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Remembering a KY high school basketball legend: Freddie Maggard

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This From the Sidelines column appeared in the April 6 edition of the News Journal:

Before this past week I was not aware of the name Freddie Maggard, but I have become very familiar with the Kentucky high school basketball legend since he passed away Sunday at Baptist Health Corbin after succumbing to pneumonia and heart failure. He was 78-years-old.

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