I’m not sure there is anyone on the planet who dislikes John Calipari more than the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy. The curly-haired one has penned many a anti-Calipari pieces for his newspaper over the years, calling him everything from a “snake oil salesman” to a “glorified AAU bag man” and analogizing him to Bill Cosby.
Earlier this year, in a piece saying UMass is pathetic for retiring Calipari’s jersey, Shaughnessy admitted his disdain for Cal dates back 20 years, when Cal refused to allow the Globe in his home on Selection Sunday. The Globe’s beat reporter, Joe Burris, had written a negative report on the Minutemen’s academic standing, and Cal decided he did not want Burris around.