Ever since you were old enough to drink water after 6 p.m., you’ve probably understood that Adolph Rupp ranked right up there with Colonel Sanders, Man o’ War, Mammoth Cave and other great Kentucky inventions. You’ve known it and believed it, another legend to help you through those desultory days when you needed a push every 15 minutes to get…
In His Old Kentucky Home, Far Away
A barnburner in the old barn
The Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. stood gray and gloomy, matching the drizzly December afternoon. Inside, where there should have been fans yelling and pompons shaking and a basketball floor gleaming, there was nothing but darkness and wet gravel. For more than three years construction men have been blasting out limestone and piecing together concrete slabs, preparing this…