Joe Hall: UK coach’s job about more than basketball
In any high-profile leadership role, some responsibilities are obvious. Others, while less obvious, are every bit as important. It’s true for a corporate executive, for a mayor, a governor, a president...
View Article‘Tithe’ might bring athletics, academics into balance
John Calipari is an excellent basketball coach. He seems capable of attracting top talent. He has handled his first public appearances as spiritual leader of the Wildcat Nation with aplomb. So why the...
View ArticleDigging for coal? No, for Wildcat Coal Lodge
Construction crews worked Tuesday to dig out rock and dirt for the foundation of Wildcat Coal Lodge, the new $7 million home for the University of Kentucky’s basketball players. Photo by Tom Eblen
View ArticleMidway clothier gives jackets the royal treatment
When Crittenden Rawlings was president of Oxxford Clothes, he went to a Sotheby’s auction and bought a suit that had belonged to the Duke of Windsor. The former Edward VIII may have been a lousy king,...
View ArticleNebraska echoes coal lodge flap; results different
Does this sound familiar? An energy industry is controversial because of its environmental impact. So a company tries to buy public goodwill by donating money to the state university’s most popular...
View ArticleFor good and bad, Matt Jones stirs passions in Big Blue Nation
University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari, center, talks with Matt Jones on Oct. 4 in a parking lot behind Memorial Coliseum while Jones was doing a remote broadcast of his daily...
View ArticleState Street lessons could help city, UK save other neighborhoods
Crowds celebrate March 28 in the State Street area. Photo by Jonathan Palmer How much longer must national acclaim on the basketball court be accompanied by national embarrassment in neighborhoods...
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