
This winter, when word spread that Kentucky coach John Calipari was raising money for Haiti, most college basketball fans figured they’d misheard. Surely, they thought, Cal is raising money for Hades. Mass-appeal dramas need a villain, and Calipari is the biggest villain in his sport since Jerry Tarkanian. Understand: this doesn’t mean he is the worst guy in his sport. There are a lot of coaches vying for that title. But Calipari is the biggest villain. Virtually everybody outside of Kentucky wants to see him lose. Why Calipari? Who died and made him Chief Rogue?