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Fifty years ago, the Kentucky Colonels captured the commonwealth's first, and only, major pro sports championship. A look ...
It’s a golden anniversary for the Kentucky boys in red, white, and blue. On this date in 1975, the Kentucky Colonels won the ...
IT’S BEEN A HALF CENTURY SINCE THE KENTUCKY COLONELS BEAT THE INDIANA PACERS FOR THE ABA CHAMPIONSHIP. PRESTON HARVEY SHOWS US WHERE YOU CAN RELIVE THAT TITLE. IT’S CRAZY TO THINK IT’S BEEN EXACTLY 50 ...
Lloyd Gardner will share some memories of the team at the museum in downtown Louisville Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The four ABA teams also could not participate in the 1976 draft. In 1976 the NBA hosted a draft to select players from the Kentucky Colonels and the Spirits of St. Louis, the two ABA franchises ...
The Colonels and the ABA wanted the Warriors to play Kentucky for a $1 million ... "We stand ready to prove who has the best team in professional basketball." Kennedy quickly nixed the idea.
In the 1997 ABA documentary Long Shots, Lloyd Gardner, trainer for the Kentucky Colonels ... whose book Dream Team chronicles the 1992 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball squad, says the ABA ...
The Kentucky Colonels were crowned champions ... $1 million series to crown the world's best basketball team in the immediate aftermath of their ABA title was denied. They won, 93-90.