Mark Bacon

All across Kentucky, people have had Saturday circled on their calendar since last December. It's the Rivalry Game. The Battle of the Bluegrass. Red vs....

This week, WFPL's Phillip Bailey and Haven Harrington, host of WLOU's "Main Event Sports," join me for a discussion of the politics of the NCAA. Should...

This week we re-cap the Arizona vs. Duke game, and it's possible impact on the national rankings; the freshman of the year race; a look at how Kentucky...

Nothing But Net is honored to have Raashaan Meyer join us this week. Raashaan is the Inside The Ville contributor, and Main Event Sports Radio host (on...

“I thought we had a chance there, and then boom. That’s what they do to teams. They can boom you. My vocabulary isn’t very good, but I hope you...

WFPL's college basketball podcast Nothing But Net returns this week for the 2013-2014 college basketball seasons. I'm Mark Bacon and I'll be joined by...

How sweet is it to have some of the greatest basketball players in the world playing against one another in the Summertime? Doubly great if it happens only once every four years. Brothers and Sisters, don't pinch yourself — tune into the 2012 Summer Olympic Games from London, the next two weeks. The greatest basketball players in the States are balling against some of the greatest players from around the world, many current NBA stars, like France's Tony Parker, Brasil's Nene and Manu Ginobli from Argentina.Matt Anthony & Mark Bacon give the rundown of the basketball games from London, on a Special Edition of Nothing But Net, analyzing how the great players from around the globe stack up against a U.S. basketball squad that includes undoubtedly the best basketball player, currently, LeBron James, plus, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Duran, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Kevin Love, Carmelo Anthony and a member of the UK National Men's Basketball champions, and reigning college basketball player of the year, Anthony Davis. Plus, the man at the helm is Mike Krzyzewski, one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time.Please join Nothing But Net for our usual offbeat look at the game so many Kentuckians, and folks all around the world, adore: Basketball. Let The Games Begin!

Nothing But Net usually deals with a fair amount of artifice. Not with malice, but to conjure a theater of the collective sports fan's minds. Nothing of…

Dream Game Deux tips off Saturday, March 31st at 6:09 p.m. The game only the die-hards believed could happen, will happen when the University of…

State of shock and elation. This year's team is close. It shows. They are maddening, and they have tremendous "heart," as Peyton Siva stated recently.…