Walter McCarty

UK Basketball: Wayne Turner, Walter McCarty appreciate title rings and UK fans

2013-03-04 06:56:00

LEXINGTON - Wayne Turner played on two national championship teams - 1996 and 1998 - at Kentucky. Walter McCarty played on the 1996 championship team and went on to play 10 years in the NBA. Yet both were smiling like young children on Christmas...

UK Basketball: 1996 NCAA title team finally gets its rings

2013-02-28 06:12:00

LEXINGTON - After Kentucky won the 1996 national championship, the UK�players did not get title rings from the university because the NCAA thought the rings were too expensive. Other Kentucky championship teams after that, though, got rings and Wednesday...

UK Basketball: Walter McCarty says he can't wait to get the 'gang' back together at alumni game this weekend

2012-09-14 10:02:00

He’s excited about seeing his former teammates as well as some of Kentucky’s most recent stars, but Walter McCarty has no illusions about his playing ability for Saturday’s all-star exhibition games at Rupp Arena. “I have not...

UK Basketball: Calipari says alumni game will attract many former Kentucky stars

2012-09-06 08:06:00

LEXINGTON — He’s not allowed to say exactly who will be participating in the UK Alumni Charity Game on Sept. 15 because of NBA restrictions, but Kentucky coach John Calipari says plenty of former Wildcat stars will be participating. “...

UK Football: Tamme expects another successful Swings for Soldiers golf outing

2012-07-11 08:01:00

He’s got a long list of celebrities again participating, but Jacob Tamme knows why the third annual Swings For Soldiers Classic on Monday in Lexington again looks like it is going to be a successful fundraiser for Homes for Our Troops. “We...

UK Basketball: Mississippi State coach says this year's Cats are better than '96 champs

2012-02-24 08:15:00

STARKVILLE, Miss. — At the Southeastern Conference Media Day in October, Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury thought Kentucky would be good and certainly capable of winning the SEC title despite losing key players off the 2011 Final Four team...

Tamme's Swings for Our Soldiers golf tournament another big hit

2011-07-19 07:59:00

NICHOLASVILLE — Jacob Tamme couldn’t quit smiling here Monday. Everything from the weather to the golfers to the sponsors to the celebrity players to the Keene Run Golf Club was near perfect for Swings for Our Soldiers, a fundraising event for...

Pacers Hire McCarty As Assistant Coach

2010-06-17 00:00:00

Indiana Pacers Coach Jim O'Brien announced Thursday the hiring of Walter McCarty as an assistant coach. The 36-year-old McCarty, a native of Evansville, Ind., comes to the Pacers from the University of Louisville where he was an assistant for Coach Rick...

Potapenko named Pacers assistant coach

2010-06-30 00:00:00

The Indiana Pacers announced Wednesday that former NBA player Vitaly Potapenko has been hired as an assistant coach, completing Coach Jim O'Brien's staff for the 2010-11 season. Potapenko played in the NBA from 1996 to 2007 with Cleveland, Boston,...

Rodman named in strip club case

2001-06-06 07:48:09

Former basketball bad boy Dennis Rodman and Denver Broncos superstar Terrell Davis are among the latest celebrities to be associated in court with Atlanta's notorious Gold Club, whose owner is accused of courting them with free sex shows and trysts with...

Walter McCarty laughed with UK athletics director Mitch Barhnart, left, after receiving his 1996 national championship ring last week. "This is a big deal to all of us.

2013-01-23 00:00:00

Memphis Grizzlies' Brian Cardinal (35) fights for a loose ball against Los Angeles Clippers' Walter McCarty.

2006-04-18 00:00:00

Clippers' Walter McCarty throws one down in the first half.

2006-04-16 00:00:00