Tag: A.B. “Happy” Chandler

Kentucky on the verge of winning a national title

Kentucky head coach John Calipari reacts during the first half of an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball tournament game against Louisville Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

“THAT WAS A THROW!” Kentucky coach John Calipari screamed at sophomore forward Terrence Jones during the first half of Kentucky’s 69-61 national semifinal win over intrastate arch-rival Kentucky. Jones had just chucked a weak shot at the basket, and gave it no chance to go in.  On the sidelines, Calipari cartoonishly mimicked Jones’ ugly form,…

More than a century of glorious Kentucky basketball sights and sounds…

Listening to the radio

When one sport, one school, one supreme program so dominates a state, you can take its measure with sounds alone. Cock an ear to the sound track of more than a century of basketball in the Bluegrass State and you’ll hear:   The buzz of the Hyatt lobby in advance of a game at Rupp…

On this day in Kentucky basketball history…

Happy Chandler

From The Season Never Ends Calendar 2010:  “Albert B. Happy Chandler was born this day in Corydon, KY.  Governor.  Senator.  Commissioner of Baseball.  Albert B. Happy Chandler was all of those things, but nothing fit the man quite like the description “Kentucky fan.”  Look at any old photo from the national championship teams of the…