 at 12:04 am
Cincinnati Bell doesn’t carry NBATV either. Struggling.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:07 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7sMaKNwbBg
June 14th, 2012 at 12:08 am
Here is Gimel: http://www.whhumphrey.com/company.html
June 14th, 2012 at 12:18 am
Documentary was pretty good. Not as good as it was hyped to be.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:52 am
Has Gimel ever been back to Rupp for a game? I can’t remember him ever being introduced at a game – at least not in the years since I’ve been a season ticket holder (the past seven).
June 14th, 2012 at 1:23 am
Youtube Downloader can capture & save the game for you…before it’s taken down. Opens in Quicktime on my P.C., not sure about others.
June 14th, 2012 at 1:29 am
Lets see UL has to play UK, Missouri State, North Carolina, FIU, Southern Miss, Pitt, USF, Cincin, Temple, Syra, UConn, and Rutgers. That’s pathetic & ridiculous !! If anything, UL fans & season ticket holders should be pissed that they are getting ripped off to have to pay good money to watch UL play these pathetic teams. 7 of those games are in the Pizza Stadium. The last thing in the world UL fans should be doing is talking smack, especially since they don’t play anyone & they’re in the pathetic Big East with their ridiculously small TV contract. Even more so that no real conference wanted UL, so what does that say about UL, a lot. It gets even worse for UL once Syra, Pitt, and WV leaves the Big East. TCU never even played a day in the Big East & they wanted out so bad they are now getting sued for $5 Million by the Big East. UL, go play someone, and then maybe UL fans can talk smack. UL fans are too stupid to realize, they could win every game by 100 points & the BCS is still never going to send them to a championship game.
Yes UK sucks in football, but at least we are getting our heads bashed in by real teams, and cashing our part of the SEC CBS $4 Billion & ABC/ESPN $750 Million dollar TV contracts. UL could win, and still loses in the end.
June 14th, 2012 at 1:54 am
Scout.com has someone other than Andrew Wiggins as the #1 in 2014? Are you sure? That seems odd. You may need to sort the rankings.
June 14th, 2012 at 1:57 am
Yup. Just checked. Wiggins is #1, Jones #5, and Mudiay is #8.
June 14th, 2012 at 2:35 am
Gossie, I think drew just worded it poorly thus causing a little confusion. He stated that Mudiday was the #2 point guard behind #1 player Jones. I am pretty sure he meant that Mudiday was the#2 point guard behind Jones, the #1 point guard
June 14th, 2012 at 7:01 am
The Dream Team documentary airs again on NBA TV Friday night. Either at 10 or 10:30. I can’t remember.
June 14th, 2012 at 7:04 am
Don’t know if anyone else noticed, but there are links to several 2012 tourney games out on youtube right now besides the UL game. They’ve also posted the UK/UNC game from December…
June 14th, 2012 at 7:24 am
Shoot the three or transfer!
June 14th, 2012 at 7:44 am
Stetson is a very underrated fragrance.
June 14th, 2012 at 8:14 am
Matt Jones has a huge head
June 14th, 2012 at 8:16 am
That UK-Louisville Final Four game has been on youtube for a couple of months now. I think that if they were going to take it off they would have by now.
June 14th, 2012 at 8:19 am
Actually I can’t keep from smiling that there’s a movement at Loserville to put a billboard near the UK campus. What’s going to be there Moto?
A…Why waste time….Eat a meal and bang a skank at the same place.
B…Sign with UL, you can play for us until you get injured.
C…UL has one of the biggest libraries in the world, and most are already colored in.
June 14th, 2012 at 8:23 am
CardNation? Do they really refer to themselves that way? More like Card50%OfACity.
June 14th, 2012 at 8:26 am
Did anybody watch the Belk Bowl? If so, explain the UL football hype.
June 14th, 2012 at 8:50 am
My dad pronounced his name “Gimmel Martin-ez” for four years, no matter how many times he heard an announcer say it correctly.
Do any of you remember the guys who dressed up for home games in sombroros, blankets, and fake noses, calling themselves “Gimel’s Amigos”? I wonder how long that would last today…
June 14th, 2012 at 9:07 am
Gimel’s best talent was getting under the skin of Robert Horry. I think Horry was ejected twice from UK games after getting into altercations with Martinez.
June 14th, 2012 at 9:09 am
Anyone heard anything about Tony Trocha?
June 14th, 2012 at 9:41 am
Butweiser is the strongest beer in the world.
June 14th, 2012 at 10:12 am
Saw Gimmy (Gimel) Martinez at the Ryder Cup a few years ago as he towered above the crowd of people watching a putt on No. 8 at Valhalla. After the putt, I yelled out “Gimel!!!” and he in turn looked at me and gave me a huge smile and head nod. He later walked up the path and gave me a five as he walked past.
June 14th, 2012 at 10:51 am
I never thought I would say this, but after listening again to Steve Kerr, analyst, please bring back Billy Packer, who I previous thought was the worlds worst.
June 14th, 2012 at 11:49 am
My wife has a friend who said she cuts a former kentucky player’s hair she said his name was jamal martinez or something took me a second but i asked her if it was gimel she said yeah thats it.Said he talks about uk all the time and ive been trying to get her to get me an autograph no luck so far though.GO.BIG.BLUE.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Clam # 21 – thanks for the blurb. It was me & my buddies who started the “Martinez Amigos”, although we stopped when the Kernel came out blasting us for racism. Gimel and the boys loved it…..ask him.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Just wondering where if at all a copy of the KY/KAN final game can be purchased?? Anybody know a source???
June 14th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Hey Drew,
Bryan the intern is right! Gimel works for that company in Ohio. I have met him through another man who works for Kentuckiana Wire Rope in New Albany. He is one big damned dude.