His feet hurt. He sits down on the curb and wiggles his fingers under the laces to loosen their grip. He pulls off the shoe and rubs his feet with his weathered hands. His back hurts. He kneads his knuckles into the base of his spine and then into his right shoulder. His head hurts. [...]
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By Sarah Wilder As students waited expectantly on the ground, more than 3,000 ping pong balls rained down from the top of Patterson Office Tower on Wednesday. The annual Ping Pong Ball Drop, now in its fourth consecutive year, is the kick-off event to the Student Activities Board’s spring celebration, the Little Kentucky Derby. “This [...]
Continue reading …John Calipari is living out a dream he sought in 1992. He is the UK men’s basketball head coach. Calipari remembers the emotion of the crowd and the feel of Rupp Arena when he brought his University of Massachusetts team to Rupp Arena, a game they lost 90-69 to the Cats. Despite the loss, Calipari [...]
Continue reading …Josh Winfrey sat in class, anxiously refreshing ESPN.com. When he heard former Memphis head coach John Calipari could possibly be the next head coach of the UK men’s basketball team, he followed the news intently. That’s not something unusual for Winfrey, an accounting junior, who grew up in Anderson County, Ky., and has been a [...]
Continue reading …The climax to a tumultuous week of swirling rumors, mixed reports and uncertainty finally arrived. The aftermath now leaves the Big Blue Nation divided in their opinion of former UK head basketball coach Billy Gillsipie’s brief two-year tenure in Lexington. “It’s a shock I think for everybody,†first year graduate student Caleb Churchill said. “I’m [...]
Continue reading …Billy Gillispie did not talk to reporters when entering the Joe Craft Center on Friday afternoon. When Gillispie went into the building, television news crews followed Gillispie. When Gillispie began to run, local sports anchor Alan Cutler chased him, asking questions and saying that he could “run all day with you.” Cutler and crew were [...]
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