The University of Kentucky Libraries, with help from UK Athletics and the Big Blue Nation, are using advanced technologies and archival techniques to preserve and make available to the public the Wildcats’ storied history. In honor of this considerable undertaking, UK Basketball Coach John Calipari and the family of the late legendary broadcaster Claude Sullivan…
Big Blue Nation to Celebrate, Preserve Kentucky Wildcats’ Legacy
As most predicted yesterday, Stacey Poole commits to Kentucky
Poole committed to UK over South Carolina. Poole cited UK Coach John Calipari’s record of developing players, as a key factor. “I love Coach Cal,” Poole said. “I think he’ll put me in the right situation. Where I want to be in a couple years.” Read article.
Former Kentucky players offer help to Derrick Miller in alleged ticket scam
LEX 18 has learned that some former UK basketball players have come forward and want to help Miller pay back the money he allegedly owes people, and that arrangements are underway to get Miller into a rehab center. Read article.
Actor Rob Lowe modeled one of his characters after famed Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp
Rob Lowe talks about his character Brad in the movie “The Invention of Lying.” He plays Ricky Gervais’ rival for Jennifer Garner’s attention. Read article.
Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson is the nation’s best power forward
Per Mike Decourcy of SportingNews.com, “His confinement to the center position ended when John Calipari was hired as coach. Patterson (6-9, 235) will have the liberty to function away from the basket, but having the handcuffs removed doesn’t free him from the responsibility to play inside when it counts.” Read article.
Stacey Poole to commit to Kentucky
Per Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald-Leader, “All indications are Stacey Poole, Jr., a top 50 prospect in the high school class of 2010, will commit to Kentucky on Wednesday.” With press conference to follow on Thursday. Read article.
Recruit Brandon Knight enjoyed his visit to Kentucky this past weekend
Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com spoke with Brandon’s mother, Turgenia Knight, who said, “The Kentucky visit was wonderful. It was a very nice, kind of informal visit, to be honest. It was a relaxed visit.” Read article.
Former Kentucky player Keith Bogans signed by San Antonio Spurs
Keith Bogans, the 29-year-old journeyman guard, has agreed to a one-year deal worth the veteran’s minimum of $1.03 million to join the Spurs. Read article.
Adolph Rupp: Man in the Brown Suit, February 28, 1949
This article about Adolph Rupp was published in Time magazine on February 28, 1949 and begins with the following, “The University of Kentucky has its own special brand of Southern hospitality. When visiting basketball squads arrive in Lexington, they get full red-carpet treatment (which often includes a tour of nearby horse farms). Then, like condemned…
The Baron’s Runts – February 4, 1966
Article printed in Time magazine on February 4, 1966 about Adolph Rupp and the famous Rupp’s Runts. Read article.