{"id":1710720,"date":"2022-10-25T16:18:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T20:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710720"},"modified":"2022-10-25T16:18:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T20:18:59","slug":"basketball-coach-sees-familiar-site-of-coal-miner-and-son-in-stands-makes-public-vip-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/basketball-coach-sees-familiar-site-of-coal-miner-and-son-in-stands-makes-public-vip-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball Coach Sees Familiar Site Of Coal Miner And Son In Stands, Makes Public VIP Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbasketball-coach-sees-familiar-site-of-coal-miner-and-son-in-stands-makes-public-vip-offer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>University of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kentucky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kentucky<\/a> Head Coach John Calipari spotted a familiar sight at a recent game when he saw a coal miner and his son in the stands and made a public VIP offer to them.<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats head coach of men\u2019s basketball took to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKCoachCalipari\/status\/1584557978631294978?s=20&#038;t=-6LR7RgDtu3wUnZ26p91cA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> to share a photo of the young boy and a man covered in coal, which he said struck a chord with him harkening back to his family roots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family\u2019s American dream started in a Clarksburg, WV coal mine, so this picture hits home,\u201d Calipari tweeted to his 1.5 million followers Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what I\u2019ve been told, after his shift, he raced to be with his son &#038; watch our team,\u201d he added. \u201cDon\u2019t know who this is, but I have tickets for him &#038; his family at Rupp to be treated as VIPs!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My family\u2019s American dream started in a Clarksburg, WV coal mine, so this picture hits home.<\/p>\n<p>From what I\u2019ve been told, after his shift, he raced to be with his son &#038; watch our team. Don\u2019t know who this is, but I have tickets for him &#038; his family at Rupp to be treated as VIPs!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a5BJXUnK2v\">pic.twitter.com\/a5BJXUnK2v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKCoachCalipari\/status\/1584557978631294978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky coach <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKCoachCalipari\/status\/1584598084532961280?s=20&#038;t=-6LR7RgDtu3wUnZ26p91cA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later shared<\/a> that the family has been located as he thanked everyone for their \u201cincredible response to this. No one rallies like the #BBN!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to hosting [mcguire_mollie9], her husband Michael and their family at a game soon!!\u201d the coach tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you everyone for your incredible response to this. No one rallies like the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBN?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBN<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcguire_mollie9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mcguire_mollie9<\/a>, her husband Michael and their family at a game soon!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2OpC5tkjag\">https:\/\/t.co\/2OpC5tkjag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKCoachCalipari\/status\/1584598084532961280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve thought a lot today about my grandfather, who worked underground in the mine,\u201d Calipari added in a follow-up tweet. \u201cI\u2019ve also had the privilege to go underground with miners in KY and a comment stuck out to me: \u2018We go down together and we come up together.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey work for each other,\u201d he added. \u201cThe ultimate teammates!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve thought a lot today about my grandfather, who worked underground in the mine. I\u2019ve also had the privilege to go underground with miners in KY and a comment stuck out to me: \u201cWe go down together and we come up together.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>They work for each other. The ultimate teammates!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKCoachCalipari\/status\/1584606931225759745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear exactly which game the photo came from, but it seems safe to assume it\u2019s from the Blue-White Game on Saturday, October 22, at the\u00a0Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville, Kentucky. It was an intrasquad game where the White eked out a win against the Blue 70-67.<\/p>\n<p>The proceeds from the game went toward fundraising efforts for Eastern Kentucky flood relief, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/sports\/college\/kentucky-sports\/uk-basketball-men\/article266746831.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KentuckySports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKCoachCalipari\/status\/1584178327643832320?s=20&#038;t=-6LR7RgDtu3wUnZ26p91cA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>, the coach made it clear he loves his job and is grateful for the fans who helped raise money for flood relief.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Work up very grateful this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Grateful for this team.<\/p>\n<p>Grateful for everyone I got to meet at the park yesterday who haven\u2019t lost their spark or hope.<\/p>\n<p>Grateful to the city of Pikeville.<\/p>\n<p>Grateful to our fans who raised $160k for flood relief.<\/p>\n<p>Grateful to be YOUR coach!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ryE4688AUZ\">pic.twitter.com\/ryE4688AUZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKCoachCalipari\/status\/1584178327643832320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork up very grateful this morning,\u201d Calipari tweeted. \u201cGrateful for this team.\u00a0Grateful for everyone I got to meet at the park yesterday who haven\u2019t lost their spark or hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrateful to the city of Pikeville,\u201d he added. \u201cGrateful to our fans who raised $160k for flood relief.\u00a0Grateful to be YOUR coach!!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Kentucky Head Coach John Calipari spotted a familiar sight at a recent game when he saw a coal miner and his son in the stands and made a public VIP offer to them. The Wildcats head coach of men\u2019s basketball took to Twitter to share a photo of the young boy and a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1710723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1710723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}