Tag: John Wall

John Wall wins Best College Male Athlete at 2010 ESPYs

John Wall

Former Kentucky All-American point guard John Wall, the 2009-10 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, was selected as the Best Male College Athlete at the 2010 ESPY Awards, announced by ESPN during the ESPYs Countdown show at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.  Wall, a native of Raleigh, N.C., was announced as the…

President Obama is John Wall’s “homeboy right there”

John Wall has had a relationship of sorts with Barack Obama since January, when the President called John Calipari and his Kentucky Wildcats to thank them for raising more than $1 million for Haiti.  “Hello Mr. President this is John Wall,” the point guard said during the call.  “I’ve been watching you,” Obama answered. Read…

New John Wall dance song by Troop41 creating a new hip hop dance hysteria

New John Wall Dance is causing pandemonium on-line and in the sport’s world. It’s not everyday the Carolina’s Hip hop scene gets set on fire. Its even rarer that a sports player can set off a new Hip Hop dance explosion. However, new Hip Hop music group “Troop41” and Kentucky basketball star John Wall have…

The Kentucky Kids Struggled

From Hoopsworld.com: “Its likely not a surprise that the guys that carried themselves the best in the process where from Kansas. They all handled questions with maturity. They were all physically ready to compete and some executives noticed. The Kentucky kids, outside of John Wall, were not nearly as polished. Patrick Patterson came off well in every aspect of the Combine process. Daniel Orton, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe really struggled.”

Eric Bledsoe and Daniel Orton will remain in the NBA Draft

Kentucky coach John Calipari anticipated five players leaving early for the NBA draft when the Wildcats were beaten by West Virginia in the Elite Eight.  Three players didn’t hesitate as freshmen John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and junior Patrick Patterson declared for the NBA draft and said during their announcements that they would stay in the…