Davion Mintz and Kellan Grady serve as perfect prototypes for the consummate teammate (Photo Dr. Michael Huang) (LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Why is this current Kentucky basketball team becoming so beloved? Of course, it’s more than just the fact that they’re winning a lot of games. Fans also love teams made up
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Return to Glory?
Can Anyone Whisper “PLATOON” (again)?
Screw The Neutral-Site Games, It’s Time To Go Home (And Home) Against Elite Competition
In addition to opening up NIL opportunities for student athletes, Governor Andy Beshear needs to sign an executive order promoting competitive and entertaining basketball at Rupp Arena. I love the way Kentucky Basketball’s overall non-conference schedule is shaping up. With Duke, Michigan, Notre Dame, North Carolina, and Kansas already on the
Where Were You On The Day That Sports Stood Still?
Vanderbilt and Arkansas played in the final SEC basketball game at Bridgestone Arena before the day that sports stood still. In my lifetime, there have been four iconic “stop what you were doing and watch” moments. The first one—the John F. Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963—occurred when I was four
Best Friends Forever?
You’d think UK head basketball coach John Calipari and his athletics director, Mitch Barnhart, should be best buddies. After all, they’re exactly the same age (Cal is actually six months older), they grew up in the same eras, and they’ve been intimately tied together as top-level executives at the same
Calipari Laments Team’s Fatal Flaw
Calipari on Cam’Ron Fletcher: “I Think He’ll be Back”
John Calipari, on his pre-Louisville press conference, was asked why he responded the way he did in the Cam’Ron Fletcher situation. As most everyone knows by now, Fletcher was surprisingly sent packing earlier this week for attitude and actions detrimental to the team. What was surprising to many was how differently
Please Coach Cal, Say It Ain’t So!
Brandon Boston Trying To Stay The Course But Has Been Surprised At How Difficult The Season Has Been
Brandon Boston (UK Athletics Photo) By LARRY VAUGHT He’s the leading scorer at Kentucky, a position that normally would earn a true freshman early-season accolades. Instead, Brandon Boston has been struggling as much — or maybe more — than the rest of his UK teammates. Before Kentucky played and lost to Notre Dame for