The pregame scouting report, complete with video breakdown of Northern Kentucky’s top eight or nine players, was done, and now, looking every bit the role of a Bellarmine professor, Coach Scotty Davenport reminded his players of what they already had been taught. Sitting in a semi-circle of folding chairs, the Knights were attentive, to a […]

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I was scheduled to be a guest on a sports talk show so I turned on the radio to see what the host and his callers were discussing. Turns out it was something Kentucky coach John Calipari did late in his team’s eventual loss to Alabama. When freshman Terrence Jones took an ill-advised shot, the […]

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By the power invested in me by CatholicSportsNet.com, I hereby declare Texas Christian University to be the 2010 champion of major-college football. If they want it, the Horned Frogs will be sent the coveted Fehder Trophy, assuming our beloved boss can find something suitable at Wal-Mart.
I was more impressed with TCU’s 21-19 victory over Wisconsin […]

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When St. John’s University fired Norm Roberts at the end of last season, Rick Pitino’s name immediately surfaced as a possible candidate. Unlike most of the Pitino-to-wherever rumors, this one actually made some sense. After all, Pitino is a Roman Catholic and St. John’s is the Roman Catholic university located in the New York City […]

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Kentucky’s first appearance in the KFC Yum! Center turned out to be a crisp and efficient victory not so much because the Wildcats have superior talent, which they do, but because John Calipari did the finest job of preparation and coaching in his short tenure in Lexington.
In crafting a 78-63 victory before a record […]

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