john calipari

Yes, Sam the Intern's audition process to co-host Kentucky Sports Television with Matt Jones is moving right along, he's in the semi-finals by the way.

Back in February, the University of Kentucky had a great big celebration in honor of head basketball coach John Calipari's 500th victory. Confetti, a big cake, pin the tail on the donkey--you know, the works! Everybody had a very good time...except the NCAA. Because in their eyes--and according to their official records--John Calipari does NOT own 500 victories.

For big college basketball fans like myself, the May-September offseason is the equivalent of Interstate 40 between Nashville and Memphis--it never seems to end. Thank God that in the doldrums of June, University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari and University of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino have seen fit to fire shots--albeit subtle ones--across each other's bows.

Sure it's May 31st, but there's bound to be a University of Kentucky basketball story somewhere. Sure enough, we have one...no, make that two. The UK basketball team--already flush with extraordinary talent for 2011-12--has added another to its roster. And this time, it wasn't Coach John Calipari who found him; he found UK.

I'm not warning you of the impending arrival of a Dr. Seuss character. No, it seems everybody's favorite University of Kentucky center Josh Harrellson--nickname: Jorts (for all those jeans shorts he wears)--wants to visit Owensboro. He tweeted his plans this morning.

The Wildcats play Princeton Thursday in a game to be aired at 1:45 on the Country Station, WBKR. Check  out the complete schedule here.

  When you're selling the University of Kentucky basketball program--the history, the banners, the deepest and most adoring fan base on the planet--it makes recruiting just a little bit easier. You'd think. The recent past hadn't seen a conveyor line of great talent streaming toward UK. And then John Calipari arrived and brought with him the first Kentucky dream team in some time. And these guys w

Toward the end of the University of Kentucky's Tuesday night loss to Alabama, the camera caught UK Coach John Calipari directing a profanity-laden verbal assault at freshman star Terrence Jones. Considering the fact that coaches usually lace their tirades with a variety of colorful language, it's not wholly surprising. But maybe the combination of actually seeing the exchange and Jones' clearly hu