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05-18-2011, 04:30 PM
President Leonel Fernandez has met with University of Kentucky Basketball Coach John Calipari who recently accepted the challenge to get the Dominican Basketball Men's Team into the 2012 London Olympics. The team needs to qualify at the Tournament of the Americas in Argentina this August.
President Fernandez received Calipari at the Presidential Palace yesterday.
During his visit marking the official acceptance of the challenge, Calipari announced at a news conference that former Lakers' coach Del Harris and former St. John's standout Felipe Lopez would be on his staff, along with Orlando Antigua and Rod Strickland who work with him at UK. Antigua and Felipe Lopez were both teammates on the national basketball team that in 1998 came the closest to representing the country in the Olympics and World championships for the first time in the history of its program.
Orlando Antigua is the only Dominican to have played for the Harlem Globetrotters.
During his visit, Calipari was given a tour of local basketball sports facilities. He also visited the Cathedral of Santo Domingo and the tomb of Columbus at the Columbus Lighthouse. Tomorrow he travels to Haiti.
In addition to coaching the national men's basketball team, Calipari will also work on a nationwide program to train coaches to improve basketball standards in the country.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)
President Fernandez received Calipari at the Presidential Palace yesterday.
During his visit marking the official acceptance of the challenge, Calipari announced at a news conference that former Lakers' coach Del Harris and former St. John's standout Felipe Lopez would be on his staff, along with Orlando Antigua and Rod Strickland who work with him at UK. Antigua and Felipe Lopez were both teammates on the national basketball team that in 1998 came the closest to representing the country in the Olympics and World championships for the first time in the history of its program.
Orlando Antigua is the only Dominican to have played for the Harlem Globetrotters.
During his visit, Calipari was given a tour of local basketball sports facilities. He also visited the Cathedral of Santo Domingo and the tomb of Columbus at the Columbus Lighthouse. Tomorrow he travels to Haiti.
In addition to coaching the national men's basketball team, Calipari will also work on a nationwide program to train coaches to improve basketball standards in the country.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)