Kenny Thompson
Big Ten-ESPN Divorce Gives Kenny Opportunity to Talk Purdue Football
The Big Ten Conference’s television divorce from ESPN after nearly 40 years together was big news this week in college football. It’s a risky move by commissioner Kevin Warren and…
Read MoreThe Case for Cecil Isbell’s Induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
It is almost a certainty that Drew Brees will be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame the first year he is eligible in 2026. However, there’s a chance…
Read MoreKenny Talks Strong Predictions for Boilermaker Football
The 2022 Big Ten football media days are officially over and the hours of coach speak will be sifted for any nuggets of real information by fans and news organizations…
Read MoreThe Unlikely Story of Parke H. Davis and the 1931 Boilermakers Football Team
Until reading “Perfect Warriors,” the story of the 1943 undefeated Purdue football team, I didn’t know Parke H. Davis from Fenway Park. Between 1869 and 1936, when The Associated Press…
Read MoreRanking the Best Purdue Football Players for the Upcoming Season
Where has the summer gone? By the time some of you read this column, Big Ten football media days will be less than 10 days away. Before Jeff Brohm steps…
Read MoreUSC, UCLA Make the Big Ten Stretch Sea-to-Shining-Sea, Plus Notes from Kenny
I’m not old enough to remember when the Dodgers left Brooklyn for Los Angeles and the Giants departed to San Francisco from New York’s Polo Grounds. But last week’s news…
Read MorePicking Through the Draft History of Boilermaker Double-Doubles
Jaden Ivey’s selection by the Detroit Pistons in last week’s NBA Draft completed a rare double-double for Purdue athletics. Thanks to GoldandBlack.com publisher Alan Karpick, whose trivia question started this…
Read MoreReflecting On the Life of Caleb Swanigan, Plus News and Notes with Kenny
The Allen County (Indiana) coroner declared former Purdue All-American Caleb Swanigan died Monday night of natural causes. I’ll add two contributing factors to Swanigan’s death at the age of 25:…
Read MoreProfiling Purdue’s Indiana Football Hall of Fame Inductees, from M – Z
While researching part 2 of my series on Purdue football’s membership in the Indiana Football Hall of Fame, one trend stood out. Some of the state’s finest high school, college…
Read MorePreviewing the Upcoming Boilermaker Football Season with Kenny
The arrival of June means one thing to sports fans. No, not the NBA Finals or another month of losing for the Cubs and Reds. It’s time for the first…
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