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The Latest Breaking News from John Calipari

Bill Self took a subtle shot at John Calipari’s ‘basketball school’ comment on College GameDay

Who says you have to be a football school or a basketball school? Other than John Calipari.

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‘Every kid in New York’s dream.’ Kentucky among blue bloods pursuing top players from Big Apple.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — John Calipari sent the message out to his more than 1.5 million Twitter followers late on Sunday night, complete with the logistical information to specifically place the Kentucky men’s basketball head coach and one of his assistants, Orlando Antigua.

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Mark Story: Why you are about to watch the most-scrutinized Kentucky football season in history

Over the short term, I would argue Mark Stoops was the winner in the public dust-up with John Calipari that followed last month’s “basketball school” imbroglio.

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Kentucky basketball hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 2019. Do recruits care?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The recent postseason struggles for the Kentucky men’s basketball program are well documented.

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Michael Cunningham: SEC East is still least of Georgia’s concerns

ATLANTA — There are two constants for Georgia since Kirby Smart quickly developed the Bulldogs into a national powerhouse. They’ll play great defense, and they needn’t worry much about the SEC East. Half of Georgia’s division foes got their shots in during Smart’s first season as coach in Athens. Only…

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John Clay: In defense of Mitch Barnhart, the athletics director dealing with UK’s departmental drama

Mitch Barnhart turns 63 later this month, but forgive him if he feels more like 163.

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Mark Story: Can UK prevent Stoops-Calipari from becoming Bear Bryant-Adolph Rupp II?

Adolph Rupp is the greatest men’s basketball coach in Southeastern Conference history. Before Nick Saban, Bear Bryant was the greatest football coach the SEC had ever seen.

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Barnhart’s Message to Kentucky Coaches Worth a Second Look

The public discourse between John Calipari and Mark Stoops did not sit well with the Wildcats’ normally quiet AD.

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John Clay: We’re witnessing a strange, new chapter in University of Kentucky athletics

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you see something new.

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Mark Story: Why describing Kentucky as ‘a basketball school’ is problematic — and outdated

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Alabama football visited Lexington to play Kentucky in 2013, a player both schools were then recruiting, John Hardin defensive lineman Matt Elam, was making an unofficial recruiting visit to UK.

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‘This program wasn’t born on third base’: Stoops-Calipari feud not settling down yet

LEXINGTON, Ky. — So much for the feud between John Calipari and Mark Stoops blowing over quickly.

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John Clay: Once again, Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops shows he’s not about to back down

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops has a difficult enough job battling the likes of Nick Saban and Kirby Smart and Jimbo Fisher, much less having to go toe-to-toe with his own basketball coach.

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John Calipari called Kentucky a ‘basketball school’ and Mark Stoops, obviously, objected (with receipts!)

John Calipari has rubbed people the wrong way with his brash comments in the past but this time he stepped on the toes of his Kentucky coworker Mark Stoops.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Is UK a basketball school? Mark Stoops and John Calipari at odds over facilities comment.

John Calipari’s public crusade for basketball facility improvements turned into a public Twitter fight with Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops on Thursday.

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Mark Story: Best thing about the UK team you are watching in the Bahamas is not the obvious thing

After two straight years yielded the worst Kentucky basketball season in modern times and the worst UK NCAA Tournament loss in any times, the Big Blue Nation deserves some feel-good Bahamian beat downs on UK’s four-game summer exhibition tour.

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Mark Story: Will Kentucky-Gonzaga be the ‘most-anticipated’ game of the Calipari-coaching era?

The announcement by John Calipari and Mark Few on Tuesday night that Kentucky will face Gonzaga in men’s basketball in 2022-23 should leave hoops fans filled with the giddy anticipation of a child on Christmas Eve.

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Dick Vitale Calls for Kentucky, Indiana to Renew MBB Rivalry

The legendary ESPN broadcaster implored John Calipari and Mike Woodson to discuss the prospect of a future series.

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John Calipari threw a fit upon learning a home-and-home with Gonzaga means actually playing at Gonzaga

A home-and-home not at home? Interesting.

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Kentucky adds Gonzaga to this year’s basketball schedule. Zags will play in Rupp next season.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — To help promote the Kentucky Flood Relief telethon Tuesday night, John Calipari teased “a really big-time announcement” that would be revealed on the broadcast.

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John Calipari, Mark Few Announce Kentucky-Gonzaga Series

The Bulldogs and Wildcats are committing to a home-and-home series over the next two college basketball seasons.

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Kentucky basketball players step up to help flood victims. ‘We gotta do something here.’

Sitting in his car and scrolling through his phone, CJ Fredrick looked at the heartbreaking photos of the eastern Kentucky flooding and the devastation it has wreaked upon the region.

France 24

More bodies found in flood-ravaged Kentucky as fresh rainstorms hit

Another round of rainstorms hit flooded Kentucky mountain communities Monday as more bodies emerged from the sodden landscape, and the governor warned that high winds could bring another threat — falling trees and utility poles.

WEKU

More rain hits Kentucky while the death toll from flooding grows

At least 37 have been confirmed killed in flooding and hundreds remain unaccounted for. The governor warned that high winds could create the danger of falling trees and utility poles.

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Justin Edwards picks Kentucky, and he might end up as the No. 1 recruit in the 2023 class

Earlier this summer, incoming Kentucky basketball freshman Adou Thiero was asked if his father had given him any advice regarding his new coach.

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John Clay: John Calipari’s autograph tour shows Kentucky basketball is still Kentucky basketball

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Oh man, the fans are down on John Calipari.

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