Longtime Lexington Herald-Leader sports columnist John Clay is one of seven individuals elected to join the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2025. Also joining the Hall of Fame ...

MILWAUKEE — Bring it on, says Mark Pope. Bring all the pressure. Bring all the critics. Bring all the controversies. Bring all the tough times and the tough matchups and the tough situations ...

MILWAUKEE — I sit in Section 235 at Rupp Arena. Far corner, upper arena. Those are the media seats for Kentucky basketball home games. I’m not complaining. We can see the floor. We’re in the ...

The John Calipari era — 2014 regional semifinal: Seeded No. 8 in the Midwest Regional, Kentucky upset No. 4 seed Louisville 74-69 before 41,072 at Lucas Oil Stadium. It was the second NCAA ...

I’ve been around. Yellers, screamers and intimidators dot the coaching landscape. Pope’s predecessor, John Calipari, often spent as much time coaching officials as he did his team. If not more.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As the old saying goes, you’re either getting better or you’re getting worse. With Kentucky opening play in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Friday versus Troy in ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The bad news: Kentucky’s 99-70 loss to Alabama on Friday night was the Wildcats’ worst loss, by margin, in the history of the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament. The good ...

Birmingham police on Friday issued a Critical Missing Alert for John Clay, who was last seen Thursday near the 1200 block of 14th Avenue South. Police officials said he suffers from a condition ...

He did a ”Tonight Show” skit with Jimmy Fallon. His social media accounts are cooking. His St. John’s Red Storm won the Big East regular season basketball championship. Then it won the Big ...

It was the second NCAA Tournament meeting between John Calipari at Kentucky and Rick Pitino at Louisville. Cal had beaten Pitino in the 2012 Final Four. This time, freshman Julius Randle scored 15 ...

I’ve been around. Yellers, screamers and intimidators dot the coaching landscape. Pope’s predecessor, John Calipari, often spent as much time coaching officials as he did his team. If not more.