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Kentucky basketball players, Calipari raise $1 million for Haiti

Hoops for Haiti - photo from WKYT.com

Hoops for Haiti - photo from WKYT.com

Kentucky basketball players and coach John Calipari raised $1 million with a telethon on a Lexington TV station. The four-hour “Hoops for Haiti” Telethon on WKYT-TV Sunday received pledges of about $500,000. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that total will be matched by a group that includes Calipari.

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