Syndicated columnist (and ESPN poker commentator) Norman Chad writes a weekly column. At the end of each column, he answers reader questions.
Here is the first question this week:
Q. Are you taking sides in the Bobby Knight-John Calipari contretemps? (Tom Leonard; Houston)
A. On this one I side with the late Al McGuire, who once said, “The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.”

Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
