Read more about the article Stoops needs to teach Calipari a Kentucky history lesson
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 ‘Time’ magazine face that launched a thousand Bear Bryant myths

The ‘Time’ magazine face that launched a thousand Bear Bryant myths

Visit my homepage website, TomShanahan.Report — Part I: Did Bear Bryant protest facing Michigan State’s Horace Smith? — Part II: Bryant’s second deception and something missing from 1980 “Time” story — Part III: Scripted in Hollywood, unaware of South’s timeline — Part IV: Black Historiography --- More on Bear Bryant mythology: One year before USC arrived at Legion Field in 1970, integrated Tennessee, led by All-American linebacker Jackie Walker, embarrassed the all-white Crimson Tide 41-14 at Legion Field. Walker sparked the rout…

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