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…
President Obama is John Wall’s “homeboy right there”
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…
Kentucky winning another recruiting battle over Louisville recruit
Louisville lost an epic recruiting battle to Kentucky when Marquis Teague, the No. 1-ranked point guard in the 2011 class, turned down Louisville and committed to the Wildcats. History might very well repeat itself in the recruitment of Michael Chandler. The center already decommitted from Louisville earlier this spring, and now it looks like Kentucky…
Pre-Summer “State of the Cats” from Coach Calipari
From CoachCal.com: “I’ve got a few things I’d like to discuss before the holiday weekend and the official start of summer. As you know this off-season has been rife with speculation, rumor and more than a few slings and arrows. I’m okay with all of that – it’s the price of success and it comes with the seat I occupy and being part of the program we all love.”
Daniel Orton did not complete his classes at Kentucky this past semester
From Examiner.com: “We’ll begin with a bit of surprising news to start the day and that comes from former Wildcat Daniel Orton. Apparently at season’s end, Orton expressed interests to finish up his classes at Kentucky for the semester, thus having no ill effects towards the teams overall APR and GPA ratings. Well that doesn’t…
John Wall to grace the cover of Dime Magazine #57
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Patrick Patterson is good at beat boxing
This comes from RidiculousUpside.com who says Patrick Patterson is a pretty good beat boxer. Here’s PPat beat boxing while teammate Daniel Orton warns that “they gon’ be mad at you – whoever that is”. You can see the original article here.
John Calipari will be honored at next year’s Dick Vitale gala
From Dick Vitale: “It was an incredible night at the Dick Vitale gala last Friday. It was a sellout: Over 800 at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota as we raised over $1 million for the V Foundation and cancer research. Sarasota was the sports capital of the world that night. We honored Tom Izzo and Tony…
John Calipari talks about his ties to LeBron James
University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari joined 95.5 The Fan in Portland to talk about his thoughts on Terrence Jones choosing to play at Kentucky, how he feels about people saying that he shouldn’t have recruited a kid that has already made a verbal commitment to another school, and his thoughts on the reports…
Kentucky is the definition of big time when it comes to college basketball
Kentucky is college basketball royalty. The Wildcats have been to the Big Dance a record 50 times and have won 101 games in the tournament. They have been to 41 Sweet 16’s, 32 Elite 8’s, and 13 Final Fours. They rank second only to UCLA with 7 national championships. Kentucky’s 23,000 plus seat arena is packed every single night during the basketball season and the who’s who of the region such as Ashley Judd can be seen at court side during games. There are also another million or so fans who aren’t in the arena who are big time followers of the program. It is easy to see why a kid like Portland’s Terrence Jones would choose to attend school there.