Immediately after, a temporary “Avenue of Champions” sign was erected at the intersection by Beam, Mooney, UK Athletic Director Bernie Shively, and coaches Adolph Rupp and Paul “Bear” Bryant.

Mears rolled into town in the spring of 1962, a few months past his 35th birthday, fresh off a national championship a year earlier at Wittenberg (Ohio) College. He brought a sackful of gimmicks and a ...

Saturday and Sunday’s camp sessions are taking place inside the Joe Craft Center and Historic Memorial Coliseum on Kentucky’s campus. On June 20, Pope will host a free camp at North Laurel ...

Memorial Coliseum covers an entire city block. In 1976, the UK men’s basketball team began playing at the newly opened 23,000-seat Rupp Arena.

Coaches in the pre-Rupp years of Kentucky basketball From UK's first season (a three-game slate in 1903) through 1929-30 (the year before Adolph Rupp arrived), the program only had three coaches ...

Hawk. Jet. AP. JJ. Squeaky. When it comes to Bradley basketball's Mount Rushmore, there are many names to consider. The ...

From UK's first season (a three-game slate in 1903) through 1929-30 (the year before Adolph Rupp arrived), the program only had three coaches who held the position in back-to-back seasons.

NEW HAVEN — A portion of the former New Haven Veteran's Memorial Coliseum site and property along the Quinnipiac River are among about two dozen sites across Connecticut to receive grants from ...

“I’m going to do my best to make it through this,” he told the sold-out crowd at Rupp Arena. “This is probably going to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.” ...

Finally, there was Rupp's immediate predecessor, John Mauer. His claim to fame is he remains the only person to guide three different SEC basketball programs. (He later served as head coach at Florida ...

The 1.13-acre coliseum site, 275 South Orange St., is currently a parking lot and was awarded $880,000.