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SEC football statues on Monday April 17, 2017. Photo by Mark Cornelison | UKphoto

Stoops needs to teach Calipari a Kentucky history lesson

PHOTO: Kentucky football coach Charlie Bradshaw led Southeastern Conference desegregation with two Black recruits signed in 1966 and two more in 1967. The school unveiled a statue of its pioneers in 2016 (l-r): Nate Northington, Greg Page, Wilbur Hackett and Houston Hogg. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN There’s one more storyline to consider regarding John Calipari’s self-serving comments that Kentucky is a basketball school. And I’m here to explain it. The headlines last week favored…

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Read more about the article The difference between Tom Izzo and John Calipari

The difference between Tom Izzo and John Calipari

PHOTO: Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker and basketball coach Tom Izzo prior to a Spartans' game. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN John Calipari’s comments that Kentucky is a basketball school at the expense of his school’s improving football program not surprisingly drew an angry reaction from Wildcats’ coach Mark Stoops. It’s not that Calipari’s statement isn’t true. Kentucky has long been considered a basketball school. The problem is Calipari uttered a smarmy, self-serving comment.…

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Read more about the article Gardena Serra all-purpose athlete carries Horace Smith’s spirit with him to California state title

Gardena Serra all-purpose athlete carries Horace Smith’s spirit with him to California state title

PHOTO: Gardena Serra's Troy Tw Crozier is the great-great nephew of Michigan State's Horace Smith, a pioneer athlete for the Spartans from 1946-49. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Bear Bryant may have tried to prevent Horace Smith from taking the field for skin color in a 1947 Kentucky-Michigan State game, but Smith’s spirit freely ran up and down football fields 74 years later through his great-great nephew’s 2021 season. Troy Tw Crozier, a senior at…

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