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Photo: The Kentucky Draft Cats (Cousins, Wall, Patterson, Bledsoe and Orton)
Former Cat Rajon Rondo named as finalist for the USA World Championship Team
Following four days of training and an intra-squad exhibition game that were held July 19-24 in Las Vegas, Nev., USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo today announced that 15 players had been selected as finalists for the 2010 USA World Championship Team. Named as finalists for the USA World Championship Team were Chauncey Billups (Denver Nuggets);…
Former Cat Rajon Rondo added to Team USA roster
Team USA officially lost two star point guards this weekend but they also gained one. USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said in an interview Sunday with FanHouse that Boston star Rajon Rondo has committed to Team USA, hoping to be part of the team that will play later this summer in the World Championships. Colangelo…
Former Cat Walter McCarty officially hired as assistant for Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers Coach Jim O’Brien announced Thursday the hiring of Walter McCarty as an assistant coach. The 36-year-old McCarty, a native of Evansville, Ind., comes to the Pacers from the University of Louisville where he was an assistant for Coach Rick Pitino. McCarty played collegiately at the University of Kentucky where he was part of…
It happened on this day in Kentucky basketball history in 2008
From The Season Never Ends 2010 Calendar: “Rajon Rondo, the second year guard out of Kentucky charged with steering the Boston Celtics as they tried to quench a 22-year championship drought, delivered big time as the Celtics won their 17th NBA Championship with a 131-92 Game 7 victory over the L.A. Lakers. Rondo had 21…
It happened on this day in Kentucky basketball history…
Former Kentucky great Pat Riley steps down from Lakers after nine years and four NBA titles. From “The Season Never Ends 2010 Calendar: “There are other things I want to do with my life,” said tearful Lakers coach Pat Riley, who announced he was stepping down from the head coaching job in L.A. after an…
Former Cat Jamaal Magloire to help murder victim’s son
It was a tragic tale, far from the limelight of professional sports, but a story sad enough to stir an NBA star’s heart to quiet action. When he heard of the murder last Monday of single mother Lucita Charles — who left behind a 7-year-old son with cerebral palsy — not only did Jamaal Magloire…
Bob Cousy is pointed in praise of former Cat Rajon Rondo
Imagine Willie Mays giving us his take on baseball’s best young center fielder. Or the late Frank Sinatra assessing the skills of a hot young crooner. Today we give you Bob Cousy on Rajon Rondo. A half-century ago, the Celtics were paced by a 6-foot-1-inch, 175-pound point guard who could solve any defense. He was…
Kentucky has a Portland connection in former Cat Larry Steele
Kentucky is scheduled to play the University of Portland in the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, home state of Terrence Jones, on November 19, 2010. What other connection does Kentucky have with Portland? In 1987, former Kentucky forward Larry Steele was named head coach of the University of Portland. Steele played collegiately at the University…
Photo: Former Cat Rajon Rondo on the cover of Sports Illustrated
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