Kenny Rollins, a member of Kentucky basketball’s Fabulous Five, passed away late Tuesday night. Rollins, who turned 89 on Sept. 14, was a guard on UK’s 1948 national championship team that became known as the Fabulous Five. “He was a pretty good basketball player, but he was a great father,” said his son, Kevin Rollins.…
Thursday was going to be a huge day for somebody. When twins Aaron Harrison and Andrew Harrison announced their college decision live on national television, Kentucky scored yet another major victory on the recruiting trail and landed a backcourt capable of keeping the Wildcats in the Final Four field. It wasn’t a slam dunk for John Calipari and the Wildcats as the 6-foot-5…
As we inch closer and closer to Big Blue Madness and the start of the 2012-13 season, buckle up for an onslaught of preseason honors for John Calipari’s Wildcats. We won’t be able to get to all of them on here — there are simply too many to keep track of — but since the Sporting…
Almost 20 years after winning an NCAA Championship with arguably the greatest team ever, Derek Anderson is still experiencing the thrill of victory, and helping others do the same, one bottle at a time. Victory H2O is progressively becoming a major competitor in the sports beverage market. With a perfect combination of the premium quality…
Kentucky head coach John Calipari will be the recipient of the inaugural Nell and John Wooden Coach of the Year Leadership award Thursday evening during a reception held at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. “You think about it, just being thrown in a situation where Coach Wooden’s daughter gives me an award, are…
The Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame presented John Calipari with the Ray Meyer Coach of the Year award Wednesday night in Chicago. The award is named after legendary DePaul coach Ray Meyer, who led the DePaul basketball program for 42 years. The award is one of the few the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame presents…
Former Cat and current Miami Heat President Pat Riley has settled into his new $11.75-million penthouse high above Miami Beach! Riley sold his Coral Gables mansion earlier this year for $16.75 million. And Miami-Dade County documents show the 67-year-old Riley recently homesteaded the 6,200-square-foot penthouse at the Apogee building. That’s a super-duper-hyper-luxurious 22-floor building on the southern tip of the…
On a rainy morning Tuesday, UK officials unveiled a new statue of a familiar face in front of the Wildcat Coal Lodge. The sculpture is of former men’s basketball coach Joe B. Hall, who was head coach at UK from 1972 to 1985. A plaque also will hang outside the building. Hall accepted the dedication…
There will be a Wildcat Coal Lodge Statue Dedication honoring former Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Joe B. Hall, Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 8:00 a.m. in front of the newly constructed Wildcat Coal Lodge. The sculpture is meant to honor and commemorate Coach Hall and all his contributions in helping to bring about the idea…
The Miami Heat have officially signed Josh Harrellson