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A Very Timely And All-Encompassing Preview Of The 2016-17 College Basketball Season
Thanksgiving is three days away, so it’s probably (past) time to talk some college hoops. In the spirit of our NBA preview, here is our very timely and holistic 2016-17 NCAA basketball preview....
If You're Losing By 96, Maybe Just Let Them Dunk
There is pride, and there is prideful foolishness. Asbury guard Alex Dennis’s decision to try and jump with Kentucky’s Mychal Mulder with 54.6 seconds remaining in a 96-point ballgame was an example of the latter. ...
Things Have Gotten Weird In The SEC East
With 10 weeks of college football in the books, now seems like a great time to check in on the SEC East and see who’s going to get stomped by Alabama in the conference title game....
Western Kentucky Was A Little Too Excited For The Season To Begin
We worked all summer for this. Just do what you’re supposed to and your teammates will take care of the rest. Now let’s go out there and—ah, fuck!...
Police Found Kentucky Basketball Player Passed Out Next To His Car
Kentucky Wildcats basketball player Derek Willis was arrested for public intoxication last weekend, according to WCPO, which got the dashcam video. Police arrived at the scene and found the 20-year-old passed out next to his car on the side of the road....
A Bunch Of Bros In Pastel Shirts Brawled At The Kentucky Oaks
At this Friday’s Kentucky Oaks, the bros in attendance were feeling feisty. ...
Nyquist, Still Undefeated In 8 Starts, Easily Wins The Kentucky Derby
The favorite Nyquist ran a smooth, fast race in a dampened Kentucky Derby, breaking on the outside and holding off Exaggerator down the stretch to win in 2 minutes, 1 second and change. He’s the clean horse in the photo there, sailing along and blasting crudlets of mud over the rest of the field, re...
The Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Was Cursed
Kasaqui and Triple Threat got tangled up on the final turn of today’s Kentucky Derby national broadcast undercard race, with the former taking an ugly spill and both horses losing their jockeys. The horses and jockeys were all fine, somehow, NBC reported. But one horse, Grand Tito, was scratched bef...
A Year Later, Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah Is Just A Fucking Champion
For the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby, John Clay at the Lexington Herald-Leader caught up with last year’s winner, American Pharoah. That colt went on from Churchill Downs to win the Preakness, the Belmont, and the Breeder’s Cup, the only horse ever to do so. Having achieved all a horse cares ...
Tiny Point Guards Are The Best
My favorite type of NBA player is an audacious, teeny-tiny point guard who makes up for his physical deficiencies with speed and bravado. Watching an apex human like LeBron James dunk on guys is its own sort of thrill, but it’s far more out of the ordinary for someone of Isaiah Thomas’ stature to do...
As Usual, John Calipari Pushes An NCAA Rule To Its Limit
In a tweetstorm this afternoon, Kentucky coach John Calipari revealed his latest plan to lay bare the machinations of the NCAA. Here is a lightly edited transcript of his tweets:...
Western Kentucky Basketball Coach Resigns, Three Players Suspended After Disciplinary Hearing
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers announced today that three players—Fredrick Edmond, Marlon Hunter and Chris McNeal—have been suspended from the basketball team after a University Disciplinary Committee hearing last night, and that head coach Ray Harper has resigned. The scant details were provided ...
John Calipari Ejected In Under Three Minutes Against South Carolina
The #22 Kentucky Wildcats are on the road down in South Carolina this morning, and it took John Calipari mere minutes to get all riled up at officials and get himself tossed. Weirdly, it was after a foul was called against the Gamecocks....
Dancing Kentucky Fan Picks Up Girl, Drops Her Down The Stairs
This old dude right here is apparently known as “Boogieman,” and is a fixture at Kentucky basketball games. Someone please tell Boogieman that he is far too old to just go around scooping people up:...
High Schooler Hits Game-Winning Buzzer-Beating Desperation Heave From Half-court
Look at this shot from Male High School’s Alex Cook to beat St. Xavier....
It Will Take So Much Money To Get John Calipari To The NBA, And The Nets Might Have It
The Brooklyn Nets cleaned house yesterday, firing head coach Lionel Hollins and GM Billy King at the same damn time, meaning that it’s once again time to wonder if Kentucky head coach John Calipari will come swooping in to save an NBA franchise. ...
Alabama's Jimmie Taylor Discovers New Way To Box Out
Kentucky won today’s SEC basketball battle in Tuscaloosa today 77-61, but it was the Crimson Tide that contributed to the college basketball corpus of literature as forward Jimmie Taylor introduced a new way of boxing out defenders to secure the offensive rebound. Despite this innovation, Taylor was...
Oh God, Alex Poythress Caught His Teeth In The Net
Late in Kentucky’s dominant-looking 74-63 win over Duke, Jamal Murray went behind the back and found Alex Poythress for a nice-alley oop:...
#67 Goes 77 Yards For SEC-Sized Fat Guy Touchdown
300 lb. Kentucky defensive lineman Cory Johnson opened the scoring of tonight’s Vols-Wildcats matchup in Lexington by scooping up a fumble and rumbling 77 yards. He was motorin’!...