Last month, a photo of coal miner Michael McGuire and his three-year-old son went viral after McGuire ended his shift at work and attended a Wildcats game.
Head coach John Calipari of the Kentucky Wildcats during warmups before the CBS Sports Classic against the North Carolina Tar Heels at T-Mobile Arena Dec. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas.Calipari hooked the McGuire family up with a trip via the team bus to Kentucky's home game against Duquesne.Fourteen members of the family took the trip to the game Friday.
The treatment didn't stop with just a trip to Rupp Arena. The family sat right behind the Wildcats' bench. A view of the interior of Rupp Arena during a game between the Kentucky Wildcats and Auburn Tigers Feb. 23, 2019, in Lexington, Ky. Calipari tweeted last month that his"family's American dream started in a…coal mine, so this picture hits home."
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