Almost a week ago, news leaked that the UK basketball museum was closing due to a large debt it couldn’t overcome. The museum wasn’t part of the University, but UK did donate up to $100,000 a year to help the museum out. Before closing, the museum was housed in the Lexington Center, which connects to [...]
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How to Fix the UK Basketball Museum
Posted: 6th July 2008 by Kenny Colston in Adolph Rupp, Bill Keightley, Kentucky Basketball, Mr. Wildcat, UK basketball, UK Basketball Museum9
A Year in Review Part 2: The Bad.
Posted: 20th June 2008 by Kenny Colston in Bill Keightley, Billy Gillispie, Derrick Jasper, John Cohen, Kentucky Basketball, Kentucky Football, Mr. Wildcat, Scott Green, UK basketball, UK footballThis morning, we released our top 11 list of the best things to happen in UK athletics this past year. Of course, we realistic and we know that not everything was rosy for UK this year. That’s why we also made a Top 10 list of the WORST things that happened from June 20, 2007 [...]
Help Save the UK Basketball Museum.
Posted: 24th May 2008 by Kenny Colston in Bill Keightley, Kentucky Basketball, UK basketball, UK Basketball MuseumThe shot clock has run out on one of UK’s best attractions–the UK basketball museum at Rupp Arena. And your favorite Herald-Leader writer has all the details. But basically, the museum is half a million short in paying the banks. Never a good thing. UK administration says that if the museum doesn’t get the $500,000, [...]
Honoring Mr. Wildcat
Posted: 9th April 2008 by Kenny Colston in Bill Keightley, Kentucky Basketball, Mr. WildcatAfter the passing last week of “Mr. Wildcat” Bill Keightley, my mind started running through different ways to honor the legendary man. It became obvious that it would be difficult. How do you honor a man who worked in an equipment room with his own name on it? I have decided to come up with [...]