November 13, 1998

Basketball Coaches Endorse Senate Rivals in Kentucky

In Kentucky, only politics matches basketball in competitiveness. So it was quite a spectacle this fall when the two rivals in the U.S. Senate race there drafted two rivals on the court into their camps.

U.S. Rep. Jim Bunning, the Republican nominee and eventual winner, recruited a long-time friend and the University of Louisville's basketball coach, Denny Crum, to do a radio spot for his candidacy. Mr. Crum's

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