At one time in his career, Willie Cauley-Stein didn’t like college. In fact, he ‘hated’ attending classes. After two semesters, Cauley-Stein quickly changed his mind. Kentucky coach John Calipari knows how bad Cauley-Stein disliked college courses and added Cauley-Stein wasn’t afraid to admit it at the time. “He hated school,” he said. “He’d have told …
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May 20
Calipari, staff begin prep for next season
Kentucky coach John Calipari and his staff begin a ‘two-day’ retreat scheduled to start today. The point of emphasis is to plan ahead for next season. “What we’re primarily going to be doing is (figuring out), ‘What do each of these kids need from us?’ Because every one of these kids we’re bringing in need …
May 16
Calipari: Last year a learning curve
Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari considered last season a learning curve. Even though Calipari won his first national title as a coach two years ago, he experienced more growing pains as a coach last season. What did he learn? “First of all, you have to have more than eight scholarship players. You may ask …
May 15
Calipari likes Hawkins’ ‘will to win’
Kentucky coach John Calipari talked about Madiso Central senior Dominique Hawkins during his press conference Wednesday. Calipari watched three of four games during Madison Central’s successful run in the boys state tournament in March. Hawkins was named Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball after leading the Indians to a 32-5 record and the school’s first state title last …
May 02
SEC, ESPN reach new TV deal
ATLANTA (AP) — The Southeastern Conference and ESPN have announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said Thursday the SEC network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally. Slive says the …
Apr 19
College Basketball: Midnight Madness could start earlier this season
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Midnight Madness could begin earlier than usual this fall after the NCAA’s Legislative Council approved a new rule. One change would allow teams to hold up to 30 days of practice in the six weeks leading up to their first regular-season game. Previously, teams had only four weeks to get those practices …
Apr 08
Pitino reflects on decision to take job at Louisville
Before he decided to take the men’s basketball job at Louisville in 2000, he had accepted the Michigan job, which also was vacant at the time. Pitino revisited the path that led him back to Kentucky during a press conference at the Georgia Dome Sunday. The Cardinals will take on Michigan for the NCAA title …
Apr 01
Pitino: Louisville survived ‘death bracket’ to reach Final Four
Louisville is the only No. 1 seed to advance to this week’s Final Four. The Cardinals defeated N.C A&T and Colorado State, followed by wins over Oregon and Duke to make a return trip to the national semifinals in the NCAA Tournament. Louisville coach Rick Pitino, whose team lost to eventual national champion Kentucky in …
Mar 11
Verizon delivers during first phase of March Madness
Whether I’m covering a game at Rupp Arena or in tiny Carlisle, Kentucky, sometimes I need a wireless connection to help deliver the scores and news to our readers. That’s where the Verizon Lumia 822 came in handy during the past three weeks. Whether it be by posting scores to twitter or writing a story …
Feb 22
Kingston students offer Nerlens Noel letters of support
My wife Rhonda Taylor, a teacher at Kingston Elementary school in Madison County, wanted to do something for Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel after he went down with a season-ending knee injury earlier this month. I suggested that she have students at Kingston Elementary write their own letters for Noel and I would see that he …
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