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Kentucky Basketball: Izzo Stays Put, Rumors Shift to Calipari
So here we are, back at square one. Yesterday, Michigan St. Spartans head coach Tom Izzo held a press conference and declared himself "here for life at Michigan State." I guess you know, ladies ...
Perry Stevenson & Ramon Harris: Gone but not Forgotten
With all the hoopla surrounding the departure of John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Daniel Orton, and Eric Bledsoe, a couple of Wildcat seniors received little-to-no love from e...
Kentucky Coaches and Alcohol: A Sour Mixture
Back in the mid-'80's, when I could be found running around Lexington terrorizing the locals, and just generally being a nuisance, many were the nights when, as I pulled in front of my house, I asked ...
The Big Blue Daily Mail -- Farewell to Coach Wooden Edition
Today we say "Farewell and Godspeed" to coach John Wooden, who passed away last night in Los Angeles. Our prayers and condolences go out to his family, his friends, and his extended family of UC...
Kentucky Basketball: Grasping Reality With Both Hands
The last few days have been interesting around the Big Blue Nation. The New York Times has accused Eric Bledsoe, or at least his mother and coach, of engaging in academic fraud and providing imp...
Kentucky Basketball: Advice to Budding Sportswriters
Those of you who have read this space for a long while know that I must periodically vent my frustrations on a hapless sportswriter just trying to do his job and spew hyperbolic nonsense to interest r...
UK Basketball: A (Big Blue) Nation Under Attack
If you, dear reader, are like me, when you initially read the New York Times article written by Pete Thamel and Thayer Evans, pointing a dirty finger at Eric Bledsoe, his mother, and high sc...
The Big Blue Daily Mail -- Kenny Payne Edition
Well, the word is that Kenny Payne has been offered and accepted the assistant coaching position vacated by Rod Strickland earlier this year. Congratulations to Kenny, and welcome to Lexington. ...
2010-2011 UK Basketball: Who Will Lead Them?
With the University of Kentucky Wildcat basketball team being nearly eviscerated by early defections to the NBA and graduation, the 2010-2011 'Cats, while certainly lining up to be a talented bunch, s...
The Big Blue Daily Mail -- Midweek Edition
As we move closer and closer toward the Memorial Day holiday and the NBA Draft, there is a lot of John Wall talk and a lot of Calipari to (fill in that NBA team) talk. A month or so from now, mo...
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