Former Kentucky standout and NBA veteran Tony Delk has been hired as an assistant basketball coach at New Mexico State. Head basketball coach Marvin Menzies announced the hiring Saturday. Delk spent the last two seasons as assistant director of basketball operations at Kentucky under coach John Calipari. As a player at Kentucky, Delk was a…
From Jason King of Yahoo! Sports: “Terrence Jones and Harrison Barnes often seem impossible to stop. And there are times when it doesn’t appear Tu Holloway or Jordan Taylor will ever miss. Still, at the end of a close game, I can’t think of many players who I’d rather hand the ball to than John…
Former Cat and NBA star Antoine Walker pleaded guilty to felony bad check charges Tuesday morning in Clark County District Court. Walker, a former NBA all-star who now plays for the Idaho Stampede in the NBA Development League, will likely face no jail time under a plea agreement with prosecutors, and instead will be put…
For the first since the NBA Draft was reduced from seven rounds to two rounds in 1988, only one college basketball program, the Kentucky Wildcats, has seen at least four players get selected in back-to-back drafts. Last year five Cats got picked (John Wall – Washington Wizards, DeMarcus Cousins – Sacramento Kings, Patrick Patterson –…
Who needs drugs when you can play basketball with a former University of Kentucky basketball star? Shoot Hoops Not Drugs’ fifth free basketball camp was hosted by UNITE at Flat Lick Elementary Thursday. The camp is designed to give kids a free alternative to drugs. The camp was directed by former UK basketball player Jeff…
Darius Miller is one of 22 of the nation’s top collegiate athletes who have accepted invitations from the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team Committee to attend the 2011 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games Team training camp. The training camp, which will be held July 29-Aug. 7 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC)…
Pat Chambers is Penn State’s newest coach, which means a variety of things, most notably that Penn State fans seem to be at least marginally excited about college basketball for the first time in, well, a long time. It also means Boston University is back at the drawing board. It was just two years ago…
It’s a term thrown around almost too cavalierly these days: “Future Hall of Famer.” Meant to be the highest praise, it also can be presumptuous. Who knows how voters will react, once a Hall of Fame ballot is put in front of them? There’s a long list of athletes from all sports who can make…
If there was one thing that Miami Heat’s President Pat Riley learned about growing up in Schenectady, N. Y. during the 1950’s, it was how to win and what it takes to build a winning team that could even turn into that over-used term—a dynasty. Riley was surrounded by the will to win, even as…
John Calipari has landed another one. Point guard Ryan Harrow announced late Wednesday night that he is transferring from N.C. State to Kentucky. Harrow picked Kentucky over Louisville, Georgia and Texas. He was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Georgia last year and is from Marietta, near Atlanta. He was a five-star player coming…