Former UK player Michael Porter (Clay Jackson photo)
By LARRY VAUGHT
Remember when Michael Porter played point guard at Kentucky? He was a good player and even better person. I got to know him, his parents and his wife. He walked away from his career when Billy Gillispie left and John Calipari arrived to get on with his life and make it easier for Calipari to pu together the team he wanted. It was a classy move by a classy young man.
That’s why this information he posted on his Facebook page Saturday really is no surprise. He’s that kind of guy and one the Big Blue Nation should always embrace. Check out what he did:
“Today I was able to give my UK tickets away to an extremely amazing lady who has Lou Gehrigs. Her one wish has been to watch a game in Rupp Arena. She’s not able to speak because of it. When I gave her and her son the tickets, I could see she was trying to say thank you to me. She teared up and I just gave her a big hug. I thought I was blessing her but she is the one who blessed me today. God works in amazing ways.”
Does he ever, especially when he has helpers like Michael Porter.
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“He walked away from his career when Tubby Smith left and John Calipari arrived”
I try to put the Gillispie years out of my mind as well…
Oops. Sorry about that UKinLA. Put those years out of my brain during late night overload as well.Got it corrected now
Great positive story, Larry. Nice to see UK program turn out great players, but better to see it turn out great people. Michael always seemed like a really quality kid.
could not have said it better Brow Down
I always liked and respected him.
Michael Porter was a player not blessed with the greatest of athletic ability, but played with alot of heart, and now we see just how big of a heart he has.
God does work in mysterious ways and he used you today.
Indiana Tom, loved that sentiment. you are right
Thanks Michael….you continue to represent the University of Kentucky with class as you always have.
indeed he does UKatman4ever
People always questioned why Porter got to play at all but I could see something in him even during the Dark Ages of UK basketball. He had heart which is something you can’t coach really. Most people who have it seem to be born with it but some develop it over time. However they get it I like seeing it. This move proves what I suspected all along, that Porter has a lot of it. Thanks for the story Larry. This kind of thing really sets you apart IMO. And thanks for the gesture Porter. I’ll probably remember this more than your playing days. You are a bona fide member of the BBN for sure.
I think Michael was a tremendous athlete, I wish BBN had been able to see him on the gridiron, where he would have shown brightest. A lot of people don’t know he was recruited by USC among others for football. Great story Larry. I had the honor of meeting him playing volleyball at church, class guy.
Thanks Scott. As a good a young man as you will ever find
Larry Vaught, you are not a good judge of character. Referring to Michael Porter, “He’s that kind of guy and one the Big Blue Nation should always embrace.”
FROM ESPN on May 15.
Ugly, terrifying story coming out of Kentucky this morning.
Especially if it’s true, but right now we’ve got charges and allegations.
Former Kentucky starter Michael Porter — who was with the team from 2006 to 2009 — was arrested early Tuesday morning and put into a Lexington jail on charges related to sex acts with minors. The information is still coming out, so the story is in its initial stages, but what we do know, according to Lex18.com, is that the 25-year-old Porter allegedly was inappropriate with a 15- and a 14-year-old girl.
He met the girls while doing community work at a church. He was a “group leader,” which sends a shiver down your spine.
Porter was charged with six counts of sodomy and two of outright sexual abuse, per Lex18.com.
All this news on Michael just stuns me. If true, I did misjudge him but everything I had known about him was solid until this incident, including giving a family tickets to see a game in Rupp like he did last season