John Calipari Catching Heat for Putting Hands on Holly Rowe During Interview Kentucky's long, strange trip of a 2023 season continues. Sports Illustrated · Jan 14, 2023
John Calipari had an extremely cringey interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe C'mon, Cal. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 14, 2023
Examining What’s Behind Kentucky’s Struggles The pressure is building around John Calipari. Sports Illustrated · Jan 13, 2023
Mark Story: For John Calipari and Kentucky, can this marriage be saved? LEXINGTON, Ky. — To a degree that would have been unthinkable five years ago, the John Calipari coaching era at Kentucky has begun to feel like the end days of Tubby Smith’s UK coaching regime and the final seasons of Denny Crum’s coaching tenure at Louisville. Tribune News Service · Jan 13, 2023
Dick Vitale Defends John Calipari Amid Kentucky’s Struggles The veteran ESPN broadcaster came to the Wildcats coach’s defense after the team’s most recent loss. Sports Illustrated · Jan 12, 2023
John Clay: Is there a sense of urgency with Kentucky basketball? Or a sense of entitlement? You thought Saint Peter’s was rock bottom. Tribune News Service · Jan 11, 2023
Texas contacts John Calipari about open head coach job Apparently they have reached out to Kentucky coach John Calipari through back channels, according to a report by Travis Branham at 247Sports. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 9, 2023
John Clay: A question that has to be asked: Has John Calipari at Kentucky run its course? TUSCALOOSA,, Ala. — Saturday night in downtown Tuscaloosa, Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats was enjoying dinner at the popular Chuck’s Fish restaurant, accepting congratulations for his team’s 78-52 rout of traditional power Kentucky that afternoon at Coleman Coliseum. Tribune News Service · Jan 9, 2023
Kentucky suffers its worst loss yet in 26-point defeat to No. 7 Alabama TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Two consecutive victories at home had provided Kentucky with some much-needed momentum on the basketball court. Tribune News Service · Jan 7, 2023
Mark Story: John Calipari’s offense is not UK basketball’s primary issue As Kentucky has limped from the starting gate with four losses in its first 14 games of the 2022-23 men’s college hoops season, John Calipari’s “outmoded” offensive approach has been roasted like your Christmas turkey. Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023
After Firing Chris Beard, Who Might Texas Target as Coach? Musselman, Sampson and Calipari are among the names who could get a look. Sports Illustrated · Jan 5, 2023
John Calipari makes good on a lineup promise, and Kentucky holds off LSU for first SEC win LEXINGTON, Ky. — Before his team took the basketball court Tuesday, Kentucky coach John Calipari said he didn’t know if it would happen that night or Saturday afternoon or two weeks from now. Tribune News Service · Jan 4, 2023
As expected, Kentucky blows out Louisville. Can Cats carry it over to a quality opponent? LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky-Louisville basketball rivalry game that was supposed to be a lopsided affair was exactly that Saturday afternoon in Rupp Arena. Tribune News Service · Dec 31, 2022
Kentucky Great Tyler Ulis to Join John Calipari’s Staff, per Report The 2016 SEC Player of the Year was severely injured in a car crash in February. Sports Illustrated · Dec 28, 2022
Sports Illustrated · Dec 22, 2022 John Calipari Says It Has ‘Become Harder to Play at’ Kentucky The Wildcats’ coach weighed in on the state of the program.
Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022 Kentucky wins but still struggles against one of college basketball’s worst teams LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky put one in the win column Wednesday night, but it was a performance that won’t do anything to allay fears that this Wildcats team isn’t quite as good as it was cracked up to be.
Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022 John Clay: Is this Kentucky basketball team improving? A closer look by the numbers. This Kentucky men’s basketball season hits its 10th game on Saturday when the Wildcats travel to New York to take on UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 6, 2022 Bill Belichick Tops List of Highest-Paid American Coaches, per Report The Patriots head coach earns a $20 million salary.
Tribune News Service · Dec 3, 2022 Why is Kentucky playing a basketball game in London in the middle of the season? A game that has been years in the making is finally here.
Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022 Mark Story: Why we will look back at 2022 as the year Kentucky actually ‘joined’ the SEC LEXINGTON, Ky. — For some six decades, the general reaction to a University of Kentucky football season that yielded a winning record of any kind fell somewhere between contentment and excitement.
Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022 John Clay: Never mind the sights, what Kentucky basketball needs in England is a royal win LEXINGTON, Ky. — Earlier this month, Kentucky basketball took a 2,000-mile field trip to Spokane, Washington. It did not turn out well. This week, UK travels 4,000 miles for another educational opportunity, this time in the original UK, i.e. London, England. The Cats need this trip to be a success.
Tribune News Service · Nov 30, 2022 Five things you need to know from No. 19 Kentucky’s 60-41 win over Bellarmine Five things you need to know from the No. 19 Kentucky Wildcats’ 60-41 win over the Bellarmine Knights in NCAA men’s college basketball at Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center in downtown Lexington:
Tribune News Service · Nov 21, 2022 Kentucky’s terrible start too much to overcome. No. 2 Gonzaga hands Cats another loss. SPOKANE, Wash. — It was an all systems fail from the get-go for the Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday evening.
Tribune News Service · Nov 20, 2022 Mark Stoops signs contract extension with Kentucky that includes raise, increased buyout One day before Kentucky football’s loss to Vanderbilt earlier this month, the school signed head coach Mark Stoops to a contract extension that would keep him as coach through the 2030 season.
Tribune News Service · Nov 19, 2022 John Calipari talks hunger, humility and accountability — and challenges ahead for Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Wildcats recovered from their first loss of the 2022-23 season on Thursday night, defeating South Carolina State, 106-63, inside Rupp Arena in Lexington.