Darrell Bird
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General Manager of The Cats' Pause/CatsPause.com. Lifelong fan of Cincinnati Reds and Oakland Raiders, so much so he's still mad about Heidi Game from 1968.
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Very nice touch by Auburn at
@KentuckyMBB
team hotel tonight. on video board where announcements posted
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Why is no politician smart enough to realize staying on Daylight Savings Time year round would win approval of ALL voters? Dark at 5 sucks
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This is
@MeganteCalipari
She is John and Ellen’s daughter and pure
#BBN
through and through. Living and dying with
@KentuckyMBB
right along with the rest of you. via
@DarrellBird
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With some assistance from his
@UKFootball
family
@ChristopherOats
makes the climb for his team photo at media day. Powerful moment.
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Zero, count 'em zero,
@UKFootball
players opted out of playing in Gator Bowl. After all this group has been through, on and off field, that is incredible and testament to
@UKCoachStoops
program.
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I've covered
@KentuckyMBB
every day for all 12 of
@UKCoachCalipari
seasons and with 40 total years in the business. There has NEVER been a coach more supportive of his players than John, and it's not particularly close.
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Oversimplifying, yes. But
@UKMitchBarnhart
is moving
@KentuckyMBB
from ultimate players’ first attitude to ultimate team first. And isn’t that what
#BBN
has been crying for?
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Yeah, the
@KentuckyMBB
bench couldn't believe their eyes either when Big Z made four straight baskets on Saturday. Much more to come later.
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How cool is this? Future
@KentuckyMBB
players
@Travis_Perry11
and
@trentnoah2_
giving their Valedictorian addresses at Lyon and Harlan County graduations, respectively. Cream of the crop in Bluegrass gonna do
#BBN
and
@CoachMarkPope
proud.
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Somebody want to explain to me again that Kentucky is only a basketball school. Take this picture times four levels of fans in Charlotte for pep rally
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Inconsistency in officiating going to be death of college basketball. If that was foul against Auburn then what happened to Kentucky at end of regulation in Elite Eight was a felony. Varies that wildly from crew to crew inexcusable.
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SC coach Dawn Staley on
@kentuckyWBB
upset win. "Hats off to Kentucky. They’re hot. They’re streaking. Super happy for Kyra and her program and their ability to weather some storms early on and find themselves as our SEC Tournament champions."
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Anyone who thinks
@UKFootball
season is over because Terry Wilson got hurt is sadly mistaken. Sawyer Smith
@smittyyy22
can play, OLine is best in years, run game solid and receivers rounding into form right on cue.
@UKCoachStoops
has built a program, not one good team.
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To appreciate
@KentuckyWBB
beating No. 1 SC to win SEC Tourney title, understand they lost 7 of 8 games between Jan. 9 and Feb. 10, at times down to 6 or 7 players total. UK was 9-11, 2-8 in SEC at that time. Now won 10 in a row, 4 in 4 days at SEC.
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It's 11 pm after huge win in Bahamas and Keldon Johnson and
@raf_tyler
are back in gym getting up more shots.
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Been doing this a long time. I swear I’ve never seen better team chemistry top to bottom than
@KentuckyMBB
2020. Photo day with 6 scholarship newcomers –
@TyreseMaxey
@KahlilWhitney
@NateSestina23
@dontaieallen11
@KeionB_12
@JohnnyJuzang
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Cameron Wright from Pikeville stealing the show at Rupp ahead of
@KentuckyMBB
Mark Pope introduction
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Forget "Everybody's Super Bowl." Nobody fears UK anymore. It's that simple.
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Sitting here at Yum watching UK and UofL to determine best team in state. Verdict is in: WKU
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Calipari looks like he's trying to protect egos of Wagner and Edwards instead of playing for the win with Dillingham and Sheppard.
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No way
@UKFootball
@KashDaniel15
can lose when Nana is by your side. I took this photo during Cat Walk Saturday.
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This is why Wheeler complained to ref on push arm. Defender grabbed arm and pulled it in. Veteran move.
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Would say UK offense should have to carry defense’s luggage to plane after game but I’d be afraid they drop it all
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Number of photos we have of UK players getting crushed in paint with no foul call is staggering.
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Oh, yes he did.
@benny_snell
with the Ls down after scoring a TD in the rivalry game.
@UKFootball
up 35-10 on UofL at halftime. via
@DarrellBird
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No
@KentuckyMBB
vs UofL? My vote is road trip to
@WKUBasketball
on Dec. 23. Open to public with ticket sales to tornado relief and UK goes down Dec. 22 to do hands on clean up work around BG.
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It's
@UKFootball
QB
@will_levis
with the call at tonight's
@KentuckyMBB
vs. LSU. More of my photos and stories later at
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Some pre-game words during warmups for Miss State vs. Kentucky. Lots of MSU fingers pointed at Benny Snell.
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.
@KentuckyWBB
just beat national No. 1 South Carolina (29-1) while playing 4th game in 4 days. You wanna tell them they can't reach the Final Four?
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Selfishly I want
@NateSestina23
to be granted an extra year, too. What a special young man.
College basketball, my brothers, and coaches... thank you 💙 @ University of Kentucky
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I, for one, have zero concern about the team
@CoachMarkPope
will assemble for his first at
@KentuckyMBB
. It will probably look a lot different than those from previous seasons, but so what? Name on the front of the jersey will be a refreshing change.
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.
@UKCoachCalipari
has great advice for UofL fans who already bought tickets. "Come and cheer like crazy for Western."
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Not since Lew Alcindor is there a more obvious choice for national player of the year than
@Oscartshiebwe34
. A shame if he's not a runaway winner.
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Give UK major props. Their national player of the year campaign "Oscar Worthy" is brilliant.
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Lot of talk radio chatter that Bruce Pearl will be Louisville's next basketball coach. Why the rush to assume he would even want that job, or that's it's even a step up given the long burning dumpster fire?
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Those who argue
@KentuckyMBB
can’t develop relationships because most are only here for a year should check out Twitter. Cats in NBA having field day with UK win over UofL
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SEC will be last domino to tip if college football is cancelled. Be strong
#SEC
. Go it alone if you have to. The kids are safer under your watch than any place on the planet.
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VIDEO: Field level view of Here Come Your Cats as
@UKFootball
enters the stadium at sold out Kroger Field.
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Dear NCAA. Tonight’s Big Blue Madness is actually “UK Basketball History 101.” 3 credit hours for all participating athletes please.
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Maybe my favorite photo of the day. Pure joy after season of frustration.
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These governors - regardless of political party - have lost their friggin’ minds on these power trips. Telling people how many family members they can have in their own house. I don’t think so.
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SEC does
@UKCoachCalipari
one better. Adjusted COVID policy today says teams with 7 scholarship players on 1 coach must play. Good on you, Greg Sankey.
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.
@tytywashington3
says he was screaming like crazy when Dre'Una Edwards hit the game winning 3 at SEC women's tourney. Now, men's team wants to do same.
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Be in your seats before tipoff at Rupp Arena today.
@KentuckyMBB
paying tribute to Joe B Hall when clock hits :00 to start the game. Also,
@UKFootball
being recognized at 1st media timeout.
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@PJWashington
when
@raf_tyler
missed a free throw. ‘He looked at me and said, ‘Man, I don’t know what’s going on.’ I said, ‘Chill out, you’re Boy Wonder.’ And he made the next two and he made the 3 so I’m proud of him.'
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.
@Travis_Perry11
and
@trentnoah2_
battled in Sweet 16 championship. Now they're
@KentuckyMBB
teammates. West meets East blanketing BBN. Perfect.
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This atrocity on UK football helmets today. No. No. No. UK deserves something better than an image that immediately invokes Kansas State. Same with the UK stolen from Houston.
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A possible SEC Tourney final with
@KentuckyMBB
vs
@AuburnMBB
has the feeling of those classic UK Arkansas battles in the early 1990s
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Look who is ready for his
@KentuckyMBB
close up.
@trentnoah2_
also on cover of new Cats' Pause magazine talking about his "dream school." Profiles on all of
@CoachMarkPope
players. Get Noah's Mark and Pope Brings Hope issues free with subscription here:
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Anybody who doesn’t stand with
@UKFootball
and
@UKCoachStoops
on this day is just flat out wrong. It’s one of their finest moments.
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How cool is this? After a hard day’s work,
@LynnBowden_1
warms up QB
@Wood7Walker
before the backup enters the game during
@UKFootball
50-7 win over UT-Martin. See all my photos here: via
@DarrellBird
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UDPATE.
@tytywashington3
and Jacob Toppin both going full speed in warmups ahead of
@KentuckyMBB
vs. Tennessee here in Knoxville.
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Most
@KentuckyMBB
fans: "Team can't win 4 games in 4 days." Appalachian State: We just did it, 2 in OT. Had lost 6 of 7 before Sun Belt Tourney.
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Tiny Lyon County from far west KY vs. Harlan County from the 606 for Sweet 16 title tonight at Rupp. Couldn't write a better script.
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Please let high school kids in Kentucky play basketball now.
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Over the years, I have been blessed to share some remarkably personal stories about Kentucky coaches and athletes. Now comes
@UKFootball
@Ray_Davis07
, who may demand a spot on the Mt. Rushmore of that list. His story is both heartbreaking and inspiring.
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North Carolina. 20th trip to Final Four and 18 years of academic fraud with still no resolution. Criminal.
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After a scuffle for a loose ball late in UK’s win, the look on
@hamidoudiallo
face is priceless. See all my photos here:
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Look who is practicing tonight at a local high school in Las Vegas.
@NateSestina23
still listed day to day but obviously progressing very well via
@DarrellBird
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Best thing
@UKCoachCalipari
said today: Bahamas success may have been worst thing that happened to us, Duke loss may prove to be the best.
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Influenza kills up to 50,000 annually and we go about normal lives. There’s one case of Coronavirus in KY and people losing their minds. Ability to think is a casualty of hysteria.
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Just play Beau Allen every snap rest of season and see what UK can do with a passing QB and strong running backs.
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Louisville players gather around the
@UKFootball
logo two hours before kickoff for team prayer. Something Coach Satterfield does at every road game.
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Not that it matters but Justin Edwards just not ready for this level.
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If Scott Drew is out for
@KentuckyMBB
, come on down
@coachbrucepearl
Yes that’s me being selfish. Would be a blast to cover him in my job. Environment he created in Auburn Arena was the best in the SEC. And Nobody would love to crush Arkansas next season more than him.
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.
@KentuckyMBB
fans upset UK lost at Tennessee need to accept a new reality. UK, Auburn and Tennessee aren't just 3 of the best teams in the SEC, they are 3 of the best in the nation with legit shots at Final Four. Imagine Ala-GA in football final and maybe 2 SEC in BB final.
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Cool moment. Sir Charles Barkley was sitting directly behind where I was taking photos at Auburn. With :28 left and fans screaming for
@raf_tyler
to miss FTs, Charles turns to person beside him and says, ‘This kid ain’t missing.’ Tyler didn’t. 2-2.
@KentuckyMBB
wins.
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All fans fretting over Wofford need to remember
@KentuckyMBB
has dudes, too. 1st day Wofford coach saw UK entering for practice here in Jacksonville, he said, “You gotta be kidding me.”
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The stress of
@KentuckyMBB
dramatic NCAA win over Houston on full display with
@MeganteCalipari
on Friday night. Clapping with the fight song much easier than final seconds. See all my photos from the game here: via
@DarrellBird
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I’m usually covering games, not watching on TV, but my goodness, I’m assuming ESPN and Zion meet after games for a big, sloppy kiss at midcourt?
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If the SEC can have its season while the Big Ten sits then
@UKFootball
@vincemarrow
could absolutely own recruiting in Ohio.
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.
@KentuckyMBB
vs.
@WKUBasketball
is Kentucky United Toy Drive for tornado victims. Asking fans at Rupp to bring unopened toy or $25 gift card. $25 value X 20,000 fans = $500,000! That's why it's UK-WKU. Bigger than basketball.
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.
@d_square10
@ESPN_Jac
@CROD_JR
@
@JayyDubb15
@will_levis
all coming back to
@UKFootball
. Now it's Dare Rosenthal's turn to decide.
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When an in-state kid gives every ounce of what she has to dear ole UofK. Thank you
@Maci4Mo
You’ve done the Commonwealth proud.
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A friend has a small restaurant with no drive-through and still did more than $1000 yesterday on takeout orders. That’s the USA I know and love.
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Crushed to let you all know that our Cats Pause colleague and dear friend Gary Moyers passed away last night. Such a kind soul. Loving husband and father and doting grandfather. To say that he will be missed doesn’t begin to cover it. Prayers to Debbie and family.
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BREAKING (and fun): Update your passports
#BBN
.
@UKCoachCalipari
told me he has been contacted about
@KentuckyMBB
playing in London during 2020-21 season. Can’t reveal possible foe, but it’s a good one. Much more to come from SEC Spring Meeting in Sandestin via
@DarrellBird
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Who's thrilled for
@KentuckyMBB
vs.
@WKUBasketball
? Toppers' Dayvion McKnight (Shelbyville), Jamarion Sharp (Hopkinsville), Isaiah Cozart (Richmond), Camron Justice (Hindman). Oh, and coach Rick Stansbury (Meade Co. Class of '77). Pride of Battletown.
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.
@KentuckyMBB
may not rally for more than a 2 seed, but if they get healthy and back in rhythm some 1 seed on Selection Sunday is going to be saying, 'Well, crap.'
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Play of day late in
@KentuckyMBB
upset of Tennessee was
@CoachOantigua
racing onto court to retrieve
@UKCoachCalipari
. He wasn't just out of box, he was so far onto court he could see the entrance to Dollywood.
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