October 28, 2009 – 5:23 pm
And the Opening Day I’m talking about ain’t the November Madness we used to call the World Series. It shouldn’t take the Bronx Checkbooks more than five games to finish that. Hopefully before the first blizzard of the season. And I don’t mean baseball season.
I am talking about U of L hoops tipoff, which is [...]
September 9, 2009 – 11:22 pm
An eagle eyed reader has advised of some UK hoops staff changes observed by Cat fan Larry Vaught at his all things Big Blue web site.
John Calipari has hired Brandon Weems as a graduate assistant. Not sure exactly what his qualifications are, but he was a high school teammate of LeBron James, and is said [...]
August 21, 2009 – 10:31 am
It is the best of times. It is the worst of times.
Oh, Ms. Walston would be so proud. I actually remember and can paraphrase some Dickens.
The cities: Louisville and Lexington.
The best/ worst (depending in which city you reside): Rick Pitino’s reputation and John Calipari’s reputation.
The newspapers in Lexington and Memphis have today provided some interesting [...]
August 20, 2009 – 11:37 am
Alrighty then. The spotlight which has been aimed at U of L hoops for weeks because of the Pitino/ Sypher situation is now pointed down the road.
Is this today’s episode of “As The World Turns?”
If the early reports are correct, Memphis State is going to have to forfeit all of its wins from the ‘07-’08 [...]
August 4, 2009 – 11:06 am
Revised 8/04 1:27 pm
It’s been well known for awhile that former Cardinal Kenny Payne and Coach Cal are big buds. When Calipari was hired at UK, I was among many who thought Payne would surely join his staff in Lexington.
I just heard more innuendo pertaining to that whole tale. First a caveat: I’m advised by [...]
There was a major schmoozerama Sunday night at Papa John’s headquarters. It was a luminary-filled meet and greet featuring new UK b-ball coach, John Calipari.
Four open bars. Lots of nosh, and not just Schnatter’s pizza. Crab cakes. Beef tenderloin. Serious stuff. Hundreds of Jefferson County UK alums, Cat fans, big biz folks and movers & [...]
Sporting News just published its list of America’s greatest sports coaches of all time. It includes the usual suspects at the top — Wooden, Lombardi, Bryant — and no stunning surprises.
Such lists are just the type of exercise fans love to argue about. Let’s get one goin’, eh?
Soooooooooo, I got to thinking: What would a [...]
Several sources have advised that Jodie Meeks decision to stay in the NBA draft blindsided John Calipari.
I’m told Coach Cal had limited communication with Meeks and his family prior to the decision, but that UK’s latest savior was led to believe that Meeks was leaning toward coming back for a final season in Rupp. Which [...]
. . . the big parade welcoming Coach Cal to the Bluegrass, we should maybe have taken a better look around the corner in the direction they were coming from, don’t ya think?
‘Cause the way it’s lookin’, Coach Cal may indeed be Conman Cal. At best, UK fans hope he morphs into Harold Hill, you [...]
Tigers and Wildcats are restless here in the Heartland. It’s not a good thing. (Except for Lachlan’s radio ratings.) Where are those wild beast tamers when we really need them? Hiding out in Vegas?
Which means I have a few further thoughts on the Gillispie lawsuit, Memphis State investigation and John Wall criminal case. (And, no, [...]
