Ben Watkins Apr 26, 2020 Apr 26, 2020 Updated Apr 26, 2020 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ben Watkins As featured on 2:27+6 Ben Watkins, co-founder of Louisville's Dirt Bowl basketball tournament, dies Watkins and Janis Carter Miller founded the Dirt Bowl amateur basketball tournament while working for Metro Parks in 1969 with the goal of uniting people of all races during a time of turmoil both locally and nationally. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Forecast Radar Weather Marc Weinberg's Wednesday evening forecast Poll Most Popular Articles Videos ArticlesExplosion sparks fire at Rubbertown chemical plantJCPS superintendent reverses course on audit plan amid $188 million deficitLouisville woman accused of causing $1K in damage at Little Caesars over $1 sauce chargeHomicide suspect captured in southern Indiana soybean field after police chaseLouisville man sentenced to 9 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute meth, fentanylGovernment shutdown takes hold with mass layoffs looming and no end in sightLouisville police auctioning off another 120 abandoned vehicles from its tow lotKentucky has kicked people off food benefits using data that doesn’t tell the full storyJeffersontown family looking for answers after metal object crashes through windshieldHistoric downtown Louisville building built in 1878 going up for auction Videos
2:27+6 Ben Watkins, co-founder of Louisville's Dirt Bowl basketball tournament, dies Watkins and Janis Carter Miller founded the Dirt Bowl amateur basketball tournament while working for Metro Parks in 1969 with the goal of uniting people of all races during a time of turmoil both locally and nationally.