On the latest episode of my podcast, Nazr Mohammed debunked a popular story from his time at UK about Rick Pitino making him run home from Rupp Arena instead of taking the team bus to lose weight. In a time before social media, that story was everywhere growing up, the feel-good fable for Nazr’s quest to shed pounds his freshman year; however, Nazr swore it’s not true, chalking it up to another UK urban legend.
That got me thinking…what are some other famous UK sports urban legends? With help from fans on Twitter, I came up with a list of six.